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The children regarded the same in the fathers family, if brothers children to adopted, or In a fight with Sioux, while on a Buffalo hunt - the two tribes met - Omaha's put the woman & children behind for safety - the line of fighters advanced & retreated - while the women & children dug pits to jump into & escape the arrows. Susette Morton [[?]] in his work because S. want water - old man who could not fight saw the difficulty & had water in a skin gave some to the child to quiet her. An old woman had with her 3 grand children. She dug a pit put them in & got in on top - in one of the [[?]] she was left behind. The Sioux came on - passed her by - On their return a Sioux discovered the pit - saw old woman she determined to be dead. The Sioux said he would find out if she was dead. He drew