64. Bón-són-gee, New Fire; Chief of a band; boar’s tusk and war-whistle on his breast.
65. Quáy-hám-kay, the Stone Shell; a brave, and a good specimen of the wild untutored savage.
66. Túnk-aht-óh-ye the Thunderer (boy).
67. Wun-pán-to-mee, the White Weasel (girl).
This boy and girl, who had been for several years prisoners amongst the Osages, were purchased by the Indian Commissioner; the girl was sent home to her nation by the dragoons, and the boy was killed by a ram the day before we started. They were brother and sister.
WÉE-CO.
A small tribe, living near to, and under the protection of, the Pawnee Picts, speaking an unknown language; probably the remnant of a tribe conquered and enslaved by the Pawnee Picts.
68. U’sh-ee-kitz, He who fights with a Feather. Chief of the tribe.
This man came into Fort Gibson with the dragoons; he was famous for a custom he observed after all his speeches, of embracing the officers and chiefs in council.