No!^75r' ^*^' CHRONICLES OF WOLFTOWN — ^KILPATRICK 53 



Du:na:yi says this: "When I was standing over there by the 

 bridge, he [the thief] approached and gave them to me." 



1. A red-checked, belted dress $1.00 



2. Another dress, blue-checked $1.00 



3. And another one, spotted and faded $0. 50 



4. And another one, with red and black checks 



mixed $1. 00 



"That thief gave them to me where I, Du:na:yi, stood over there 

 by the bridge." 



COMMENTAEY 



We suspect that Du:na:yi was a relative of the woman who filed 

 a complaint against him with clerk Ino:li. The bridge mentioned 

 in Du:na:yi's somewhat thin defense was probably but a footlog. 

 The figures represent the value of the dresses, or what Du:na:yi 

 obtained for them. This document gives us our only glimpse of 

 feminine styles in old Wolf town. 



This record bears no date. We assign it to the year 1857. 



Mooney's notation is exceedingly difficult to read, but it appears 

 to be: "Altsegu Purchase of various Calicos — Dundyi WW." 



NO. 17.— CONCERNING A DEBT OF WAHHYANt.DA TO TSA:N(I)L A :TSt 



gharga^li I7ne i:ga do : tsi : Id. : wi : gi wahhy6:hi 



February 17th day we met wolf-place 



tsa:Ii ga:hwi:liP] tsiya : dhvdv : hv : ga aghino:hv:li 



Tsa:li Ga:hwi:li 1 just asked him he just told me 



tsa:n(i) la: tsi [2^] hi'i'a'i* nitsi:we:se:lv:gi harhni 



Tsa:n(i) La: tsi this then I just did tell him this here 



wahhy6:hi[25] narhna wvdag6 : da : sdhanf tsa:di:ha 



wolf-place there there I will go by which he says 



wahhyani:da tsiyd:dho:hl(a)sdi ade:lv sargwo aderlv 



Wahhyanl:da I lent him (hab.) money one money 



di:sgvhyv:sdano:lv urhetsdip] 



you must bring them by If to have It, he 



tsi:yose:l</:gwo ge:sv:gi ardirha tsaili ga:hwi:li 



I told him, just it was he says Tsa:li Ga:hwi:li 



tsd:hye:hn6 digo:hwe:lf :sgi agirnagfrdv 



not, for clerk, he he gave (flex.), me 



yi:tsi:nv:ne:16 gohwerli na:sgihno: wahhyanfrda 



not I gave him (w.p.k.) letter that, and Wahhyanl:da 



hi:gohv:hi hi:no:le:lv na:giwe:sv a:di:ha 



when you see him (cond.) must tell him, you I said he says 



ayv inorli digo : we : If : sgi nigdrdv a:gwagh(a)sa:sdi 



I Ino:li clerk, I all to watch, I 



'3 This man was known as Charley Hombuckle by the White people. Ga:hwi:li we cannot translate. 

 2* Known to the Whites as Jotm Large. Usually ^vritten Tsd:n(i)la:ts{. 

 M The first syllable is erroneously written ga. 



s« 'To have it, he' would be pronounced with a short first syllable: uhe:sdi. Both forms are written with 

 the same symbols, but the context here predicates u:hi:sdi. 



