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BUREAU OF A]VIERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULI,. 196 



COMMENTARY 



Althougli there is much in the foregoing that is not clear, the in- 

 ordinate expense involved, speaking in terms of the buying power of 

 the 1859 dollar, is quite evident. The horse in question may have 

 been taken up by some White man, hence the necessity for the services 

 of interpreters; and the $4.00 possibly represents the expense of a trip 

 to and sojourn in some town such as Waynes ville or Webster in the 

 vicinity of Qualla. The witness and principal interpreter would have 

 accompanied Ino:li, hence their requirement of $5.00 each. One 

 can see that Ino:li could have been obliged to hire a horse for the 

 trip due to the loss of his only saddle horse. 



The Wolftown Council may have had a policy of defraying, or 

 helping to defray, expenses incurred by a Wolftown citizen in a 

 htigation with a White man, hence this expense account, 



Mooney's caption reads: "Inali — Cost of recovering Horse." 



NO. 32— TOWNSHIP COLLECTIONS, LOANS, AND EXPENDITURES 



u:l(a)sdu:[hi] 

 U:l(a)sdu:hl 



u:tse:l{:ga 



gha? 

 now 



ade : Iv 



money 



wa : huhu 



Wa:liuhu 



$100 n 



$1.00 



gu : la : tsi 



Qu:la:tsl 



gha?lv 



month 



tsiyadho:l(a)sda a:lv:tsi 



I just lent him A:lv:tsi 



$480 duni:n(o)dhi gha^lv 



$4.80 October month 



hi?a?sgim lidi 



this, in particular Lldl 



50 de[ha]lu : yi gha'lv 



$0.50 June month 



tsiyadho:l(a)sda 

 I just lent him 



duni:n(o)dhi 

 October 



u:yo:hu:sv 



he died 



20ne 



20th 



i:ga 



wim 



Wlnl 



ge:hyahi 



Qe:hyahl 



niga:hl{i)sda 

 It just became 



do:tsu:16?hnv 



Do:tsu:16'hnv 



u:dhu:gv 

 he owed 



li : di a : tsi : dhu ; gv 



Ll:dl she owed 



a:gi 



be just toot It (hard) 



7ne 

 7th 



a : tsi : dhu : gv 

 she owed 



a:gh(a)ghuyv:i 

 it has been paid 



a : go : lo : hi 



adetlv 



money 



gha?lv 

 month 



aderlv 

 money 



i:ga 



day 



arghuy^rdv 

 paid, it' 



ge:hya[hi 

 Ge:bya[hi] 



It just lessened 



a:gh(a)ghuyv:[i] 

 It has been paid 



a:hv:Da 



he just removed it 



a:ghuyi^:dv 

 paid, it 



a;gi 



she Just took It (hard) 



19ne i : ga 



19th day 



arghuyv a:?ghali:? 



he just paid It In full 



2De i:ga 1860 



2d day 1860 



$200 a?n(a)sgv:dhi 



.$2.00 May 



1861 



1861 



niga:hl(i)sda 

 it just became 



u:tse:li:ga 

 hers 



76 25 



$0.76 $0.25 



do:tsu:16'hnv 

 Do:tsa:16?hnv 



250 



$2.50 



mga:h](i)sda $2.12 



It just became 



$2.12 



^ Crossed out. 



