Chapter XIII: Tobacco 121-127

Observations by Maxi´diwiac 121
The tobacco garden 121
Planting 122
Arrow-head-earring’s tobacco garden 122
Small Ankle’s cultivation 122
Harvesting the blossoms 123
Harvesting the plants 124
Selling to the Sioux 125
Size of tobacco garden 126
Customs 126

Accessories to the tobacco garden 126-127
Fence 126
The scrotum basket 127

Old garden sites near Independence 129

HIDATSA ALPHABET

a as a in what
e ” ai ” air
i ” i ” pique
o ” o ” tone
u ” u ” rule

ä ” a ” father
ë ” ey ” they
ï ” i ” machine

ạ ” u ” hut
ĕ ” e ” met
ĭ ” i ” tin

c ” sh ” shun
x ” ch ” machen (German)
j ” ch ” mich (German)
z ” z ” azure

b, d, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, w, as in English
b, w, interchangeable with m
n, l, r, interchangeable with d

An apostrophe (’) marks a short, nearly inaudible breathing.

Native Hidatsa words in this thesis are written in the foregoing alphabet. This does not apply to the tribal names Hidatsa, Mandan, Dakota, Arikara, Minitari.

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