In a message dated 12/31/2005 3:54:23 PM Central Standard Time, jgreece@earthlink.net writes: But irregardless, I'm thinking it was a translation 'blooper' The material that Dub West was referencing was an Archived letter, written by John Jolly, to Andrew Jackson. It is my understanding the letter was written in English, and that Jolly used the term wigwam. Suzy