10 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
qadina"sé, qadigasé, wamtsk-ina™jubé, qadi¢izé, can’ ge-nide- 
mowing ma- scythe, grist-mill, hay-fork, horse-col- 
chine, , 
wéi", yéska-ntide-wé", ma™ze-ukiatcatca, uqpuji wasés’-uqpé, 
lar, ox-yoke, iron chain, dish closet, earthen dishes, 
ni-i¢ata", ma™zuné¢é, agdi", uja”, i behi", wamuské wéna yu 
cups, stove, chair, bedstead, pillow, threshing machine, 
(ka™b¢a?). Ada” ja” @¢adi™ u‘a%’azé udatqti udha ka’ b¢a. 
(I desire). There- ~ Epes shadow very good =I follow I desire, 
fore its course 
I'wi™ ‘| ka™b I é, 
wi" ¢aya™i yiji uga”ba té pi ka™b¢a. e ¢i¢iqa, kag 
You (all) help me if Stcnt the I T desire. Word your, O fend 
ob. reach 
there 
and‘a"; nin’de i”uda™qti-ma™”. Wakan‘daja¢ica" b¢é. A”- 
T have heart it is very good for me. Towards God I go. To- 
heard; 
ba¢é wabaxu ¢i¢tja fe ana‘a® Mi, nan’de i” uda", wéaona® 
day letter your word  Thear if. heart good for a I ane 
in 
héga-maji. "wi" ¢aya™ Ue wé¢ihide at‘a” etéga’. Weé¢ihide 
I nota little. You help me if, tool I have Bae Tool 
yaje ab¢ade zant ka”b¢a. Ca™® Wakan'da ¢in’keyA¢ica® fe 
his I have all I desire. Now Wakanda the one towards word 
name called 
wija zant a'¢ad ka™b¢a. Maja™ wija ¢a"™ gacibe b¢i’-maji. 
my all you give I desire. Land my the outside of Tam T-not. 
to me 
Irc‘tge pahan’ga ¢étaqti ut’af, waht udgig¢i™ ag@¢i"’, maja” 
Old man before up to this died in, bone I sit in my I sit, land 
very time own 
¢a", ada® iteqi héga-maji. 
the there- precious T-not a little. 
ob., fore to me 
NOTES. 
Heqaga sabé, or Black Elk, a chief of the Ponka Wacabe gens. His 
name is the Ponka notation of the Dakota Heqaka sapa (Hehaka sapa). 
He was baptized in June, 1872, taking the name of John Nichols. Mr. 
H. G. Nichols, of Brooklyn, N. Y., wrote to the author, expressing his 
desire to make a present to his Ponka namesake, and sending twenty- 
five dollars for that purpose. This elicited the letter from John Nichols. 
9,5-8. gi b¢at udam . . . wab¢it ka"b¢a. These sentences 
are badly constructed. Judging from analogy, and also from a com- 
parison of the criticisms of three Omahas, John should have said some- 
thing like this: gi b¢a” tida® wi” ka™b¢a ba, kagéha. yéska 
House smell- good one [ desire . O friend. Oxen 
ing 
wab¢i" 41, wéwacka" wadaxe etéga™ ha. Aki¢a a™¢aa cka™na yi, 
[have if, means of I regard apt : Both you give you wish if, 
them strength them me 
b¢ize ka™b¢a (ha). Ada™ wewackayanga, ete. L. rendered this by, 
I take I wish 
