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(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.