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Title: Handbook of Yokuts Indians - Pahmit's Story Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Tanis Thorne Native Californian & Nisenan Collection # of Pages: 11 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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220 HANDBOOK OF YOKUTS INDIANS Then Major Savage he talk. He tell us, ‘‘Now you do what I say. You bring chief all Indian tribe here. You bring ’em here ten days now. You bring two Indian each tribe. You bring one chief; you bring one moke for me. I want one wife each Indian tribe.’’ My grandpa, Tomkit, he send men bring all Indian chief; tell all Indian chief bring one Indian wife Major Savage. Indian chief all come Kuyu Illik. They bring Indian wife Major Savage. I think they bring seventeen. I think some run ‘way. I think seven stay work for Major Savage. After all chief come Kuyu Illik, one, maybe two days, big man from Washington come with paper. Lots ’em come. I think they fifteen, maybe twenty horse-back soldier. They three soldier on four horses wagon. They stop wagon Kuyu Illik on big open place south my grandpa’s house. All Indian crowd ’round, look. All chief set ’round on ground. Some soldier take three big box out wagon. They put ’em in open place, each one up top. Then Indian get on top, way up high. He talk our people. That Indian belong our people long time ’go. When he little boy, Spanish preacher take him Mission at San Juan. At San Juan he learn read, write, talk like white man. Big white chief call him Charlie. Our people callhim Yo’-ho. White chief talk him. Then Yoho talk us long time. He talk, ’n talk, ’n talk. He turn ‘round, ’n ’round, ’n round on box. My people all hear him. He say we got give big Father at Washington all our land. We got go down valley, live. He say big white Father at Washington send us clothes; send us flour, send us blanket, send us horse. He say big white Father send us teacher, so our people go school like white man. Our people no like that. They think all right send things. They no like go down valley. No acorn there; too many Indian there. They think have fight with Indian there. My grandpa, Tomkit tell Yoho. Yoho talk long time big white chief, Then Major Savage he go wagon. He bring whisky; he bring tobacco. He tell all Indian set down, they gonna smoke. Major Savage fill tobacco pipe. He make one puff, he give pipe Indian. All Indian make one puff. All white chief make one puff. Then Major Savage give ’em lots whisky. Then Yoho talk long time ’gen. Our chief all set ’round, listen. Then they make sign mark on piece paper. Co-toom’-se, chief with ChuckHANDBOOK OF YOKUTS INDIANS 221 Pahmit in 1929, aged about 100 years, by the wall of the old stone guardhouse at Fort Miller. Pahmit helped to build this wall about 1854. chan’-se. He sign ’em. My father, Dawk-taw, he chief with Dumna tribe Indians. Some people call him Tap’-pah. He sign ’em. My uncle, To’-mas, he chief Kit-cha’-ye tribe. He sign ’em. Lots Indians sign ’em. Take long time. Then white chief go ’way.