▁them ▁a ▁H ual ap ai ▁woman ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁taken ▁as ▁a ▁capt ive ▁and ▁who ▁is ▁also ▁described ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁young ▁son . ▁He ▁also ▁had ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁daughter , ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁his ▁grand d augh ter ▁T cat c ▁who ▁was ▁interview ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁She ▁stated ▁that ▁I rat aba ▁had ▁wanted ▁to ▁leave ▁his ▁land ▁de eds ▁and ▁med als ▁to ▁his ▁brother ' s ▁sons , ▁but ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁eventually ▁lost . ▁ ▁In ▁contemporary ▁accounts ▁I rat aba ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁an ▁el o quent ▁speaker , ▁and ▁lingu ist ▁Le anne ▁H inton ▁suggests ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁Moh ave ▁people ▁to ▁become ▁fl uent ▁in ▁English , ▁which ▁he ▁learned ▁through ▁his ▁many ▁interactions ▁with ▁Ang lo - Amer icans . ▁Like ▁many ▁Moh ave ▁men , ▁I rat aba ▁was ▁very ▁tall , ▁particularly ▁by ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁standards ; ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Army ▁estimated ▁his ▁height ▁at ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 1 . ▁American ▁author ▁Albert ▁S . ▁Evans , ▁writing ▁in ▁The ▁Over land ▁Month ly , ▁referred ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁" the ▁old ▁desert ▁giant ". ▁Edward ▁Carl son , ▁a ▁soldier ▁based ▁at ▁Fort ▁Moh ave ▁who ▁knew ▁I rat aba ▁well ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 0 s , ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁powerful ▁frame , ▁but ▁also ▁a ▁" very ▁gentle " ▁and ▁" kind   ...