Dakota tawaxitku kin, or, The Dakota friend. [volume], December 01, 1850, Image 4

About Dakota tawaxitku kin, or, The Dakota friend. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1850-1852

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He iyiihakam waniye.tu ota hehan I:yitanka ipm
ake toki icimani iyaya unkan ibuufiaiiua Ikcewi
caxta wan zuva upi kin awicakipa. II.' nivake vtt
zapi t]a Sa«fda\in tainakoce kin ektaakiy ahdapi. ile
ciya akipi unkan ktepi kta keyapi tuAa u.ikanka
wan cinhintku wati tuktcn ktepi (on he kte \::i wi
caxi. Micinkxi ktepi kin h- de wakiye kt c.-. a.
lltlknn ijtlpi. Waniyelu wanji winoriea kin lie ti kin
en uti. L'ukan ixnana tokiya wicortani econ kin en
ihnuhanna wicaxta wan ekta i qa, Hanranna kinhau
kaki i wo. eciya. IlViu, eya: tnka lianyetu tivata
kiyotanka liehan, Makte ktae lieou h.-va naceca ccia
ihciukcan yanka, hecen ek'a i xni.
Akex wicaxta en i qon he uke rtani km rn i ija,
Kakiva iwo. ake ecivn. Ak-e, ffo, ekta wai kta ce
i eya. Wanna iyehantu Indian ekta i, q# Ikccwicaxta
ekta i*i qon lie ixnana hen va-nka. Qa nnkttn
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eya jjartajii nom muzakun nonpa iyahna on yanka
wanyaka. Wanji icu xi qa nnma kin ehdnkn kta
keya. Hecen icu qa tokiya taninxni ihnkam iciinnni
ivaya. Kici icimani tin qa anpetu ow.vln taku kio
qa kicivuta ece tnka toki ayu okiyake xni. Anpetn
ota hehan re wan iyahanpi, hetanhan otonwe wan
t.uiiny.ui yanka. Unkan, Kodn. in:ikoco kin i!c iye
yakiya ho Ikcewicaxta kin eya. Ho, iyewakiya ce,
isantuuka eya. Ulonwr kin en Ikccw icaxta wan wo
qii wicavi qon hetu rinca.
T.
^OLOnON \V«V ACI'.V1*
1 1
A W V.
]. Tmvo \vahokoiikiya))i waxto tlake cin
Ihiii.
wosdonve waxte ilaka qa tuwe iyope
yapi xiqe.dake cin he wacin ton xni.
'2. Ton
a Jehowa iyokipipi kin liena wax
ti pi: qa'tuwo wohnayc kinlian y^copi kta.
:i. Wicaxta xicaya oranye cin on y'usutapi
k!:' xni: qa owotanna kin hutkan kin na
liuaye kte xni.
•K-Wtnorinca ksape cin ho hihnaku wa
"Tc\(laj* kiton heca qa tuwe hihnaku oxteki
iida kin hi* ituhu kuke cin hececc kiya.
Wicaxta owotanna tawacinpi kin lie
wokon/.e iyececa tuka wicaxta xica taku
kii.M/api kin ho wohi'iaye.
0. Wicaxta xicapi wicoic kin \vicawe
limonkapi tuka tona ecetupi kin i kin on ni
iciyapi kta.
7. 'J'ona xicapi kin ricahanpi i takunipi
\ni tuka tona owotanna tin kin ti kin suta
yahe-kta.
Wicaxta i kin on ksape cinltan yatanpi
kta tuka tuwe cante pakxikxan un km on
\k.iMi\tcce kta.
Tuwe hitihdapi ^xta ookiye wanji vil
li cinhan tanyan un, tuwe ajiuyapi icakije
aiiulatan t-xta tanyan un
e
xni.
i Wicaxta owotanna- taxunke wiconi
k•:i iw akicin tuka xicapi kin luwaonxida
i siii ic ocin xicapi.
1 1. Tuwe tamaga kicanye cinhe aijuyapi
in,ri.i
\e kta tuka tuwe wicaxta kuja owi-
i he cante niea.
^lariyttimlu wan Ct'kiy#pi.
W \\ii'iiyanpata niakoce ekta oyate ota.
!iuur Ikc.-w'icaxta li_ccecapi kevapi. lleci
ya
ii\ tte
wanji tmiryumdupi on.spepi xni qa
*v.i!i11: inanyunidu wanyakapiuxni, ke\ q»i.
lsa::tanka mariyuindu wan wicakaipi qa ott
spi'\\icakiyapi. Maka kin tanyan yutndu
t. i i'}
cin he wanyakajii hehan nina ivnx
oinpi ijaQvaxte dakapi, keyapi. Tuka Wax
icun
iuiii
iipi liehan niarivumdu kin lie icupi
tja husdan ehdepi [a ct-kiyapi, kevapi. lie
taku wakan ce, evapi., keyapi.
T.
Waraxta uom Wolidakapi.
Khanna qehan wicaxta nom .ukanpi. l'n
kan uman akicita tancaii heca,
qa unman kin
ix, w-icaxta ksapa kevapi.
1 uian ocikte.ota en un, on etanhan wamna
icida fin ce, '~a wicaxta ota kte, keye, ea iwin
kta rinca keyapi. I nkan uman qon ix lie
na naron qehan, heya naoc. Wicaxta kin
otn akideniceca. tuka he etanhairota wicarj a
kte, keha oyahdake ca iniwinkta rinca. Wa
yukakix yaun kin he, ehanqon, on pivada,
qa nape owa niwewe kin he, fhanqon wowi
tan vakidaka. I
Miye qe hecen cante mduzo xni. lien i
wuwixtece nidawa, qa niyoran kin hen
a xic
wadakace. eya nace.
I'nkan uman qon, he ite naxa iyeye,
cante ptanvc rinca, tuka inina yahka cor,
uman ake heya.
Ocikie wanji ovakapi nawaron eca. hetan
han wokakije ica-,'e cin. heiia yawn imiib
ece. Men oeehnahnn /api kin hena mdaw.t
1 xni. Takuwicay api kin hena e wokakije ota
sdonyapi. Tiyata wiwa/.ica wamdenica k"
hena cr-ya cyayapi kin.he cante mahiyahd".
ja atkuku hunku ko, cante xicapi ki'i.hena
kun
awacami ca, ixta ininihanpe amau. i
tuwe wocante xice hena kaga heeinhan, ii.
tanvan econ wail ake xni oc£\ Mca ranp:
kin, he wowiwinkta mdawa xni ce. I'nkan
uman kin ix wanna cante ptanye ririce
maza sagye kin elidaku kta. tuka. uman qmi
ake heya.
Wicaxta kin wokakije uta akipftpi kin lie
awacami eca. toka kin he e ka\oiixiwadako
ea kici ktepi. kin he xie- wad ake rinca ce.
eya kevapi.
lho ocikte xicedaka keye cin. ir liecein
ecen eva l\cin Taku wakan wanjidan iyn
tan un kin. lie ovate owasin'ate \api. I i:
kan, he heva wahokon wieakiya. ••WaN
vapi xni po" eya. I.cin wicaxta owasii
sonka kiciyapi tuka.
Kici ktepi kahantuq." avuxtanpi exta xni.
Wannax maka kin. wiea we ota yarepa.
Mike 7 ii--: :.
I'nkan hunku kin kieu.
I li. 1 'nkan o\ .:!• ki:i o
••Nakalia wicaxta wa!,a:
ieaoe. ea Wakant :i:!,a.
e\ api.
iio is e je-n iea\ta
wak ill ota
W.
ill.a iaku v.
kin, ho on akantanka cci\ata:.!ian hi keye
lie wicaka iyukempi waxfe ke.
Kcin taku ,\ica eea. hena W
ak i v.
tanka tawa
xui. IJeu:: tekan ianhan.
-j i O S U
mi
•dan cihint k i
in ake
"Ixoxka lieinciv a e. lh
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1
llkall te "iij.. j.
l.'oh.ni
rui-
2
iv:iii! oTen,-e
!=«. ratll.Pe,
Kd:t'»t n?kot.i Kt.
I'lllf.er, IV,O \n\n The Fruit* and It «o t« of .tliitucwoin
Vnllcy.
Crab apples prow in the neiphhorhoo! ef Traverse
ties Sioux. Imck wmi instance from the riy• r. ami
proltahly in other parts also. Cranberries arc gath
ered in quantities on the lower Snint I'-ten-', hut tio
not grow up toward* its source. Strawberries ir.
abundant in some parts. Plums, rhokr cherries,
j*Ubs*li«»rrrie.«. rasplierri'**, black currants. Mack li:nvs
ami crapeji are foiinil, more'or less, all over the e..iin
try. in such localities us are protected lre:a the IVai
rie fires.
Several roots,much used liv the Pokotas for loo-',
wpoeiallx "m th" summer season, grow in tin- valley
of the Minnesota. The "i-sim ihnciia is a root quite
eatahle, when boili-tl. It jjrows in tin- lower Saint
Peters, in the saiitl alonir the margin of tin- river a mi
lakes. 11 average si/.e may Ik- not fur from a (ten's
{rij. h'- mud, or Pakota potato. rv-s :i!.-: In
l»- nvntioio-i!. If grow* eomnionlv in the Imitom
lands, ami except fti it il is somewhat ov a! in shape,
it rrsemfTes in its vim- like top. a« v."!! !•.• i i its.
th i" sweet potato.
The i ii'-inna. or Pokota turnip, vrows only in the
hii anci (iiy Prairie. It se.-ks the hmh |i• 1111s ami
'grnvelly hills, when- it continues to grow t'l.un \ear
to year,' increasing in si/' with every summer th.?'
passes over it. The root is roundish »r oval, ntvi.of
various sizes, according to its age. It Im-a thick,
hard rind which the Pakotas usually .-iti,\ itii
thvir teeth. I hiring th'- mouth ol .I!(11• :ni'l July,
when the top cah be e.*ilv uKrovere.-i i i the grass,
the Indians of the I'pper Minnesota i, very
mtirli, for their suhsistenee. mi thcTtrsiwA. Th'-v
-eajt it both raw ami cooke I. This root has lately ac
quired a EuropeanReputation. Mr. I.amareiiieot, of
1'rauce lias, within a few wars past, introduce.: it in
to his native eonntry. and the savuns of Paris. it
said, have given it the name uf "Picotiai:a."•"•..[t ha.-,
been supposed that this drv Prairie root might vet
take an important place anions the vegct d.le v. hicli
are cult ivate.i for the support of htmtan hie hui t.'iis
expectation will prohaMv''-mi in disappointment.
S. ix. IT.
*Tho writer has overlooked the P-inr!,a. u ija-h
niileral'le iniportanre a- an nrla-le o: to..'I. 1.'
•lemMe* the white turnip. and i- ./eatery
!i i j...i
a half in iti:mn o r. II riM i'.i .n\ la
raiscil trom it-imidav I S v e-e fi.
tins |nrpo-(\ Tlie_ I"-:• iv-1.
tritioii-..
Another root wlio
nliiMKlmit on iln'-rm"
It the
It a i s t' in ii:
r!ia
n lnl i- It:e* It e, -i it
111.I rrsflN'M'., .( :M -II,-'
re.-ecil'le e.i, I .|
The ('lielilwrh.'i roo:
A nil slinpe. i- toiiiitl in
Krounil on tin- I'rnnii T!u- ln\nr o!
ls:uila tk i tainakoce ekta Ikeew ieavta or:ut v. aiiii
OVakapi. W ati:tka)a tkcewic:i\: an u •.» o!a»i i
kapijtlpi ece k iii heca waii|i en he tin. he tin i\ :\e
co wo wieakiua -'l'iika ma/.uska takiiiiait \uiie \:ii.
keji cin heon winoriuca kin ivn qu xni. Nina ain
akiran ce. eya. tuka taktidan ijii k!• i. ke\ ,i. I 'n
katl Isaittanka w::n. i\ a ieiniani mi kin he, hen
yauka. He winorica kin heci\a. ,\\'o ipi wo, mi
ye wakajiiju ktace. eya. llehan takir vitapi j.i.—
lkeewicnxta kill wota ayaxtan heliau wicaxta (jon. I'i
damayakiya ce. tohan owakihi kitihan eieieaiuju kta,
eciya. -4leecu napin toki kitulapi.
Cit In mid", hi nn oitilH ar\ nej tru:.: one !o tour
A The liitl :o-- ^oMielin ''-. io! i1.i- lei'-e et
tile i|ii.tntr.ie. o: e- ha. 'l'he- rr Men
Wanakaja iciniayani unkan den yahi qa Ikcewi
eavta. wan wo wicakida tnka qnpi xni, qa nix, Qu
wo. lpiye wakuniui kta ce. oha. lie wicaxta onxiyada
ijun he miye. Koti^he eltan pidamaya\ a, qa mix na
kaiia uuiaci'va, wanna en hda wo, eci\a.
Proverbs of Soloinoii--CIiai»lfr ia.
11. Jesni. tvaonspe wicak i cin a i i a i o i
i iln:ufi mi. Ullkan otonv-'- w ui Naia eeiyajii eii
1 W anna olonive ti una kin iki% e ..ui a o i .
v n n o o n w e k i n e a n a n w i a a o a w i a a
w a n a n k a n u a i n a i i o i a w i e a k i a 1 n k a n v
cavta te cin, he iwa/iea wan le e,
kan he wanna r.ipi kta.
1M. I' ukan Jer-ns. wiw a/.ica kin
ou i a k e a i e e i v a e e i i o
I I. I'llkau canakiv IILi ji kii. ea
kan akivnhapi kin ina in ii. .!•
rpil i M. i,il.el nt'the H.'lko!,-! Mi-^ en C.C
I. creil hill In::. en roui lieir Ion.' e.u.l iun. .1 0 o
lltnua t!n» peojile. ow lie.-. il i~ !.••!
irvwl not u !••. to '.
ot ability on t'ae part ul t!.. I Milan.- to '.e, n
-Hi.'lf I i!e'_-:ee. the leaer'I.-J II !i •_•)!! lien V e ,. a
uca!ion. am "ei-l'iia Ht.it -omeUu!''.: ev*tr iorilii,ar\ s- tierr
ary to be .lone oi onler. 11 o--:i.|e, t.i u imm
i-ii .ni r- iiii
the ex.-:
ia r. -i.lve to .-.In. Jt.on :«moii» tliem. i -\r
in tle'M .*i tii.-:e lor j. .ui a n! !-r ii.l' i hl' in:o n-e t!.at I. e.•.
eil^e ot !e'*.,j.|» en-h i~a!:ea.l |'o»»es. ,1 l.\ a lew a\e
tei in
i ni'il to 11 :!).• e i nit i it ol rn':
i ti a a ie. i» i. n
news iai.er. pri-iiteit in part in !lie:r ohm lor sue. T.'i's
done Willi I I'e i or.hal a.M'io!
at on o| h. I'r n.leiit i a!
("or::
ti.'..lU e \nteiuan Hoai I iij otniinnii!e''s :or I'lir.
["i.ins. I-v v. iio lliN .01
w ,1! kt:v«V(i l.t the r:an,e ot 1
It u ili I e tin- o' ji'i-t ol II.e ia[•
i
mpal such lien,.- of news n-i u ill
i~ Sii-I.iaieil. The p.-.
'a!,
ola l'i jeinl.
to 11r t"mI efore the I mi
'.i res: them, an.I am -i
malt. a- il I-1 e"..'\.-.! will I e ilru.'ati il to improve v
[)|m sieal. iM"il il ami moral enmimoil.
The Ilak.e.a l'rien.1 u ill stiiilv to ,-noiil
the rainliil. wtin 11.cr White Man. Indian, or Mixed.
it will en.ie.H .lr in kitnl tinime-', to i [•.-.
e the a.-1, mm ,•
e.l errors o! oili v 11 anil Savat'C-Ule, and mat'i:.vti Tin'
The support of tho.-e Atn^rican ritizen-! u ho resale am.
ami have iiiiliK'iice with the Dakota.*, is rc-p.vtiultv so
Hal to the Dakota Krieml. whirli will I i' pul I shnl on a
ineilniiii sheet, ami issued at St. Paul. Miaaesota. mom
at Twenty ive Cents per annnm. in advanre.