OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 123 TRANSLATION

O

frieutl, I write

you

nfew linestoday. Last

month

^I sentaletter to

Frank

Sanssouci, requesting?

bim

to tell

30U

something. I asked you in thatletter thatabout which

you

spoke to

me when

I

was

about to start to Washington.

You

said then that your discharge from the

Army

(and other papers) were stolen from you. There isa

man

here whose business it is to attend to such matters;

and

if you will tell

exactly

what

occurred, I will

show

him the letter,

and

he will obtain another (discharge or warrant) for you. Write in

what

year you left

the

Army, and

tell

how

the paper got lost.

When

the letter reaches

me

I will

show

it to the white man.

He

desiresthree dollars as

pay

for his services, provided he obtains another paperfor you. That is

enough about your affairs. I will remain here onlyto the endof this month.

When

you send the letter, inclosethree dollars. I have been lookingfor the letter from

you

every day, but you have not sent it.

Can

^it be thatyou do not wish to press the matter^{? 1} ask

you

about

this for the last time. Tell also in

what

regiment

and company you

enlisted.

Get Hiram

Chase to write the letter. Tell, too,

what you

know

aboutthe accidentwhich caused the deathof

Muda

Martin.

I)

EX

Note.—Om.=Omaha. Ot.=Oto. P.=Ponka.

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Abbreviations 7

AcawagetoPonkasat Carlisle 86 Actionby requestorpermission 28,29,58 Agent,Oiuabasdesire tbeirown 83

Agentscoruiilaiued of 32

AlU^n "V^alter, memberof Ponka Commis-

.siou 86

Allis Saui. Samea.sCkape-jiue.

AppealofOmabastowbitepeople.29-33,53,62,67 AppealtoOmahapeople advised 81 A"pa"-ska(Om.), Ma"teu-bi''.qti to 95

Baxter,Tbomas,mentionof 113

Beansraised 39

BigElk,mentionof 19,55

toT. H. Tibbies 23

toEev.JamesPowell 66

Big GrizzlyBear,accountof 100

deatbof 101

Big Snake,reference tomurder^.t 44,50

orphanchildrenof 101

BlackElk,addressed 94

SameasHeqaga-sab§.

Ca(f u,Ma"tcu-hi"-qti to 89

Cahie(fa to Caiige-q(fa 95

tone-8a"-(i!irike 97

Calumetdance contemplated 80

Canfield,Mrs.Mary, Lionto 81

Cange-q<J:a,Cahieifa to 95

Catlinitepipeaskedfor 94

CattletrespassonPonkaReservation 106

Chase, Hiram,reference to 123

Chiefs,Omahas madenew ^, 70

Ponka,spokenagainst 100

Christianity favored,reasonfor 1 L

ChristiansamongtheOmahas 67

Civilization,progressin 11, 12,15, 19,30-33,36 39-40,63,70,90,97,115

Ckaijoe-yiiieto BattisteDeroin 13

Cleveland,Mark,George Millerto 114 Clotber,G.W.,FredMerrickto 13,54 Commissioner of Indian Afiairs, Omaha

chiefsto 82

reference to 109

Xenuga-zito 102

Contractions 57,00,65,115,117

Cornraised 39

Cowsraised 39

Crook, General, chairman of Ponka Com-

mission 86

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Dakota,lettersent toa 68

Dayschools startedbyOmahaagent 36 Debtsduetowhite peoplefrom Indians 19,55 Deroin, Battiste,Ckape-yineto 13

Gahige (Om.)to 69

andson,CyrnsPhillips to 45

and OtoChiefs,Lionto 49

Domesticanimals,etc. See Horses 11,39 Dubania-ifi"toT.H. Tibbies 20

to M'i^"'e-gahi 72

Dundy, Judge,his decisionappreciated 32,34 Education. SeeIndianeducation.

Elliptical expression IH

EnglishnotacquiredinOmahadayschools. 36 English spoken byformer boarding-school

pupils 30

Fletcher,Miss AliceC,referredto 121

Flying Crow, mentionof 113

Friend.s'control ofOmahaschools 36

Gahige(Om.)toMaca" and Heqaka-mani^{. .} 44

to SilasWood 64,74

to BattisteDeroin 69

Gayton, Angelique, mentionof 91

Gay^ton,Lucy, mentionedof 91

SameasMrs.AmosRoss.

Gayton, McClellan, mentionof 91

Gayton, Sam, mentionof 91

Geeseraised 39

GihajitoCorneliusRickman 77

Grant,"W.M.C,JamesSpringerto 60

Hapaxlegomena 11,34,45, 56, 59, 60, 69, 77,80 88, 93,109

Harvesting 19,41,111,113

Heath,"WilliamMcKini, Hupeifato 37 Henderson, Upton, mention of 19

toMr.Luspen 12

Hehaka manitotia(fi"ua"pajl 101 SameasHeqaka-mani.

Heqaga-sab6toH. G. Kichols 9,12 SameasBlackElk.

SeeIcta^abi.

Heqaka-mani, Gahige (Om.)toMaca"and.. 44 He-sa"-<fiuke,Cahie(fato 97

Hides 12,15.10,17,20,43,55

Hogsraised 39

Horses, references to 42,63,71, 72, 74, 80, 91,93

HorsesneededbyOmahas 77

Humanbeings,Indianswish to bo consid-

ered 30, 31,67

135

126

INDEX.

Page.

Hupe(fato"WilliamMcKitnHeath 37 Ibalia'Mticomplainedof. SeeWhiteHorse.

Ictabasudenamedas principal chief ofthe

Omabas ⁶⁹

Icta(fabi toMaca"and Heqaga-sabfe 7!'

Idiomaticexpressions 19,39,42, 43, 45, 48,56 76,94,117

Implements II,64

Indian edncation 36

Industrial schoolaskedfor 36

goodresults of 36

Interpreter,Omaha,spokenagainst 85 Iowapersonalnames. See Personal names.

lowas,lettersent to.1 59

I-tu-ti-hatj-gaiitoTa-pi-ka-(fa-wa-huq 47

Kansa,letter sent toa 71

personalnames. See Personal names.

Ke-5ire6e,GeorgeMerrickto 75

Minjta'e-jingato 47

Kucaca,Waqpecato 56

2Lig(fa"xe\va(fatai,Ma"tcn-na"bato 68

LaDien,illnessofwifeof 46,50

LaFl^che,Frank, ^sr., to hisdaughterSu-

sanne 87

LaFl^che,Frank,jr.,referred to 109, 117,121 LaFltehe,Joseph,toT.H. Tibbies 24

LaFleche,Susanne,Frank LaFl^che,sr.,

to 87

Land, Indians wish goodtitlesto 31,33, 53,67 Lion,blamedforgivingupthesacredpipes. 46 to BattisteDeroinand Otochiefs 49

toMrs.MaryCautield 81

LittleWarrior,workfor 107

LiveCoalnamed 95

Lowrie, Kev,JohnC,fromTwoCrows and

otherOmahas 34

Luspen,Mr.,UptonHendersonto 12 Maca"andHeqaga-sabfi,Icta(fabito 79

SeeGahige(Om.).

Maca°-skatoSeda"-sabe 92

Macdonald,xenugazito 107

workfor 107

Mahi". See Tuhi.

Martin, George,reference to 119

GeorgeMiller to 122

Martin,Muda,reference to 119,123 Mawada"$i''toTuhi and Mahi" 59 Mawata"na, Mawada"<f^i"to 58

Wakideto 46

Ta"wa"gaxejiijgato 74,80

Mawatcepa, Waqpe-cato 50

Maxewa(fBtoJohn Primeau 63

Mazi-kidetoT.H. Tibbies 27

Ma"akibana" mentionof 100 Ma"'egahi,Duba-ma"<fi"to 72 Ma"tcu-hi°-qtitoA"pa"-ska (Om.) 95

to Cac^u 89

to his wife,Mi"-akanda 88

toxenuga-sab6 94

Ma"tcu-na"bato2ig<ta''xe-wa^atai 68

toWiyakoi" ⁵⁷

Ma"tcu-ni}atoMrs.AmosRoss 91 Merrick,Fred, toG.W.Clother 13,54 Merrick, George,toKe-5jre6e 75 Messick,T.M.. Na"zandajlto 15, 18,55

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Miles,Gen. Nelson A., memberof Ponka

Commission 86

Miller,George,toLouisRoy 6J

tohiswife 110,112,115,120

toMarkCleveland 114

toFrankSanssouci 118

toGeorge Martin 122

Miller,Mary. GeorgeMillerto...110, 112, 115,120 Mis.souri,letterdictatedbya 13

personalnames. See Personal names.

Mitchell,Robert,mentionof 113

Mi"-akanda, Ma"tcuhi"-qlitohiswife 88 Mi"gabu, Ta"wa"-gaxe.i ingato 41 Mi"5(a'e-jiBga to Ke-sireSe 47

Mi"xa-t'a",mentionof 55

Names,personal. See Personal names.

Na"zandajitoT.M.Messick 15, 18,55

toJohnRathbun 16

toJames O'Kane 19,43

Na"pewa<{etoT.H. Tibbies 21 Na"tatanga-wak'ii,mentionof 72 Nic9a"cine, Wasabe-:jangato 71 Nichols,H.G.,Heqaga-sab6to 9,12 Niia-4angawa'i,Nuda"-axato 71 Nuda"-axatoT.H. Tibbiesandothers 51

to >li4a-:(anga-wai 71

NiV'pewaye(aKansa),mentionof 72 O'Kane, James, Na"zandajito 19,43

Omahachiefs to Commissioner of Indian

Aflairs 82

Omahaindustrialschoolbrokenup 36

Omahainterpreterspokenagainst 85

Omahapeopletobe appealedto 81

Omahapersonalnames. See Personal names.

Omahawomen,whitehusbands of 81 Omahas,lettersdictatedby 12, 13, 15, 16, 18,19 20-28,33, 34, 37, 41, 43, 44, 45,46, 47, 49,50 52, 54,55,56,57, 58,59,60,01,62,63,64,65 66, 68,69,71,72, 74, 75, 77, 79,80,81,82,85 110, 112, 114, 115, 118, 120,122 appealof,towhite people 29,33,53, 62,67 requestof,forindustrialschool 36 letterssentto 56,64, 74, 81, 85, 95,101,110 112,115,118, 120,122 desireof,for theirownagent 83 complaintof,againstWinnebagos 84 progressivespiritamong. SeeCiviliza-

tion.

Onionsraised 39

Oto personal names. See Personal names.

Otos,letterssent to 13,4.5,47,49,69, 71,75 Pahanga-uia"<j;i"to SilasWood 85

Pawnee,lettersent toa 47

personal names. See Personal names.

Pepin,Rousseau. SameasKucaca.

Personalnames,Iowa 60

Kansa 72

Missouri ¹³

Omaha 15, 20, 21,22,23, 25, 27, 28, 34, 37,41 44, 46, 47,50,52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 63, 65, 66,69 71, 72,78, 79, 84,85,95,113, 116, 119,121

Oto 13,47,71

Pawnee 47

Ponka 10,34, 42, 44, 51, 79, 80, 88, 89, 91,93 94, 95, 97,100,101