History and stories of Nebraska . Two Crows (Cahae Numba) 182 STORIES OF NEBRASKA. Great Father gave the land to the Indians and the -whitepeople had no right to be there. They all said what a shameit was for the Omahas to marry with any other people, and that none but the pure blood Oma-ha Indians had any right to theland. After they had all talkeduntil they were tired and the In-dians had agreed to all they said,Two Crows, who was then a veryold man, rose slowly and said: My friends, I agree with allthat you say to-day. You havesaid it very wisely and very but the pure blood Omahas
History and stories of Nebraska . Two Crows (Cahae Numba) 182 STORIES OF NEBRASKA. Great Father gave the land to the Indians and the -whitepeople had no right to be there. They all said what a shameit was for the Omahas to marry with any other people, and that none but the pure blood Oma-ha Indians had any right to theland. After they had all talkeduntil they were tired and the In-dians had agreed to all they said,Two Crows, who was then a veryold man, rose slowly and said: My friends, I agree with allthat you say to-day. You havesaid it very wisely and very but the pure blood Omahashave any right to this land. All theothers ought to move off at once. Now, you all know that myfamily and Wajepas family are the only two families of pureOmaha blood in the tribe. All the rest of you have got alittle Ponca blood, or a little Sioux blood, or a little lowayblood mixed in. So now all of you move off the land andWajepa and I will keep it for the pure Omahas. This unexpected turn broke up the council. What TwoCrows said was true. In the Omaha tribe, a very smalltrib
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