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dian rites, and their only daughter,
Mary, still living as an honored mem
ber of the Omaha tribe, Is the venera
ble mother of Bright Eyes. From
Mrs. La Flesche haB been obtained
much of the very valuable folklore
contained in the book Oo-Moh-ha T-Wa-Tba.
The twelfth article of the Omaha
treaty of 1854, of which Bright Eyes'
translation into Indian is given here,
is as follows: "The Omahas are de
sirous to exclude from their country
the use of ardent spirits, and to pre
vent their people from drinking the
same, and therefore it ib provided that
any Omaha Indian who is guilty of
bringing liquor Into their country, or
who drinks liquor, may have his or
her proportion of the annuities with
held from him or her for such time as
the president may determine. (See
page 19 of book.)
Wajapa, whose picture is printed
below, is the author of a strong letter
concerning Indian citizenship, which
is given on pages 53 to 56 of the book
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AS T week a short notice
ofOo-Ma-HaTa-Wa-Tha
was given by The Cou-
bikb. Today are pre
sented some of the illus
trations which grace
that very delightful little book. It is
to be regretted that in addition to the
excellent likenesses of Mrs. Fannie
Reed Giffen and Mrs. Susette La
Flesche Tibbies (Briglit Eyes), pic
tures of the father and mother of
Mrs. Tibbies cannot be given. Joseph
La Flesche, or Iron Eye (EStaMab
Za), father of Bright Eyes, was per
haps the foremost name in the Omaha
tribe during the period from 1854 to
his death in 1888. He advanced farm
ing, encouraged schools and churches,
and was himself the best example of
industry for his tribesmen.
Bright Eyes' mother, Mary Gale La
Flesche (Waoo
Winchtcha), is
one whose roman
tic history reach
es back to the lo
cation of Fort
AtkiLSon on the
site of the pres
ent town of Fort
Calhoun, Wash
ington county,
Jebraska,inl819.
Here came as a
surgeon John
Gale, of Xew
Hampshire, who
soon fell in love with a beautiful
Ioway Indian by the name of Neko
ma. Later they were married by In-
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He still lives on one of the big reser
vations. Big Elk is a man much rev
ered among the Omabas. He seems to
have been a very great benes?ctor of
his tribe.
HE followiog short selec
tion from an Indian folk
lore etory will suffice to
show the character of such In-
'' dian tales: "There was an old
woman who lived all alone, the Rabbit
was her son and the old woman was
Mother Earth. Rabbit had a magic
skin, the perfect image 6f himself. Rab
bit lived with the old woman and
broight her game. The old woman
was the mother of all living creatures,
feeding them on thicgs which grew up
out of herself. Grandmother Mazhun
(barth) said to her grandson, 'All the
people are my children, all the men are
your fathers, all the women jour moth
ers, and all the children your uncles and
aunts.'
"And God made a man and put him
on the earth to take care of the people,
but the man Goo sent hated the people,
and looked on them as bin property.
TniB man took
all the buffalo
and deer and put
them in here, and
and made the
people take care
of them, but did
cot ollow them to
kill any to eat, 8)
me people werri
nearly etarved.
"Grandmothei
Mazhun said tc
Rabbit: 1 '
thought I told'
you to be kind
to your father and mother.'
"That was ail she said and spoke no
mare.
" I will see about this,' said Rabbit
"Then Rabbit went on a journey to
see this man and took his magic skin
with him. He said nothing to Grand
mother Mazhun about his project. As
he was going along he passed a hand
some man.
"I have been waiting a longtime,'
said the man. 'You have been slow in
coming.'
"I hurried,' replied Rabbit, 'but 1
was slow after all,' and in an instant be
was transformed into a handsome young
man himself.
"This splendid young brave whom
Rabbit met was Umba (Light o'c the
Sun.) They traveled on together and
soon overtook another handsome map.
He had a war club aad a tobacco bag.
This was Ka (Turtle.)
'"I have been, waiting a long time,'
said he, 'and you did not come.'
"The three walked on together until
they came to where the herders were
taking care.of the buffalo and deer. A
little fawn had been neglected by the
herders, or escaped by accident, and
Rabbit said, 'I will take this fawn with
me.'" Jay Amos Barrett.
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