Le Sanglais

[Louis Garcia]

Hi Gang:
I thought I would interject my two cents here.
The Dakota here at Ft. Totten use the term sahda, sometimes sahdas'a for the
Metis.
The Nakota (I know there are problems using this term) here say sagkda.
Years ago when most of the old timers who had gone to school with the Metis
were still alive, they hated the metis guts because they were punished more
than the Metis. They really drew out the pronunciation in contempt.
Thankfully this animosity has changed, and everyone jokes with each other.
Years ago I asked James H. Howard about these terms and he said the term was
from Gaelic, learned from the British soldiers during the French and Indian
wars through the War of 1812.
Was he correct?
Later,
LouieG