OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 15 
hope that you may acquire this which I desire. Try to gain it! I wish 
to come again to the stream where I was last winter. And I wish to 
follow again the course of the road which I traversed last winter. I 
will come again to your house on my way yonder. I hope to return to 
you who are acquiring hides. And I will tell your friends, the persons 
to whom you said that I should tell it. By the time that I tell them, 
they will rejoice greatly when they hear your words. As work is very 
abundant (here), when I finish mine, I may come there where you are. 
I hope that you, too, may continue to desire the hides until then. I 
hope that you may not fail but that you may acquire them in abun- 
dance! There is no news. I, too, am very well. My friend, I have 
written enough to you to-day. I wish you tosend mea letter very soon. 
J desire you to let him hearit. (The person referred to in this last sen- 
tence is unknown to the author.) 
NA*ZANDAJI, AN OMAHA, TO T. M. MESSICK, KEARNEY JUNCTION, 
NEBR. 
Kag¢éha, ca” wabag¢eze fe djibaqtci widaxu cu¢éa¢e. Ca™ 
Mytriend, now letter word very few Iwrite to Isendto you. And 
(expect- you 
ive) 
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e‘a™ ni" té wind‘a" ka”b¢a, kagéha. Ca™ ga” wadasi¢aca- 
how you the TIhear from I wish, my friend. At any rate itis you who have 
are you 
SOE oe / wy pas , Baie v a , , NG Y 
baji’-qti-ja” té angt a*¢isi¢é. Wabagd¢eze widaxu cu¢éa¢e, 
not thoughtofus the we we have Letter I write to I send to 
at all thought of you. you you 
/ Us Ga ate a ty *n/ re / i fe / * nse 
ta” warg¢a” ¢an'di ma*ni” éi"te. Ca” a™¢a™¢ibaha™-qtia™i 
nation (or city) in the you walk it may be. And we know you very well 
(wherever you are) 
té ci angucti weacpaha™gqtia"i té. Ca” ¢ikage, Spafford 
the again us too you know us very well the. And your friend, Spattord 
Woodhull, gi¢ajiiqti éga", wa‘i git’e. Ca™ fae 
Woodhull, is very sad 80, woman his is And year 
: dead. 
iberiee e: ‘1? S r , , -t 
ma¢é tédihi yi, a®¢ida"be etéga™. Ca™ waha ni’ wi" gd’ cté 
winter by the when, wesee you _ apt. And hides you_buy tite pl. even 
time in. ob. 
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anai‘a" ka" b¢a, ani”i gé. Ca™ yaqtiha, a®patha, ca™ méha, 
T hear it I wish, you have’ the And deer hides, elk hides, or winter 
them pl.in. whether hides, 
ob. 
ca" éskana wagazuqti i"wi™ ¢ana ka"b¢éga". Maja” dégudi 
still oh that very straight you tellit tome I hope. Land where 
fu / S {on/ / / / 
méha t‘a” yiji, und‘a” ga™¢a-eh. Ca™ a”patha, ca” na™ba 
winter abound if, to hear desire. And elk hides, either two 
hides about it 
¢ab¢i" da” cté, wigqtci ka™b¢éa ha. Ci qaqtiha natba ¢ab¢i" 
three or, Imyself desirethem . Aga deer hides two three 
