The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . stricken chief, alighting near the spot, wassoon assured of her death. Standing over her corpse, he exclaimed in hismother tongue: Wau-cunda menia-bratuskunee, shimgan-menia-nanga-nappoo! which, being interpreted means,God Almighty! I am a badman! You are angry with me. The horse has killed my squaw. Atthat moment the child lifted its head from the dead body of its mother
The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . stricken chief, alighting near the spot, wassoon assured of her death. Standing over her corpse, he exclaimed in hismother tongue: Wau-cunda menia-bratuskunee, shimgan-menia-nanga-nappoo! which, being interpreted means,God Almighty! I am a badman! You are angry with me. The horse has killed my squaw. Atthat moment the child lifted its head from the dead body of its mother andsaid: Father, my mother is asleep. The inference was that the horse had stumbled and thrown her. Theoccurrence took place about four days journey from his house. Mahaska,within that time, was soon returning to his lodge, bearing the body ofRantchewaime, with his child in his arms. He proceeded at once to dis-pose of the corpse. His first business was to gather together all the pres-ents that had been made to her at Washington, also whatever belonged toher, and to place them, with the body, in a rude box; and then, accordingto the custom of the Indians of that region, the box was placed upon a high scaffold. ******.
Size: 1719px × 1453px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookidhistoryofmahaska00unio
