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- Red aeng-guh-veet
Blue ae'fee-veet
Green boo'hoo'gaet
Yellow oe-huh-peet
Black doo-hoo'-veet
White doe-so-veet
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Sacajawea
Excerpts from a letter by Reverand Dr. John Roberts
The Honorable James I. Patten who was appointed U.S. Agent of the Shoshones in the
seventies and for many years previously had known them and spoke their language,
was himself convinced that the claim of the old Shoshone woman, Bazil's mother,
was genuine. Mr. F.G. Burnette, U.S. Government farmer, resident on the reservation
for more than a quarter of a century, was well acquainted with Sacajawea and spoke
to her many times concerning her connection with the Expedition. Richard Morse,
for many years a government employee at this Agency also knew Sacajawea personally.
These three reputable, worthy pioneer men as well as Dr. Erwin the Agent, were convinced
that the claim of Sacajawea, buried here, was connected with the Lewis and Clark
Expedition, was true.
During the latter years of her life here she was known to the whites and Indians
as Bazil's mother. On my Parish Register of Burials, I recorded her burial under
the date of April 9, 1884, as Bazil's mother, Shoshone, age one hundred years. Date
of Death: April 9, resident of Shoshone Agency. Cause of death: old age. Place of
burial: Burial grounds Shoshone Agency. Signature of Clergyman, John Roberts.
She was also known to the Indians by other names according to the Shoshone custom,
as Wad-ze-Wipe the Lost Woman, Booe-nive the Grass Maiden, and Bah-ribo the Water
Whiteman.
Dr. Eastman, Sioux-Indian, Physician and well known author and lecturer, was specially
commissioned by the Indian Office to investigate the identity of Sacajawea. After
thorough personal investigation, both here and among the Commanches in Oklahoma,
his report was to the fact that Sacajawea, buried here, was the Shoshone woman guide
of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard, Ph.D., the eminent
Wyoming historian of Sacajawea's life which is published by the Arthur H. Clark
Company, Cleveland, Ohio, under the name of "Sacajawea". Dr. Hebard maintains on
her history the claims of the Shoshone woman buried here. Dr. Hebard also at considerable
cost had a massive granite headstone placed in memory of Baptiste, the son of Sacajawea,
near the grave of Sacajawea. Also a similar monument at the head of the grave of
Bazil, her adopted son, and a granite headstone at the grave of Maggie Meyers, the
daughter of Baptiste, and a similar granite monument was placed by her, at the head
of the grave of Andrew Bazil, the son of Bazil, with a suitable inscription on each,
indicating their relationship to Sacajawea. A concrete column about two feet square
and three feet high marks the grave of Sacajawea in the Shoshone Indian Cemetery,
placed there by Major H.E.. Wadsworth, formerly U.S. Indian Agent in charge of this
reservation. On the face of it is embedded a bronze tablet with inscription prepared
by Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard which reads: :Sacajawea died April 9, 1884". A Guide
with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805-1806. Identified 1909 by Rev. John Roberts
who officiated at her burial.
(signed) Rev. John Roberts
October 11, 1934
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Language Samples
- Basic Numbers
- One Si-muh
Two wat-hat-tu
Three ba-yte
Four wat-zu-whit
Five mie-re-geet
Six naa-fa-yte
Seven dot-so-wit
Eight nie-wut-su-wite
Nine si-woe-woo-me-hund
Ten si-woed
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