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By Willie Ottogary

Writings via American Indians from the early 20th century or previous are infrequent. Willie Ottogary's letters have the excellence of being firsthand studies of an Indian community's ongoing social existence by way of a group member and chief. The Northwestern Shoshone living on the Washakie colony in northern Utah descended from survivors of the endure River bloodbath. For over twenty years, neighborhood newspapers in Utah and southern Idaho usually released letters from Ottogary.

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Ammon and wife Pubigee went up on Ft. Hall Reservation to visit his relatives. . Indians from Idaho all went back last week. Mr. Frank and Grouse Creek Jack and their wives camping near Garland factory. He was working on sugar beets. . [1907-11-28 TT] Washakie, February 1, 1908. I am going a few stories. But we are very well and two or three of them was sick in our town, expect they will get well. Another day they was one man came here from Urmetella [Umatilla], Oregon. He stayed with Mr. Charlie Broom’s family, he expect went back home in spring some time.

Square brackets, [ ], have been used to correct Introduction * * * * * * * * * * * * 21 spelling of words that, in context, show something of Ottogary’s writing style (examples are such phonetic spellings as “postpond” [postponed], or “all raddy” [already]). Proper names have been standardized to those used most consistently by Ottogary, preferred spellings of families, or spellings used by living descendants (see the Biographical Register for variant spellings). ” If two words should have been separated by a space, the space was added.

James Brown and his company camping out North the town after some posts, about eight miles north from here. Sam and wife was born a boy baby last week. But she doing all right and child too. Mr. Charlie Broom finished his well last week. Mr. Bill Moemberg was very sick, his suffer been sick about 3 months, we don’t think he able lived. Mrs. Woonsook is get well, she was sick. . [1908-02-06-B TT] Washakie, March 10, 1908. Well I am sorry that write for long time and I am a few stories. The Indians getting all right so far.

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