DEAR FRIEND: I was born in Grand Island, Neb. in the 15 day of November. My mother was married by a white man, and used to live in Grand Island, and my father was scouting with the Pawnees, and once it rain very hard and he got lightling struck and died; I did not know him, I never seen him, my mother tells me about him. When he died, my mother went back to her home, and lived with her brother, who lived like a white man. In 1869 I went on a hunting bufflos with the Pawnees and Puncas. We went on about three days; they found some bufflos, so all the men got their best horses and fixed them up, and then took their bows and arrows and guns. They went all around them, and then they just run their horses to see who’ill get there first, one man would kill two or three, sometimes four and eight, and they skin them, and take them home, skin and all. The skins is used for mocassins and men legends (leggings). Once I went swimming while the men went after bufflos, while I was in the water I seen a bufllo coming where I was, frightened me to, I had to climbed upon a tree. It was mad, and some men were after him; and had some arrows in him. They killed it, and then I got down, and I seen them skin it. We had lots bufflo meat; we camp the same place, the Indians were drying their meat, so it will less (last) long. After while we went on again, we went on till sun was sat. Next morning they seen some more bufflos; they killed many more; they had to stay there till their meat was dry. We stayed there and then the Indian women got their work things and work on with their skins. They finished them and had lots meat and skins. We return home again. I just eat dry meat all the time. No town near to buy some bread nor sugar. I used to be hungry for bread. I used to cry for bread. My stepfather had to take me where their was some Pawnees, that did not go on hunting. We got there. I had all the bread I want. I was glad then. The next day we went on and got to a town; and got in the cars, and went on; we got to another town; we get out and went to my home, and then they sent me to school. I went to school four months. I went home again.