mok-ta-bo-mah-pe

Updated: May 23, 2025

With the Cheyennes, the white man, when the tribe was at peace with him, was ever welcome, as in the early days of the border he generally had a supply of coffee, of which the savage is particularly fond Mok-ta-bo-mah-pe, as they call it. Their salutation to the stranger coming into the presence of the owner of a lodge is "Hook-ah-hay! Num-whit," "How do you do? Stay with us."

Henry Inman - The old Santa Fe trail : The Story of a Great Highway