Dakota tawaxitku kin, or, The Dakota friend. [volume], February 01, 1851, Image 1

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

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*A TAWAX1TKU KIN-
Dakota Tsnraxitku Kiu Kica.gapi.
'Ifiantanka ija Dajtota.
xicaya cante unkiyuzapi,"
?api ecb tuka he he hecetu
rfcakiyuxepi xni. Wanakaja
"to
f^eca, Isantanka wowicaqupi ecc.—
,1Wve wo'te kta hda Coijkaxke kin en i
icuece. Ilehan iyohakam, makoce
ifSbakidapi, tuka iyuwin codan wiea-
Iyuwin codan icupi okihipi, qa
metiMe wicakiyuzsfpi unkanx, heconpi
JU£ tuka hecen cante yuzapi xni. lto
«& qa tanyan wicrikicicajujupi. Na
kax opetonpi, tuka ehantanhan ohi
ota. tawopi
se,
a"
•m
ecekcen owihni-
'^W.icakiyu.Hepi unkanx, he iyowica
.^yftpi. Tuka fhecctu xni. Wowapi
^ll^ll«foa.yutan wicakiyapi qun, he token en
~4sirt,owasin iyecetu wicakiciciyapi kta.
di^4^an, ''Isantanka makoce owasin
i^qa tinta ekta xicaya iyaye unyanpi
kota eyapi ece. Tuka he nakun
xni. Makoce wicakidapi kta, tu
wicakidapi kte xni. Qa
,pi
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ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, FEBRUARY,
han onspe iciciyapi unk
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ten maka waxte kinhan,
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ticagapi iyokihi kin owasin wicaqu kta tuka. where tlvere is good land and plenty of wood
Tuka tohanyan koxka awasin, can depi qa and water.
mar qapi kin hena wo.wixtece dakapi, qa
magicamna onspe ko kc&ipapi, qa wanhink
pe camrpi ko ecedan yiijha yakonpi kin he
hanyan Dakcta Isantan|a ikivedan unpi kta
okihipi kte xni. Isantanka Dakota wacin them live, and for that reason will gather
iyowicakixicapi kte xni, tuka /insa yukanpi them together in some place by themselves,
xni qa makoce owancaya wojupi ehna unh
dag yakonpi kinhan, okini ihnuhanna rin
taku xica kagapi kta ikopapi, qa ix okini Da
kota taku terika icicagapi kta he itonwicapa-j one accord, turn their attention to planting,
cinpi xni, qa om ito cante kioiciyapi cinpi
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anx, Isantanka om
icicahiya unpi kta, okihipi kta tuka. Tuk
he hdarnigapi, qa
mag
a tanktankaya nakitakapi, qa hecen,/in
sayarhduhayankapiexta, tuwedan taku eye
ktoxnituka. Kecen 'econpi unkanx, Isan
tanka waxte dakapi qa nakun Tunkanxidan
yanpi kin he nina,ov»icakiye ca wojupi, qa
NO. 4.
wbite
can as
s. w, v,
wowapi wan k-ig'rin, Pimihan, ito Dikotaitpi
I i i en, wioofa wanji owakag«* kta. He icinianisa, qa
di-cmi wowapi
"Oliimiiyan niakoc? tokcca wauni:!a! 5 r,a Ik-cewi
ixt 1, token 011 VVakaiitnnka yiionjluiiipi, fjacekiya.
pi qa Jesus W ka itanka('inliititkueeiyataiihan na»
}li yajii kinlian, tanyan na^i yapi ktecin, heiwahokoti
wic. iwakiya waqani. Heon Waxictin rinca tamako
L'cjti kia
Ik'
orp -w i kiye Kanaka iii 'k'x'c kiu •:n wo.- \n\n Jted fey i.II. Pond,
Hsftmmnnicatlons on biminess or for tlio
directed POST PAID,Fort Siiolling.
renty-Fivo conts a year, in advanco.
ilX Neil!, of St. Paul, will rcccivo «ttb
fpaymcnLi for this paper.
PtllK/ CHRONICLE & REGISTER OF-
kin en ahiyotanke, ca ehan
3ttli, qa watpa sanina ece un wica- Before the Dakotas sold their land they were
niakoce wiyopekiye often in want of food, and their wants
Isantanka wicahoayanpi, qa ek-1 supplied by the garrison at Fort
toVen ewicakiyapi --qua, Qwasin iyecetu
PUBLISHED BY THE DAKOTA MISSION.
For tlio Dakota Friend
[b] the Americans and Dakotas.
The Dakotas often say, "The Americans'
are not friendly to us but it is not so.
"Americans have never abused thern.
Then who went hungry to the Fort was1
Afterwards the Americans asked the Da
kotas for a portion of their land, but they did
not ask them to give it up for nothing. They
coyld have taken the land from them without
paying for it, and if they had been disposed
to abuse them they would, have done so but
ificahnakapi exta, makoce xice ca and paid well for it. It is long since" that friendly terms with them.
Wanna hecen cconpi tuka Ikcewica- been fullfi'Ued as the President promised they
kohannanr awihnunipi ece. Dako-! should be but this is not so. All the con
isin wancake okunVvanjidan wojupi ditions of that treaty have'boon or will b.'
qa Waxicun oraiipi kin awicak fulfilled.
Iniyan Dakota cante wicakiyapi.
Wiybpekiyapi xni itokam Dakota do- -P?*" Isantanka waxakapi, qa token cinpi and make an earne.it effort to adopt the hah
owasin okihipi q^cyax, Dakota wicakiyuxepi its of civilized people, they could dwell in
ago the Americans established themselves at them with such things as would enable them
the mouth of the St. Peter's, and ever since tc plant and build. But so long as the young
they have treated the Dakotas with kindness.'
The Dakotas now say that the Americans
wish to rob them of their lands, and drive
them off to the prairie but this is. not true.
They will ask them for their land, but they
will not take it from them without paying for
it and if they remove them to another place,
they will not put thernin a bad country whore
there is no wood. They will put them
The Dakotas also say that the Americans
wish to have themjjerjsh,. and for that reason
wish to drive them from their lands but tl^at
is not true. The Americans wish to have
Indians and white men- cannot dwell togeth
er. If they attempt to do so the Indians
soon perish. If the Dakotas would all with
the neighborhood of the American.?. If they
\y ould select good land, fence large fields,
and give up their roving habits, they might
retain sufficient land for their own use, arid
no one would complain of it. The white
The people would be pleased with it, and the
Lono-' President would encourage them and furnish
arc ashamed fo chop wood, or cultivate
the earth—so long as they are afraid of axes
and hoes, and rove about with arrows and
war-clubs, they cannot live in the vicinity of
fed. to the Dakotas, but if thoy retain thoir sav
age customs, and roam about among the
white settlements, they are afraid that evil
will arise out of it, riot only to the whites but
to the Indian.
nakun they did not wish to do so. They bought it °ppress the Dakotas—they prefer to be on
li^a ekta ewicahnakapi kte xni. land was sold, yet the Dakotas have been!
ten maka waxte, qa mini cankoyukc permitted to hunt upon it as though it wcrel nau..ta Tawa*itk«i Kin
en yanke wicakiyapi kta. their own. If the Americans had been un
n Dakota heyapi ece. Isantanka unfriendly to them tiiey would have confined
unpi cinpi, qa he on etanh in tokan them to the west side of the river.
Hinyanpi kta." Tuka he nakun wica- It is often said (hat the Dakotas, u ho went kuwicayupi, Si cmian cwteAjtiya[»i kin i* ca kcya
ni. Dakota nipi cinpi, qa he on icu- to ashington to sell thpir laud, were de
lya etvicalinakapi cinpi. Ikcewica- ccived bv the Cioverntuent, and that none of
xict^n om icicahiva unpi okihipi xni. the conditions of tlie treaty then made have
mcn. 1 lie Americans bear no ill will
Though the Americans are strong .and
they please, they do not wish to
[r.j Wavicnu Toliahcya Dakota Wan)'a
k»ii Ofakapi,
Waxicun tokahcya Dakota wanwicnvnkapi kin,
Ltnvi IIc.nncpin rciyapi wanji ec. He Xina sapa ta-