OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. i 
CKA.LOE-YINE, A MISSOURI, TO BATTISTE DEROIN. OCTOBER 21, 
1887. 
A™badé wabdg¢eze b¢izé, Friday, i“ ¢éeqti-ma™. Ca ticka® 
To-day letter Theve tee Friday, Tam very glad. And deed 
ceived it, 
wiwfia wabig¢eze nizé x1, uq¢é’qtci wabag¢eze gian’ki¢a-ga. 
my letter youre- when, very soon letter cause it to be return- 
i ceive it ing to me. 
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Céma yi guad¢ica® nicitha-ma ¢ dAwawaké, eata "i te ana‘a® 
Those lodge beyond those whoare that Imeanthem, bowthey the I hear it 
elow are 
ka" béa, wigazi. A¢ai yi, wagaztiqti wabig¢eze tia” ¢aki¢é 
I wish, straight. They go if, very straight letter you send hither 
to me 
=o) fare , / an a ie ae 96/2) (E *n/ P /4) Y 
ka béa, gan’yi cag¢é ka" b¢a édthi ki. Nikaci™ ga a®¢a’ tage 
I wish, and then Igo back I wish if that has Person he who is 
to you occurred. jealous 
r , , & ? _—n/ T , P- , 2 ea dees — 
aka & ¢é yi, cag¢é ka”b¢a. Wa-ca-ka-¢u-ti, wakéga té 
of me that he if, I return T wish. Wagcakarutce sick the 
goes to you 
gini 4, twimaxe cu¢éadé. Nija yi, and‘a" ka™b¢a, t’é yi'cté, 
“has 2? Task you Isend to you. Alive if, lLhear it I wish, dead even if, 
vered. 
ana‘a™ ka’ b¢a. 
I hear it I wish. 
NOTE. 
13,6. Wacaka¢uti, the Omaha notation for the Oto Wacika-riiyoe, 
or Watermelon, the name of an Oto man. 
TRANSLATION. 
I have received the letter to-day, Friday, and I am very glad. When 
you receive this letter (referring to) my affairs, return a letter to me 
very speedily. I refer now to those who dwell down below, in the 
lodges beyond (you?), I wish to hear just how they are. If they are 
going, I wish you to send me a letter giving aif exact account of them, 
as I wish to return to you if they have gone. If the man who is jealous 
of me goes, I wish to return to you. I send to you to ask you whether 
Wacaka-rujoe has recovered from the sickness. I wish to hear whether 
he 1s dead or alive. 
FRED. MERRICK, AN OMAHA, TO G. W. CLOTHER, COLUMBUS, NEBR. 
Kagcha, a’ ba¢é wabag¢eze ¢i¢ija a’ ba udatqti, hat ega™tce 
My friend, to-day letter your day very good, morning 
a! di re ‘hye 4 Mic Pa +n! qn! + / VE ‘a / 
té/di, b¢ize. A™bagé béize té Muda™-qti-ma™. (Qé ka™b¢a 
inthe, I have re- To-day Thave re- the it is very good for me. This I desire 
ceived it. ceived it 
