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  FLESCHB] 
  ENVIRONMENT; 
  RESULTANT 
  INFLUENCES 
  

  

  101 
  

  

  traced 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  his 
  flight 
  from 
  the 
  gooseberry 
  bush 
  to 
  the 
  spot 
  

   where 
  the 
  body 
  was 
  found. 
  This 
  fight 
  took 
  place 
  on 
  Beaver 
  creek, 
  

   in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  township 
  21, 
  range 
  7 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  meridian, 
  Boone 
  county, 
  

   Nebraska. 
  

  

  ]]'ano 
  n 
  'kuge 
  shkoHha 
  i 
  tho 
  n 
  (for 
  

   portrait 
  of 
  Wano 
  n 
  'kuge, 
  see 
  fig. 
  

   44), 
  "Where 
  Wano 
  n 
  'kuge 
  was 
  at- 
  

   tacked." 
  This 
  battle, 
  between 
  a 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  and 
  the 
  Oglala 
  

   Sioux, 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  August, 
  1859. 
  

   A 
  number 
  of 
  lives 
  were 
  lost 
  in 
  

   the 
  battle, 
  the 
  attacking 
  party 
  of 
  

   Sioux 
  suffering 
  greater 
  loss 
  than 
  

   the 
  Omaha. 
  Two 
  Omaha, 
  a 
  

   woman 
  and 
  a 
  child, 
  were 
  taken 
  

   captive. 
  The 
  chiltl 
  was 
  returned, 
  

   and 
  the 
  woman, 
  after 
  many 
  ad- 
  

  

  c 
  ii 
  i 
  ' 
  i 
  , 
  Fig. 
  18. 
  Logan 
  Fontencllc. 
  

  

  ventures, 
  round 
  her 
  way 
  back 
  to 
  

  

  her 
  people. 
  This 
  fight 
  was 
  on 
  Beaver 
  creek, 
  in 
  township 
  20, 
  range 
  6 
  

  

  west 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  principal 
  meridian, 
  Boone 
  county, 
  Nebraska. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  names 
  were 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  Omaha 
  to 
  the 
  cities 
  and 
  

   towns 
  named 
  below: 
  

  

  Pahi' 
  zTiide 
  to 
  n 
  wo 
  n 
  , 
  St. 
  Louis. 
  

  

  Hair 
  red 
  town 
  (Referring 
  to 
  tin- 
  color 
  

   of 
  Governor 
  Clark's 
  hair.) 
  

  

  We'f'a 
  fabe 
  thitha 
  i 
  tho 
  n 
  , 
  Leavenworth. 
  

  

  Snake 
  black 
  they 
  take 
  the 
  (place) 
  

  

  Umo 
  n 
  'hon 
  to 
  1i 
  wo 
  n 
  , 
  Omaha 
  City. 
  

  

  Omaha 
  town 
  

  

  Shao 
  11 
  ' 
  to 
  n 
  wo 
  n 
  , 
  Sioux 
  City. 
  

  

  Sioux 
  town 
  

  

  ZJw" 
  mupa 
  i 
  tho 
  n 
  , 
  Fremont. 
  

  

  Pole 
  they 
  planted 
  the 
  place 
  

  

  Uzha'ta 
  tlio 
  n 
  , 
  Columbus. 
  

  

  Forks 
  the 
  (of 
  the 
  Platte 
  and 
  the 
  Loup) 
  

  

  Ni 
  cJcifhe, 
  Lincoln 
  (Salt 
  town, 
  because 
  situated 
  near 
  the 
  stream 
  

   to 
  which 
  the 
  people 
  went 
  to 
  gather 
  salt). 
  

  

  Tribes 
  Known 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tire 
  the 
  Omaha 
  names 
  for 
  the 
  tribes 
  that 
  are 
  known 
  

   to 
  them. 
  

  

  Of 
  their 
  own 
  linguistic 
  stock 
  they 
  know 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Ponca, 
  Po 
  n/ 
  ca. 
  

  

  Quapaw, 
  Uga'xpa. 
  The 
  name 
  means 
  "downstream." 
  

  

  Osage, 
  Wazha'zhe. 
  

  

  Kaw 
  or 
  Kansa, 
  Ko"'ce. 
  

  

  