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| Chief Little Buck, 1981 |
To: White Squaw with machine which paints turkey tracks on leaves of bark.
From: Me, Chief of Tribe, with plenty plew but no wampum.
Roll of bark come teepee Chief Little Buck. White Squaw make marks on piece of bark. Trading time comes, tribe has heap much wampum in hollow tree, Chief Little Buck trade wampum for White Squaw's piece of bark. Turkey track painting machine gets owl feather.
I have spoken,
Chief Little Buck ~B~
(1961)
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Translation provided by Chief White Water (Phill):
The White Squaw = Virginia
Machine which paints, etc. = typewriter
Wampum = money
No Rain Moon = some month which hasn't delivered rain
Plew = Something of value he uses to trade
Roll of Bark = paper
Hollow tree = bank
Owl feather = a reward of some kind
Evidently, Grandpa gave her a piece that he had written and she typed it so
that he could submit it and receive money for it. Probably something like a
submission to Reader's Digest. If he got paid, then he would deposit the
money in the bank and reimburse my mother for some expenses.
