Name/Title
Letter from the Mohonk Lodge to Harry GeorgeEntry/Object ID
Q1430.635.106NDescription
Vol II pg. 106N
Letter from the Mohonk Lodge to Harry George discussing the meaning of the names written on the invoice regarding the baby carrier and their possibilities for new merchandise in the future.
February 2, 1909.
Mr. Harry L. George,
St. Joseph, Missouri.
Dear Sir; -
Thank you for your remittance of the 20th inst. I am pleased to hear that the baby carrier arrived in good condition and opened up to your satisfaction. Nearly all of the so-called plains Indians such as the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa, Comanche, and others, have these carriers very similar, though the designs and symbols are different. As to the the two names osn the card, Hoitzio is the womans name before she was married, and means when interpreted “Lightning Woman”; and the name Mrs. American Horse is her married name. That is, she married American Horse, who is a Cheyenne Indian. The American Horse to whom you refer was a famous Sioux warrior, son of the American horse who took such an active part in the Custer battle on the Little Big Horn.
As to the baskets on hand, enclosed we are sending you a list, and will be pleased to send for your inspection anything in the line. We will have another assortment of the Chetimachie goods in about a month, and will then write you concerning them. We have a very good pair of the Parflesche bags at $4.00 net, and will be pleased to forward them to you if you so desire.
Sincerely yours,
The Mohonk Lodge,
R, Kincaide, Mgr.
P.S. We have a pair of the heavily beaded clothes bags but they are of North Arapahoe make. Price $5.00Subject
Mohonk Lodge
Colony, Oklahoma
Hoitzio
Mrs. American Horse
Cheyenne
Carrier -- Baby
Baskets
Chetimache -- ChetimachaSubject Person/Organization
Harry L. George Collection