12 
18 
22 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
bgvigadqti ¢éniza-bada®™ é¢ani‘a® ka™at¢a”¢ai. Ki nikaci”’ga 
you take and({pl.) you listen to we hope. And the (com- 
from him him and act 
accordingly 
4 Fw , Oni 4 . 
uké¢i?-ma ta” warg¢a™ bgugaqti wé¢ita® ¢ai. Ki wé¢inda*qti 
mon) Indians tribe all to work he goes And _ it is made very 
for us (by re- good for us 
quest). 
7, . e . ro ° o - *n/ 
té’di, nikaci”ga we¢énita"-macé ud¢diket‘a™i yi, nikaci’ ga 
when, fndian ye who work for us you succeed if, human beings 
angi” etaf ha. Waoninfaci’gai anga™¢ai. Nikaci™ga-ma 
we should be : You (pl.) make us human we wish. ‘The Indians 
beings 
Pica 2 ie 
Tyiga"¢ai ama wakihidai ida", éska" pahan’ga a™¢a™¢al ¢a™ Ja, 
Grandfather the pl. they watched good, thus first we thougit though, 
; sub. over us 
an‘kaji téga" ha. Dada” angtyai éska" at¢a™¢ai ¢a™ja, égi¢e 
it is not so apt : What our own thus we thought though, behold 
yj Al oiea WA Vee w/ Sy s *n/ 
angtiya-baji kéga"qtia” an’gata’. Hea" téedihi yi’ji, niaci™ ga 
fat our own pee objects are we who std. So by the when, * person 
just so time 
w , ° Yiese , /s ae , y, / 
wajyip‘é ¢e-ma gicka™” éskana tiwa¢aya”i ka™b¢éga™ ha, Ca™ 
those who gototheones acting oh that you aid them I hope : And 
near them quickly 
? *n/ =f n/ See , ne / ee ea) 0 
nikaci”ga an’ga¢i” ujan’ge da" ké efa” angiyig¢ixidal 
person we who move road good the how we look all around for 
ob. it for ourselves 
, ! Fee: / th Spt esas 0 
ganja, vida" i¢ciwa¢ai ka™ar¢a’¢ai. Ca arigu¢ixida-bi ehé 
though, good they cause us we hope. And that we have looked Isaid 
to find it ; all around for it 
Po, Fifty ae. , aif , . 7 ee. 
té, kagcha, cété uicka" ¢fya an’gugdaq¢ai ¢ awake. 
the, my friend, that deed your we have faced it I mean it. 
(ob.) toward them 
pe-uyaha said:—Ga", kag¢éha, nikaci” ga d‘tiba ¢éama ¢isi¢ai 
And, my friend, person some these they re- 
(pl. sub.) member 
you 
hi. Ki wawé¢enita" nai té a¢isi¢af a”ba¢é. Uma ¢inka 
And _ to work at various you the we think of to-day. Year 
things for us went you 
o¢éba-diba tédita™ waji’a"ski’ ¢a™ja, nikacig@a éga” i¢apaha?- 
forty from the T had sense thouch, person such T have not 
) (time) 
maji, ticka™ wa¢d‘edé te. Ki ita" wamf afgugai té ki wami 
rade deed merciful the. And now blood our the and _ blood 
im, . : 
eyai té edabe d‘tibe-cté uthaji ¢a™ja, ca” ¢a‘edwat¢ai éga™ 
his the also mixed at he does though, yet he pities us as 
(blood) all not follow 
wawé¢ita’i. Ki ma”tanahd a ma’ ¢i"i té wage ama ca*ca”™ qti 
he works at vari- And wild we walk the white the forever 
ous things for us. people pl. sub. 
I / , *n/ . , ee , 
wéga*¢al, ki Wakan’da aka ita" wawé¢ita” agaji éga™ 
Mer wish for and God the sub. now to do various has or- as 
us, kinds of work dered him 
for us ; 
fie /* Fr . , . e e y ® : 
wawé¢ita™1, Ki i” ta™ nikaci’ga-ma ma®¢i"i kédi ma™b¢i?’ 
he works at vari- And now the people they walk at the I walk 
ous things for us. ‘ 
