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24 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
wdg¢a an’gad¢i? wawédita" eugaf. Maja” ¢an‘di Wakan‘da 
suffering we who move to work at he has gone Land in the God 
various things to you. 
for us 
aki waxai éga™, 6’di a™ma™ ¢ii ¢a™ja, edada® anguyihi-baji. 
the madeus having, there we have walked though, what we have not suc- 
sub. ceeded at. 
—— . . a / , # — hi . 
Edaéda" anetyihi-baji ga”, ca” nikaci”ga ukéd¢i® ari’ga¢i" 
What we have not suc- as, yet Sinden we who 
ceeded at : move 
. , . ‘ w —n/ , , be , 
i¢ita® wackdxai. Gat piiji’qti ke-na™ Ijfga™¢ai aka tha 
work you have made And very fad the usu- Grandfather the to go 
(trouble) for us. ally sub. along 
the 
path 
. *n/ *n/ / oO ene , . 
wéga'¢al, Ada" nikaci”ga ce¢i” wada™ béqti cu¢é, wawé¢ita® 
wishes for us,  there- person that one having really seen has gone to work at 
fore mv. near us to you (by various things 
you request), for us 
. / = ee ° , 
cu¢é. Nikaci” ga wacka™janga-micé, Wakan‘da naha"i-macé, 
has gone Person ye who are strong God ye who pray to him, 
to you 
(by re- 
quest). 
uiyari-ei. 
help ye him. 
Joseph La Fleche said: —IWagéha, maja” ¢an‘di United 
My friend, land in the United 
States &'di nikaci"’ga-macé, wib¢aha™ 1 ha. Nikaci™ ga-macé 
States there O ye fennie! I pray to you(pl.) . O ye people! 
b¢ugagti wib¢aha™i ha. Ca” wabdg¢eze ¢é¢a™ cta™ bai x1, 
all Ipray to you(pl.)  . And letter this ob. you see it when, 
¢a‘eawa¢a¢al anga™¢ai éga", i"¢ibaxti ha. Ca™ ¢é pahan’- 
you have mercy on us we wish as, we have writ- . And this for- 
ten to you 
gadi maja” ¢é¢andi a™ma’¢i" té'di, ¢éga" ctéwa™ a™¢a™ 
merly land in this we walked when, of this at all we did 
sort 
baha®-baji. Ga™ maja” ¢an’di Wakan‘da aké eddda® ectécté 
not know. And land in the God thesub. what soever 
an¢ate taité, jut‘a" wegdxai éga", a™¢ate a™ma™¢i” éea’, 
we eat it shall, to have he made for as, we ate we walked as, 
bodies us 
enaqtci weawaji’ska ama’ ¢i"l ha. Ki égi¢e, nikaci"’ga-macé, 
that alone we had sense by we walked : And penane O ye Seocin 
means of 
licka® giteqi wackdxai ha. Ki wéteqi yi, ini¢a wa¢in'gai 
_ deed hard for you make (for) : And hard for if, refuge we have none 
one us us 
wy , , w/ . was , . , / a /¢ ane, , y 
wi, Tyiga™¢ai é’di angddai éga", a™wa™¢aha™-na™i. Ki fe té 
if, Grandfather there we go as, we pray to them usu- And word the 
ally. ob. 
p: ge Shy Ao /e Fae cme . ve 
wé¢iza-baji-na™i. Ki weé¢iza-baji té Cgi¢e a®¢an’yidaha” i. 
they have not re- usu- And they have not the behold we know it for ourselves 
ceived from us ally. taken them (or by experience). 
from us 
, er / ee . Fy . 
Egi¢e nikaci’ga at ¢i"-baji-bi e¢éga" aka. Ki nikaci’ga 
Behold human beings that we are not they are thinking it. And human beings 
