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-71- (explanation for illustration 9 of Fletcher account):- 1. Um-pa's house 2. The-me-ka-the's house 3. Wa-tha-bae-zin-ga's house 4. Me-ha-ta's house 5. Bron-tee's house 6. Um-pa-ska's house 7. Joseph La Flesche's house 8. Wa-na-shae-zin-ga's house 9. Tae-on-ka-ha's house 10. Ca-hae-num-ba's house 11. Num-ba-tae-wa-thae's house 12. Ta-hae-zin-gae's house 13. Ne-ma-ha's house 14. Du-ba-mon-ne's house 15. Wa-jae-pa's house 16. Wa-zin-ga's house 17. Ne-ou-ga-shu-dae's house 18. Wa-ne-ta-wa-ha's house 19. Ma-he-nin-gae's house 20. Sin-dae-ha-ha's house 21. Wa-ha-nin-gae's house 22. Ma-wa-da-ne's house 23. Grae-dun-nuz-ze's house 24. Bridge over stream 25. Vegetable garden, La Flesche's Nos. 12 & 13 are sod houses. Nos. 7 & 23 are frame houses. The four structures not numbered are barns. All the material to build these houses was furnished by the Indians themselves. Each man chose his own place to put his house on. The planks were of oak and the flooring was cottonwood. The bridge was built and the material was also furnished by the Indians.