OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 17 
taté, & u¢i¢a agdii. Ki ci ani” da” ctéa™ éskana i’wi™¢ana 
shall that telling theyre- ~ And again you whether ob that you tell it to 
have, about turned have me 
you hither. 
ka*b¢éga". Ki e‘a™ ¢agickaxe tat éska" enéga*, m¢éha ani™ 
LT hope. Again how you shallmake your you think it probable, winter you 
own hides have 
/ =! if / , . 
éite, wagazuqti and‘a® ka™b¢a. Ca’ maja” ta” wa™-madi, 
may, very straight I hear it I wish. And land in the towns, 
maja” Kansas, agudi méha t‘a” xi’ji, iwi'’¢ana ka” b¢a. 
land Kansas, where winter abound whether, you tell it to me I wish. 
hides 
w/ Pu , yf 
Fort Dodge ¢a°yi méha t‘a” yi'ji, u¢ana‘a” ka"b¢éga". Nika- 
Fort Dodge atthe winter abound wheth- you hear I hope. In- 
hides er, about it 
3 . ys ww law y O70 
ci’ga uké¢i*-ma meéha ga”¢a-na™i ha. Ca™ ta”¢é yi fyici 
dian the common ones’ winter desire usually. And to tan if pay- 
hides ment in 
kind 
vv’¢a-na™i. Ki wagazuqti iwi" ¢ana ti¢a¢é yi'ji, nikaci’ ga 
desire usually. And very straight youtéllittome you send when, person 
hither 
ca” wata’¢é udaqti wab¢i" judawag¢e cub¢é ta minke. 
in fact tanner very good IT have ~ T with them I will go to you. 
them 
Ca” abae nai té u¢aket‘a” té fepaha® té, iwi ¢ana ka?- 
And hunting you the youacquired the you know the, you tellit lo me ML 
the large went 
animals 
/ : / ‘o/s v oer ae / ° 
b¢éga®. Ca™ a®¢a"epaha”-qtia"l, ci wicti twidaha’’-qti-ma™. 
hope. And you know me very well, again I too I know you very well. 
sie 5 , Pirie ° 
Uma” ¢inka wit ce¢u wata" ¢e ari". 
Year one yonder tanning we were. 
NOTES. 
Mr. Rathbun’s post-office was Wakanda, near Osborne City, Phillips 
County, Kansas. 
17, 4, maja" Kansas, i. e., ‘Kansas maja”” in ordinary speech. 
17, 6, iyici, etc., they wish to be paid in raw hides for tanning the 
other hides. They work on shares, receiving part of the raw material 
in payment. So, yeska t ewa¢ai yi iyici ga%¢ai, they want part of the 
yeef as their pay for slaughtering the cattle. 
TRANSLATION. 
I write a letter and send it to ask you some questions. I hope that 
you will send me very soon a full reply. Some Indians visited you last 
winter, and on their return to us they told that you would be sure 
to have winter hides. I hope that you will tell me whether you have 
any. I wish to hear very accurately whether you have the winter 
hides, and how you think that yeu will do about them. I wish you to 
tell me whether winter hides abound anywhere in the towns of the 
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