OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS, 19 
TRANSLATION. 
I write to you about several matters, sending you a very few words. 
I have received the letter which you sent me, but I have lost the words, 
as they were not exactly straight. (Note by author.—Perhaps he means 
that the language of the writer was not clear to his mind.) I hope that 
you will tell me what you intended to say. I talked to Upton (Hen- 
derson)-about the words I told him what you said. I will give you 
considerable aid in this matter, almost without intermission. I think 
that you shall not lose your money. You should remember what you 
said. When they finish harvesting the wheat, you will be apt to see 
what is due you. When you gain the money, I myself will not receive 
it; but it is the elder brother of Upton, Big Elk, who has promised to 
send it to you himself. My friend, when the cold weather comes I 
strongly desire that you may hear about some winter hides. I do 
really desire you to tell me very fully about it. Remember the elk 
hide(s) that you promised to give me as pay, and which you said that 
you would send to me! Ido not tell you a lie. I tell you that you 
shall see your money. 
NA*ZANDAJI TO JAMES O’KANE, HASTINGS, NEBR. 
; Le Ye ® / =e , PLS, ] / , VY , 
Ca™ wabag¢eze tia’ ¢aki¢é ¢a" b¢izée. Ca” wahda gé b¢uga 
And letter yousendit theob. Ihave And hides the pl. all 
hither to me received in. ob. 
it. 
ka"b¢a-qti eté-ma"™ ¢a™ja, ca” méha té ata ka™b¢a. Ca™ 
I desire very Tdothatat though, yet winter the beyond I desire. And 
much least hides all 
vy , i] v2 y , : / 
Kansas édi-gé ctea”. Méha gé u¢dna‘a® ka™b¢a. Cam 
Kansas they must be in some Winter the pl. you hear I wish. And 
places. hides in. ob. about them 
, , ay ij S . *n/ ey BO % fee / 
éskana waha gé ga™¢a yi, wi ¢aya’qti ka"b¢éga™. Ca™ 
oh that hides the pl. they if, you help me con- T hope. And 
in. ob. desire siderably 
a“ ba i¢aug¢e wisi¢é-na"-ma™ ti minke. Ca™ nid ¢i¢in’ge 
day throughout I will be thinking of you often. And you have no sick- 
ness 
4 Ce v2 , Y / f , . / e 
éskana wind‘a" ka*b¢éga". Cat wabag¢eze éskana tia” ¢aki¢é 
oh that I hear it I hope. And letter oh that you send it 
about you hither to me 
, 1 / 1 Pe OS CEL = , 
ka"b¢éga™. Ca™ Fort Dodge a cti u¢ana‘a” ka"b¢éga®, 
T hope. And Fort Dodge there — too you hear I hope, 
about it 
/ , . : , = r wy, 
ca” Agudi ctécté u¢dana‘a® ka*b¢éga". 
in where soever you hear I hope. 
fact about iv 
NOTE. 
19, 3, édige-ctéa®. Too positive an assertion. Nazandaji did not 
know whether they were there. [dige-i"te is the better expression, 
i. e., “They may be in some places here and there.” (W.) 
