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38 | OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
mace, maja” pahan’ea ugdta'si te ¢afea™ ¢i¢e hégwa-a’ q¢i"-baji. 
white land first youleaped the we pitied you we were very. 
people, in it 
Fis, , / . =) rye e . , 5 , Wa 
Ki maja” ¢a" uda" cta”bai tédihi yi, wea¢at’anai, td 
And land the good yousawit bythetime when, you hated us, to 
it arrived die 
you wished for us. My friend, let (ye) us alone! Indian the common ones 
weééckatnat. Kaedcha, ea®méwadii-on. Nikacioa uké¢i?-ma 
Q y] Cc] 
céna ‘wa¢ti-gt. A™wan'yig¢ita’’ wada™be-na"i Uma"™ha" 
enough — speak (ye) about We work for ourselves they see us usu- Omaha 
them. ally 
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an’gata". Pahan’ga té’di u¢ita® ¢i¢tjai gé da™“be ga ¢a- 
we w io stand. At the first work yout the pl. to look they had 
in. ob. at 
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ctéwa™-baji. Ki i’tea®qtci ud¢ita™ ¢i pe oé ¢éama da™bai, 
not the least de- And just now work your the pl. these they look 
sire. in. ob. at it, 
re eo fe , , n/ . = i 
ida® ca™méwa¢ii-ea. Kagdéha, nikaci ga uké¢i"  an’ga¢i" 
there- let them alone ! My friend, Indian common we who 
fore move 
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‘Ao¢awa¢a¢al tedabai. Wanita dada”, yqti, 4¢, a™ pa", yatcuge, 
you make us suffer very Quadruped what deer, buf- elk, antelope, 
greatly. (sort), falo, 
: / , 3 ’ Ae . Cae 
‘a’ wanita bétiga tfa™i ga” wéuda™ oa, téwadd¢ai. Qingal, 
in quadruped all they “as good forus as, you killed them. There are 
fact abounded none, 
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an guginal yi. ....- Nikaci™ va-maceé, ¢ati te ceta™ cm ga- 
we cea them, when. O ye pe opto: you the so far child 
our own came 
hither 
jin’ga Ahigi fda ama, can’ge mi"ga ama maja” ¢an‘di fda ama. 
many have been horse female the pl. land in the have been 
born, sub. born. 
ee apes A ry epee \daws bo waoahe ‘ 
Wage wi¢i® ama wi” e¢déba idawa¢e waza be. Leéska mi” va 
White have the pl. one ten has given I have seen Cow 
people them sub. birth to them. 
maja” wiwija ¢an’di ahigi wéda¢e waja™ be-na*-ma™.  Maja™ 
land my in the many have had I have usually seen them. Land 
young ones 
¢an‘di pahan’ga ti tédi, af ¢ingé’qti wa¢fta™ naj’ ama. 
in the first had when, house none atall working they were stand- 
come ing, it is said. 
hither 
7 ie , e , = ~ / , af f -_ os ae ia 2 pa ae 
Ki yf ag¢tthage geixe-na” ama. Nikaci™ga-macé, wa¢aha 
And house — at the last they have usually been Oye People clothing 
making, it is said. 
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tida*gti wija”bai. Ki edida® fgaxe 4. an‘de ¢andita* 
very good I have seen And what hasit been ? Ground from the 
you. done by 
means of 
izé ama. éski-ma ci qti waja™be-na"-ma™. Ki maja™ 
Aha | 
it has been The cows very fat T have usually seen them. And land 
taken, they say. 
s / ° , o Prai® eae , , : . , . 
wija ¢an‘di qide geé fei” ama Kagdéha, ticka™ ¢i¢fjai 
my in the grass the pl. they are fat by My friend, deed your 
in, Ob, by means of 
it, they say. 
