Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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HOW INDIAN SOFKEY A FOOD
OF HOSPITALITY IS MADE
To have a happy home
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C. A. Looney in the Kansas j banked in the ashes of the fire-
City Star; The sofkey bowl and 1 place to keep it warm. It is as
the ahpuskey bag are rapidly dis- \ good cold as hot, however, and
appearing from the five civilized | there are always two sofkey pots,
tribes and tne national food of the One is kept full ot cold sotkey
household and the warriors on the j and the other containes the warm.
I trail is disappearing- as the cus—Water is added as it is needed,
toms of the white man and his I and this water drawn off the grits
more varied food supersede the, makes a soup that is very nourish-
old Indian customs and habits of jing
ife.
From the time that the Indians
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of the five tribes w^re forced from
their Eastern homes to their pies
ent territory and up to one de-
cade ago, 110 Indian family was
without its sofkey pots and no
Indian traveled on a long journey
ithout his skin bag filled with
hpuskey. Sofkey is the Creek
Indian food. In the Cherokee
nation it is known as cannahana,
the Choctaw and Chickasaw
nations it is called tomfulla, and
the Seminole nation the same
as the Creek. It differs slightly
the making in the different
nations, as any food would differ
f made by chefs in different
hotels. The Creek recipe is con-
dered the standard.
HOW IT IS MADE
Sofkey is made of corn of a
pecial brand, a little lye, asprin-j
kle of clean wood ashes and a
good deal of water. Tne corn re-
sembles popcorn in that the ears
are long and slender and the
grains small and flinty, though it
s made of common maize when
the better grade of corn is not
available. The corn is taken
when it is barely ripe enough to
be shelled and after shelling the
grains are soaked in
two hours, just long
Tne sotkey pot is always open
to the visitor or the traveler who
appears at an Indian home, and
he is invited to eat. This
custom that grew out of the theory
that whenever an Indian appeared
who had been traveling he would
be hungry, and he usually was.
All Indiwns like sofkey, but it is
an acquired taste if the white man
likes it. White people who have
lived long among the Indians,
however, soon learn to like sofkey
and it becomes an important part
of their daily food. It is eaten
from large wooden bowls and with
wooden spoons. I he sofkey pots
and the bowls and spoons are now
becoming rare. The art of pot-
tary making is lost to the Indians.
Few now make the bowls and
spoons. 1 he sifters made of cane
are disappearing. They resemble
Indian baskets and are sometimes
! made of dogwood when cane is
not available. Sometimes nuts
are added instead of lye when the
sofkey is to be eaten immediately
This makes it a very rich food.
THE INDIAN "TRAVEL FOOD."
Ahpuskey is made very similar
to sofkey. It corresponds to the
condenced milk of to-day. Corn
is taken when it is not quite hard
water for I and is shelled from the cob and
enough to' plsced in a pot where it is baked
Coal oil. the new genious of the lamp, |
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the whole, and follow with another
cloth wrung out of white soapsuds
reinforced with a lump of washing soda, j
Tins of any sort may be made and kept
bright by the same treatment. For
cookiig vessels, no matter how grimy,
the oily scrubbing is the "aovereignest"
thing yet devised. It is the same with
windows and window sash; in case of
the glass it is only necessary to follow
the oil scrub with a dry, soft cloth,
rubbing until the glass shows clear.
For mirrors, after washing off the oil
thus, pollish with a clean cloth and a
little dry whiting. Dust paint well be-
fore touching it with oil, then rub it
over quickly, and follow with a dry
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@Jlf!2lP
AYegetablc Preparation for As-
similating UicFoodandllcgula-
ling the Stomachs and bowels of
Promote s Digestion,1Cheerful-
ness and Rest.Contains neiUicr
Opium.Morphine nor Mineral.
Not Nahcotic.
cause the outer skin to seperate I
from the kernels. The corn is j
then put ir.to a mortar and pound-
ed until it is the consistence of
coarse grits. It is then put into a
sifter made of cane and the husks
and the husks and chaff seperated
on the same order that wheat is
seperated from chaff in a thresh-
ing machine, only the Indians
have !-,ut the crude sifter and a
tan to do the work with. An In-
dian woman is most dextrous
until it is brown. Then it is pla
ced into a morter and pounded
until it is about like coarse meal
To this a little sugar is added
The Indians used maple sugar for
this. Ashes were also used. The
nutritious qualities of this food
are remarkable. When an Indian
was traveling he carried a small
bag of tljis witn him always. He
could live on it for days at a time
1 and keep in the best condition.
White pioneers learned its use
Complain of Kansas Rates
A complaint was filed with the
interstate commerce commission
by the Farmers, Merchants and
Shippers' club of Kansas against
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe and
numerous other railroads that ex-
tortionate rates are charged from
Kansas points to Galveston and
more favorable rates are given to
points farther north in other stat-
es.
Complaint was also filed with
the interstate commerce commis-
sion bv the Howard Mills com-
pany of Wichita, Kansas, that the
Missouri Pacific, Atchison, Tope-
ka & Santa Fe, Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific, Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy, Denver & Rio
Grande, Southern Pacific and Un-
ion Pacific railroads are maintain-
ing unjust differential against
flour and in favor of wheat ship-
ped from Wichita to Pacific coast
terminals and points in Arizona
It is asserted that this discrimina
tion operates disastrously to the
flour mills, and the complainant
urges that the differential be ab-
olished.
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with one of these sifters. With a ! early and valued it highly Two
peculiar motion she keeps the or three spoonfuls of ihis grits in
sifter moving in such a way that a cup of water made a soup that
the chaff gathers at one side and was sustaining and exhilarating,
the cracked grain falls through A peculiar feature about it is that
the sifter on the other and at in- stagnant water taken from a pond
tervals she throws the chaff out on the prarie-; and otherwise unfit
of the sifter and onto the ground for use can be poured on the grits
with a quick movement that does and used with impunity, the grits
not stop the sifting process. apparently killing all impunties.
Water that an Ineian would not
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IT IS A RICH FOOD.
The sofkey grits are then put
into a sofkey pot, a large earthen
pot with an open mouth, and boil-
ed from four to six hours. A lit
tie lye is added to prevent fer-
mentation and to give an acid fla-
vor. Wood ashes are also sprin-
kled into the mixture. Several
gallons are made at one time, de-
pending on the size of the family.
After the sofkey is cooked it is
Has Designed
a State Seal.
Jules A. Martin, of St. Louis, in
the city this week, was displaying a
drawing of a seal he wish's to have ac-
cepted as the seal for the hew state of
Oklahoma.
The design contains a map of the
state in white, held banner-wise by a
typical American girl and an Indian
woman. A rich green background typ-
ifies the wealth of resources the coun-
try can boast.
Mr. Martin has also suggested a
nick name for the new state, " The
Cleaver," taking his idea from the
shape of the new state.
drink was
d in this manner
with no ill results. This was
known among the Indians as the
'trauel food." White trappers
and travelers bear testimony as to
its worth. Ready tor use in ap
pearance it cleselv resemb es the
grapenuts of to-day. Those who
have used it state that it far ex
eels any breakfast food that has
ever been made.
DEVIL'S ISLAND TORTURE
is no worse than the terrible cas" of
Piles that afflicted me 10 years. Then
I was advised to apply Bucklin's
Arnica Salve, and less than a box
permanently cured me, writes L. S.
Napier, of Rugles, Ky. Heals all
wounds, Burns and Sores like magic.
25c at all druggists.
The first steam engine on this
continent came from England in
1753-
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From the Chicago Record-Herald.
"Let's see" said the man who
had been away a longtime, "you
had two boys, didn't you?"
"Yes" replied Pat. "They
would av been three av them, bu
one was born a girl.'
"1 remember now. Tom and
Andy you named them, afte
thomas Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson, did'ntyou?"
"Yes."
"As 1 remember Tom he was
a very bright little fellow. I
never knew so much about An
dy."
"Ah, but that Andy! He's the
bov. lie led the big league twict
in battin' and now he's manigan'
a club out in Missouri and has a
contract fer five years at a turri
able big salary. Me and his ma
can't git over being glad we never
made Andy go to school, but let
him play ball on all the corner
lots av the neighborhood. And
all the neighbors have his picture
in their parlors. They're that
proud av him. He get mere sal-
ary than a mimber av the cabinet
at Washington
"That's tine. I'm glad to hear
that Andy is doing so well. But
what about Tom? I always had
an idea that he was going to turn
out well."
"No, Tom ain't .amountin' to
much. He was more fer wastin'
his time goin' away to collage and
that. He's only the chief lit'ry
adviser or something like that for
one of these firms that prints
books. But thin you know thty
say there's a black sheep in nearly
every family.''
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