A Semi-Historical Account of the War of the Winnebago and the Foxes

              Fox and Winnebago War
on (if you wish) but the result would be simply that you will reduce everything to ashes. This is what will happen if you continue. You know that the Winnebago get very resourceful when they starve. That is his nature and therefore I will take him home with me and fatten him up for you. But you must do what I now tell you. From whatever different places you have come, go back to them. If you don't do it, as long as you live, never will I sell any ammunition to you. If you do not let up on the Winnebago, I will give them ammunition and^ lend them my men.    "All right," said they.
Higua'nA mok^i'-eje egi hinijgra' nik'djo'T/genigra watcdjejad^ warutf kerej e', Uankci'gera wasagere'ra mowai'rej e. WaniT/gi'gi tciwusu'ntcinik tciwagigi-a'n4ga, wa'rutcwoga^n4ga. M^cdjai'- negi, e'gi gi-a's wagigi'je, hijuk pi'^yxdji woga'n4ga waru'djera dja'n4ga waitcu'iran4gijeniiga'cAn4 woga'je. Njtacdja'gera,- tani'jura, waisga'bera, warudj era^n^tc woga'n4ga, wawag€'j«=, "Nik'dJ9'genigaxdjiwi^n4, ragiwaistena'wire. Jiga'ganixdji w^oca' ho-iro'ni hic'iiwi-e'ge. Ho'rij^ ki'cip rawigi'ji, hage'dja t'e^giji honini'nawigi hoij^' t'an4k^i'ji homxu'dj hirega^dja. * Wapo'7er€ k^icip t'e wa'unai''>7k^djane^n4 rak^iri-o'gigiwaiVen4,' airek^dje'n4. P^edjorat'xi'wjgi, p'edjera hoiciipdji hawon^'wi-^dje. Jiga'geni- xdji n^'ii'stera hij^ ni-o'rat'i|carawi-e^gi."
Then they scattered and the women and children were taken into the boat. The men who could walk fast, walked. As soon as he had brought them back near the fort, he gave them food with which to sustain themselves. When they were strong enough, he bade them flee and gave them good guns and as much food as they could carry in their boats. Coffee, sugar, bread and all kinds of food he provided for them and he said, "Children as you're about to flee (remember this). Never hunt fish with a spear. You might thus let a fish escape and if it dies later on and (the enemy) hook a dead fish and inspect it, they will say, ' This fish was speared and got away and died and therefore they (the Winnebago) have passed here. Likewise, if you build a fire, always cover up the embers, for if you should throw any into the water (you would be detected).'"
Aigi ni77gio'wak*araiVen4 wadjo'we. Te'n^k^a yowak*arai'ren4 howi'wis nlji'regi niwo'gizik, hiragi'regi edja h'ixdje'gi hoira'tc- gera, howak^arai'ren4.:   E'gi te'e'ji jegia'n4ga.
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