Spilyay Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
August 19, 2004
fHE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON-
Oit After Dark
Wasq'u Word Puzzle
WaserU
(abixix
tqSdutinksh
(anawa
3axba
Dauya Wigwa
Emxelqtat
Night
Children
All
Where
Today
You know
9
Kanawa enchgugmatuxwan
itqadutinksh.
We love all our children.
Dauya wigwa itqadutinksh uxawaiwalal
xabixix.
Today we see children
running around at night.
K'aya
axdawiglagwachk
itqadutinksh.
Nobody's watching over
them.
Ki mank k'aya dan
itgaqiuqtdiksh awachi k'aya dan isiaq
awachi ishqaq.
Like they have no old
folks or no parents.
Emxulqlat chi qaxba
idmiqadutinksh?
Do you know where your
children are?
2 3
Clues
Across
1 . Kw'ut Kw'ut entuxt
pick huckleberries.
2. Word for "daughter".
3. Expression for "help!" or
"oh!".
4. Word for "day".
5. Word for "a good place".
Down
1 . Word for "dumpling".
7. Word for "now".
8. Word for "trout".
And now, more from the
vaults of history...
August in North American Indian
History
by Phil Konstantin
Copyright Phil Konstantin (1996-2002)
August 22nd
1 670: Hiacoomes preaches his first sermon to
his Wampanoag people on Martha's Vineyard.
1 806: Pike's expedition has reached a village of
the Little Osage near the forks of the Osage River
in modern Missouri. He holds a council here with
both the Grand and Little Osage. The Little Osage
are lead by Tuttassuggy or "The Wind," and the
Grand Osage by Cheveau Blanc, or White Hair.
August 23rd
1 732: Today marks the beginning of a peace
. conference held in Philadelphia with the local
Indians. Attending the meeting are several Iroquois
Chiefs, including Onondaga Chief Shikellamy.
1 876: "Treaty 6 Between Her Majesty The
Queen and The Plain and Wood Cree Indians and
Other Tribes of Indians at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt
and Battle River with Adhesions" is signed in
Canada.
August 24th
1818: The Quapaw Indians sign a treaty (7 stat.
1 76) at St. Louis covering lands along the Arkan
sas and Red Rivers.
1 835: The United States signs a treaty (7 Stat.,
474.) with the Choctaw, Comanche, Creek
(Muscogee), Cherokee, Osage, Quapaw, Seneca
and Witchita at Camp Holmes "on the eastern
border of the Grand Prairie, near the Canadian
River." Governor Montfort Stokes, Brigadier-General
M. Arbuckle, represent the U. S. Many Indians
sign the treaty.
August 25th
1 737: A agreement ise signed by Thomas Penn
and Munsee Chiefs Manawkyhickon and Nutimus.
Teeshacomin and Lappawinzoe also sign. The
agreement recognizes an old deed made in 1 686.
The agreement calls for Indian lands to be sold
along the Delaware River for the distance that a
man can walk in a day and a half. This is called the
"Walking Purchase" and is performed on Septem
ber 19, 1737.
1 868: Acting Governor Hall of Colorado tele
graphs to the military that 200 Indians are "dev
astating southern Colorado." The military also
receives a report of Indians killing an animal herder
near Fort Dodge, in southwestern Kansas.
August 26th
1 842: The Caddoes sign a treaty in Texas. They
agree to visit other tribes and try to convince
them to also sign treaties with Texas.
1 858: In what is called "The Battle of Four
Lakes," force under Colonel George Wright fight
for about three hours with Coeur d'Alene, Colum
bia River, Colville, Kalispel, and Spokane Indians.
The army defeats the Indians.
August 27th
1 868: According to a report filed by Captain
Henry C. Bankhead, commander Fort Wallace, in
western Kansas, several citizens have been killed
by Indians in the last few days near Sheridan
(near modern Winona) and Lake Station, Colo
rado. Soldiers escorting a stagecoach near Chey
enne Wells were able to ight off an Indian attack.
250 Indians' presence made Captain Edmond
Butler, Fifth Infantry, and his wagon train, return
to Big Springs. Acting Governor Hall, of Colorado,
again telegraphs the President that Arapahos are
killing settlers all over southern Colorado. In a
separate report, Lieutenant F.H. Beecher, Third
Infantry, reports two experienced scouts are shot
in the back by Indians who have pretended to be
friends. One survives by using the other's dead
body as a shield.
1 878: Captain James Egan, and Troop K, Second
Cavalry, are following a group of Bannocks, who
have been stealing livestock along the Madison
River. Near Henry's Lake, Captain Egan's forces
skirmish with the annocks, and recover fifty-six
head of livestock. The escaping Bannocks are
starting to follow the trail taken by the Nez Perce,
last year.
August 28th
1 565: Leading an expedition of 1 ,500 soldiers
and colonists, Pedro Menendez de viles lands on
the coast of Florida. His mission is to defeat the
Protestants in the area, and to claim the land for
Spain. Next month he establishes the town of St.
Augustine.
1 833: Assiniboines attack Piegan Indians at Fort
McKensie.
Answers to Last Issue's
Sahaptin Word Puzzle
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Tta was chosen because we believed it to mean
"son". We've since been advised that tta means a
"deceased son". We apologize for any confusion.