Iapi Oaye (Santee, Nebraska), 1927-03

              SANTEE. NEBRASKA.
Taku Waste Okiya.
Taku Sica Kipajin
P. B. RIGGS, PUBLISHER
VOLUME LV1    NUMBER  3
MARCH, 1927
WOKAJUJU kaSpapj Sakpe
MRS. A. L, RIGGS TE KIN
Minnesota ekta Wilder otonwe kiu he en qa
February 27, 1927, anpetu kin ohna Mrs.
Riggs ihnuhanna ta, tukte en iye cunwintku
Miss Olive Riggs kici ti qon he en, qa March
4, anpetu kin he ohna hapi, Santee, Nebraska
ekta. ! Mrs. Riggs May 20, 1839 anpetu kin
he ohna tonpi, Leroy, New York otonwe kin
he en. Waniyetu wikceinna 88 heuakeca ikiyedan qa wayazan sui un tuka. Mrs. Riggs
hoksiyopa cistinua ehan atkuku ta hecen hunku kicisnaua un qa Rockford, Illinois otonwe
hen tipi qa ake ohakam Chicago otonwe kin
he en tipi. Hen un ieonhan hihnaton, Juue
9, 1863 anpetu ohna qa tuwe hihnaye kin he
Stephen qa Mary Riggs cinca koskapi tokapa,
Alfred L. Riggs eciyapi kin hee. Koska hun-
kake kin, tuwe uom otokaheya Ikcewicasta
ehna Wotanin WaSte kiu ahipi kin heepi.
Hehan Rev. qa Mrs. A. L. Riggs is June wi
kin, qa omaka 1870 ohna, tokaheya Santee en
htanipi. April 15, 1916 ohua Dr. A. L. Riggs
taqa iyohakam omaka 11 ikiyedan Mrs. Riggs
ni un hehan ta. Wilder, Minn, etanhan Mrs.
Mabel Riggs Stead qa Miss Olive Riggs bunku-
pi tancan kin Santee ektahdohipi. Mrs. Mabel Stead qa hihnaku kici Chicago otonwe eu
dowanpi woonspe en oitancanpi. Hehau Prof.
Stephen Riggs is Seattle, Washington eciyatanhan hi. lye otonwe kin he en Woonspe
Wankantu en waonspekiya un. Mrs. Cora
Riggs Waples is dehan Houston, Texas otonwe kin he en tipi he u kta okihi sni on hi sni.
Hehan Mrs. T. L. Riggs is Oahe etanhan hi.
Wicahapi woeekiye woecon kin Rev. John
Wright watokahan qa Rev. Charles Frazier
okiya. Nakun wicasta wanjigji en wohdakapi
kin, Rev. A. C. Warner, Springfield, S. D.
etanhan kin hee, qa Mr. James Hermon Opayawoju ekta Wotanin Waste oyake kiu hee,
qa Rev. Eli Jones, Santee Wakpadansica Okodakiciye awanyake cin hee, hehan Rev. Jesse
P. Williamson, henakecapi. Qa token woecon
Santee eu Dr. qa Mrs. A. L Riggs tukte tipi
otipi tka qon hetanhau tipiwakan ekta hehanyan wayawa unpi qa waonspekiya hena owasin
cankuye nonpa kiya owecihan najinpi qa tohan tankan aupi wicasta wakan hena tokahan-
pi qa ihakam akiyuha mauipi hehan cinca hena ihakam inanipi, tipiwakan ekta hehanyan.
MRS. RIGGS ON WOKICANPTE WOWAPI
Rev. Rudolf Hertz, decen wowapi unqupi:
"Dehau wicacehpi eciyatanhan nicipi unyakonpi kte kin he unkokihipi Sni, tuka miye
qa Mrs. Hertz kici unkitawacinpi kin on ni-
hnnpi kin on woyuonihan awacin unkanpi.
Mrs. Hertz iye ptinhan uihunpi kin ehake
tanyan wanyaka qa heon wowiyuskiu hduha,
qa nakuu miye he piwada. Nihunpi kin eciyatanhan taku sdonwaya qa iwacu kiu hena
on imawaste. Hehan otokahe ekta token Santee woonspe kiu yuha tehiya u kin heua awacin mayan qa hekta omaka he ehan tona Santee High School ihunnipi kin. Woyaotanin
Wowapi kin hena iye nape etanhan wicakieu
qon he tohni awektouje kte sni, Tuka niyepi
kin, tuwe Wotanin Waste kin otokahe ekta
watokaheya hute-oahde kin ahihdepi, qa toka
gepi kin on wicasta qa winyan, hoksipidan qa
wicinyanpidan wicobe wan wowaste en icagapi
kiu hena nihunpi kin etauhau qa iye toyawaste
qa towivuskin kin en waniyetu ota kici yanipi
qon hee wanna iye taku tona on wacinyepica
un kin hena on wokajuju, wiconi wateSdake,
kiu ikikcu. Niyatepi qa tona itokam iyayapi
kin hena wanna om un, unkecinpi."
Fort Berthold, etanhan Dr. Charles L. Hall,
Congregational Wotanin waSte woawanyake
en un kiu he wowapi decen unqupi: "Otokahe hca ekta tokaheya wahi kin en omaka wan
ji sam okise nihunpi kin tohni awektonje sni
ohni micante en wreksuya waun. Iyohakam
omaka ota kin hena en wiconi kin de on taku
sdonwaya qa awacin waun kin hena on dehan
nihunpi kin wanna is eya mitokam iyaye ciu
he micante niua iyomayaka."
Standing Rock Wotanin Waste oyanke etanhan Dr. G. W. Reed decen wowapi unqupi:
"Woakipe teliika ayakipapi heon miye qa
Mrs. Reed kici token woeante iyapa unhapi kin
he eciyatanhan wokicanpte unnicupi. Nihunpi iyotan waste kin yahuunipi esta woniya eciyatanhan iye tawaein ohni yeksuyapi kta.
Omaka ota en Itancan tawa en token htani qa
taku ota on wacinyanpi waste un kin heua on
wanna wokajuju kin hduha. Hapi ekta iyounbipi kte kin he wanna unkokihipi sni tuka
uncantepi qa woeekiye unkitawapi kin en nicipi unyakonpi."
American Missionary Association etanhan
Associate Secretary kin Rev. George W.
White decen wowapi unqupi: "Tohau nihunpi kin ta naunhonpi kin hehan taku owasiu
aiyohanzi iyececa. Wicahunkupi towasteda-
kepi kin heciyatanhan kodakiciyapi waste
kin en owasiu icikounyakapi kiu hee. Unkan
he eoi.yatanhan woiyokisice qa taku teliika
woakipe kin wibiyayedan oape tona en yaun
pi kin he ieonhan micante imahetu ekta token
cicipi waun kecanmi kin on wowapi de cicaga-
pi. Nitonipi kin de en taku ecanonpi qa tuwe
on htayakinipi woiyokipi woawacin hena
eciyatanhan ta esta niyepi on wowiyuskin kin
cante ojudan hduha iyaya kecanmi. Unhun-
kakepi hena taku tanka icupi kta woawacin
yuhapi kin. Woyawaste wan unhapi kte cin
he tuwe wan en wowidag iciya unyakonpi kin
he etanhan u kta he wicadapi."
American Missionary association qa New
York Office kin etanhan Secretary F- L.
Brownlee decen wowapi kaga: "Nihunpi kin
tukte ohna tanyan hca kici sdonweciye kte
qon he oiyehautu kin iyehanyan miye tohni
mduhe Sni. Omniciye unkitawapi en eceedan
wanmdaka. Tuka token wahbadan qa tawaein on woecon owasin iyokipi kin hena wain-
daka eciyatanhan nina iyomakipi qa micante
en yanka eciyatanhan dehan uihunpi iyotan
waste kin wanna yahnnnipi qa token woiyokisice en yaunpi mita wacin on cioipipi waun
kecanmi heon piwada."
MRS. RIGGS TA
Winyan okinihan kin de ina ewakiye kte,
Dr. A. L. Riggs tawicu kin he ee. Kici Santee Normal Training School en htanipi, omaka 1870 hetanhan. Canku Dakota sitomni-
yan sdonyapi, iyotan tona hen wayawa unpi
kin inayanpi waste wan he tawapi. Ptinhan
Yankton, S. D. en ehake wanunyankapi.
Pipestone, Minnesota etanhan uukupi qa
otonwe den unkdipi, Mrs. Jones kici wiyolipe
yatakiya unkupi qa depot en unkdipi unkan
hen, Dr. F. B. Riggs wanunyankapi, e nihun
token un he epa unkan, hemani mahen iyotauke do he Iowa ekta yedo eya. Hecen ito wan-
mdake kta epa, qa mahen wai qa nape mdu-
ze. Mrs. Riggs, tanyan yaun wancinyauke
do epa. Unkan miseya ake wancinyanke cin
iyomakipi. Tanyan yani) he? How is Mrs.
Jones, epa e den depot en yankedo epa. Unkan wanmdake owakihi sni, wauna mde kta,
Toksa ake Santee ekta wakikta, he Home mitawa. Wana iyaye kta e 'goodbye Mrs. Riggs
epa, unkan, "Goodbye Rev. Jones, God bless
you" eya ca nape mayuza.
Tohan Santee, Neb, en wayawa wai, Wowapi
Wakan unspemiciciye kta un qa Dr. Riggs
office tawa eu wai, Mrs. A. L. Riggs kici en
yanka, nape mayuzapi qa, nonpin iapi woiyo-
pastake emakiyapi.    Hehan  decen emakiye,
"waunspeniciciye kta yahi kin nina tanyan
ecanon. Taku wanji iyotan onspeniciciye kta
yacin he" Wowapi Wakan he sanpa unmaspe
kta wacin on wahi ce epa. "He iyotan tanka
awacann.i. Wakantanka niyawaste qa smpa
woonspe nicu qa tawowidake okihiniye kte."
Decen imakiye cin he awacanmi sni. Tuka
imunka hehau awacin munka qa Mrs. Riggs,
takn emakiye cin he micante akan oowe
tanka owa emicikde kin bin he iyececa.
Tohan Mrs. A. L. Riggs ta nawalion hehau
tokaheya qa ehake taku emakiye cin he weksuya, taku icajemayate cin he amayata, iye
Woniya Waken mahen otiye cin etanhan. Taku iyomawaja kta Woniya Wakan eciye ciu
eciyatanhan woiyopastake en waemakiye, qa
j iyecen emakde.
Unkan winyan okinihan wan toie weksuye;
George Washington he witawata ozuyeyapi
wieobe kin en opa kta. Miniwanca ekta ye
kta cantiheya, ye kta ciu. Hunku iyokipi
sni tuka unhanketa iyowinkiya. Hehan hunku kin napekduze kta e timahen iyaya, unkan
istmnnihanpe au e wanyake ca heya, miye
iyokipimieiye kta e ina cantesin-wakiya kte
sni ce eya. Canke hunku heya, "George,
Wakantanka tona hunkake kduonibanri kin
hena wicayawaste kta iwa ho wicaye ciqon, he
niyanaste kta ce.'' Iye toie kin wiealitake
iyecen waiiwacininaye, ca taku Wakan Iyotan
Wasake cin en micicu qa toie kin yuha maka-
kije kte cin on ynhemakiye, qa de okna wo.
cante waste mduha.
Dehan Mrs. Riggs ehake emakiye cin he
tanka e wauwekdake. Iye tnku Wakan kin en
sutaya ikoyag miciye cinhan toyawaste on
awauinayanke kta, inawicayapi toiepi kiu he
ecen owotana kduhapi qa Tawakantank.'ipi kin
he anagoptanpi kin he. Woyawaste qa wiconi
kta canke Inawicayapi kin he wanji tona un-
kitokain kaupi qa wacinyanpi un watokahanpi
kin hena toie qa Tawakeutankapi kin en awicakehan nnkicicupi kta. Canke de. Mrs.A.
L. Riggs, ehake toie kin, qa ehake toie dena
un weksuye ca inSeya toua Santee Normal
Training School en woonspe den icahwicayapi
kin de iyecen wicotawacin yuhapi nacece.
Dakota oyate woonspe sdonyapi kiu dehan
waste kin wana wanunkdakapi. Dr. qa Mrs.
A. L. Riggs etanhanpi oahinape qa icagapi.
Heon, inaunyanpi waSte qa okinihan qon
wana woonspe kin dena etanhan taku waSte
aicaga wankdake ca iyaya. Wana dehan wiconi wastesdake kokdaka. Iye iapi woiyopastake emakiye cin on dena awacinmayan on
cajewakdate.
Nahanh cinca tona woawanyanke en unpi
kin hena wicunkiksuyapi kta, Dr. F. B. Riggs
qa tankSiwicaye ca cincapi om.
Oyakapi waste wan,
Oyaka wimduskin;
Mata tuka nimaye,
Heon iwadowan ;
WawaKtani, wanuni,
Wiconte etkiya;
Tuka Iye omade;
Jesus iyemayan.
Oyakapi waSte wan
Nawahon sni qehau,
Minagi kin akihan;
Micante ipuza:
Tuka oie tawa
Deban on wimapi;
Qa towitan wiyakpa
Canku iyovamya.
Tohanyan df manke kin
Nakun mahpiya heci,
He ohinni mdatan kta:
Jesus Wanikiya.
Odowan 94.
H. M. Jones.