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CHRONICLES OF WOLFTOWN — KILPATRICK 



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188), but cash itself was hard to come by. The sale of ginseng appears 

 to have been one of their chief sources of revenue, and Kussell (ibid., 

 p. 185), informs us that in the year 1834 alone the Qualla trading 

 post accepted in excess of 4,300 pounds of this root. 



The handwriting of this document is that of Sdhiiwi. Since there 

 is no internal evidence that would assist us in determining whether 

 Tsadi's debt was to the Wolf town Council of the Gagu:g(i), Mooney's 

 caption may be correct: "Record of Company Loan WW." 



NO. 8.—SDHI:WI WRITES ON WOLFTOWN POLITICS 



hi'a'i'sgini dagow6 : la : ni guye : gwo : m 



this, in particular I will write July 



hi^a? asdanv:nani:da:sdi ayerhli 



this to scribble, one central 



agwv:nv:ga [^] ayv 



I am in a hurry I 



sgide:lv:h^ a:yvhye:hn6 



give it (long) to me, you (imp.) I, for 



a : hni tsd,di : sdf ges6 : sdi 



here to leave it (long), you it will be 



agwv:nV:ga [^2] narsgi ii:ghw(a)do'i'di [<2] 



that 



It is 



ayv 

 I 



I am in a hurry 



ge:s\r:i 



now 



sdhi : wi 

 Sdhi:wl 



di:si:nd:sdv [^'I 



proficient, one 



na : gwo ino : li 



now Ino:li 



ghanitsu : hwil : yagw6 [*^] 

 fishinghawk-place, just 



ges6 : sdi na : sgigwo 



it will be that, just 



wun-^.-di ges6:sdi 



over there to send it (flex.), he it will be 

 ino:li 



Ino:li 



agihnvrsdi 



to carry it (flex.), I 



wahhya 



wolf 



to use it, I 



» i:ga 



8 day 



6: hi na:gw6:sginf 



it belongs now, in particular 



sdhi : wi nii : ]agw6 



Sdhi:wi hurry, you (Imp.), just 



agh(a)sdanv : nani : da : sdi 

 to scribble, I 



ale nu:lagw6 



and hurry, you (imp.), just 



agh (a)sdanv : nam : da : sdi 



to scribble, I 



na:sgigwo i:ga:i 



that, just all 



ino:Ii tsago:If:ye:di 



Ino:li to read it, you 



gohwe : li ges6 : sdi 



letter it will be 



wiganv : di 

 over there to send it (flex.) one 



hi'i'lu'tsv na:sgi 



when you come (cond.) that 



ghilo 



someone 



hi?a? 



this 



na : sgihno : 



that, and 



go : we : Iv : gd 

 I just wrote It 



ges6 : sdi ghilo 



it will be someone 



ago:li:ye:'i'v 

 let him read It 



na : sgi 



that 



agiye:lv:ha 

 1 believe 



ugo : If : ye : df 



to read, he 



gese : sdi 



it will be 



ga : dii : V g6 : i wahhy 6 : hi 



town I belong wolf-place 



gada : nv : dhe : sgv : i 

 I was thinking 



ges6 : sdi ale 



it will be and 



tsago : li : ye : di 



to read, you 



atshii : tsagwo 



boy, just 



gohwe :li 



letter 



i:g!itsv:sv [^] 

 when I turn back (cond.) 



i : ga i: tsiw6 : nid 



day you (pi.) talk 



digo:we:ii:sgi [*^] 

 clerk, I 



g6ge:sdisgini:di:nd [*''] 

 to go I, in particular, surely 



" The second syllable is erroneously written wv. 



" Inasmuch as proficiency is conceived to be expressed in multiple actions, this word takes a plural form. 

 ** This spelling possibly reflects a dialectal divergence from what is accepted as standard, and it stands 

 here as written by Sdhi : wi. 

 *^ The first syllable is erroneously written hi. 

 *" 'The-one-who-writes-them.' 

 *' The penultimate syllable is erroneously written de. 



