Humboldt High School - Nokomis Yearbook (Humboldt, IA)

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ar i Jaw efwf .........1 Please Grandma tell me a story Jlwxhl No, dear, it's too late-but-well, let me see. Hmmmm. It happened one day 'way back in 1947 when I was a girl at Humboldt High. You know, dear, that Indian tribe that lives just outside of towng they call their reservation Dakota City. Well, that tribe heard that the white man was going to give back the land to the Indians, and so they had a big council fire to talk things over. Chief Bawling Bull Dog had sent out scouts. They returned with great news. Said they, 'We come to a heap big Wigwam with many windows. Suddenly bells ring, and many palefaces come out running like shot from arrow. We hide behind trees. Later they go back in-much slower than they come out. Saw many fine red scalps and nice blondes too! Then on a big field that look like prairie, we seeum braves planning war. They run up and down and throw big brown egg around. Thev beat each other up just for prac- tice They stand in circle and pray to Great Spirit Five squaws do strange dance and lead war whoop Rah' Rah' Rah' Then all palefaces yell like million papooses Rah' Rah' Rah' The Indians liked this way of getting scalps and so joined in the war whoops and stayed in Humboldt Now it s time to light the candle for this little papoose and for her to close her eyelids in sleep Th Ind an braves hold a pow wow before the Humboldt Hampton homec ming game 06311 'S 8 . V . . V . . . i Y K p 7 . . . ,, ,, .... ' ' U . . . . ,, . , . . . . v . . ,, , . e i - - 0 ' . I . , I 1 Q I i Y ' L . 1 . ,?S g ., . . . , xg, b 5 'Jig X J-H'--g ' - trfg . e gf-0 . i MV' .' ff. K- . 1 ' V jg' t- f. 1,'.,.k'. ' Q 35.3. .-3, Z' J ' X t .-.-'A if '?Yt'-: 4 X- ' . ,' 'r , ' -' ,x .. .,..,, , . s. '