OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. Al 
TAXWAX-GAXE-JINGA TO MINGABU, A YANKTON. 
Pahan’ga waytit‘a” tédita” wija™’ be ka"b¢éde, téqi hes oaji. 
3efore — harvest season from the I see you IT wished, but, difficult very. 
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Edada® béfjut‘a’ té aa“ b¢a cub¢é té i’teqi héga-mayi. I''ta™ 
What Thave raised the  Iaban- Igoto the difficult ie am very. Now 
don it you for me 
/ =a , , Ne / ° ane ; 
Geta’ na", edada™ béijut‘a” b¢i'a ha. ..... Gam, nistha, 
only so far, what Lhave raised Ihave not. And, my child, 
finished 
; Neon ee Y Cele nay ; 
can’ge at¢dti-na™i-ma i“cena. Ga” é& ha, wigta"be ka’ b¢a 
horse the ones that yougave have been And that. I see you, my I want 
me at different times expended 1s it . owh 
for me. 
té. Ca™ ga™ nikaci’ga itaxaja amd indada" wé¢ig¢a™ gaxe- 
the. And at any Indian ~ at the head the pl. what plan they 
rate ot the Mis- sub. : make 
souri 
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na"i ¢éi"te éskana, nisiha, fe ¢ana‘a" ctéctéwa® i°wi" ¢ana 
usu- it may oh that, my child, word you hear it soever you tell it to me 
ally be 
, v afin . N i TEL. wy os o 
ti¢ag¢e, uq¢e qtcl. ja” Cif gajin ga wa‘ cti nié ctéwa? 
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you send very soon. And ehild woman too pain soever 
it hither, 
¢ingé, éskana, nisiha, égija" wina‘a"l ka"b¢éga". A” ba ata™- 
have oh that, my child, youdo — Lhear from I hope. At ditterent 
none, that you 
etéwa™, nisiha, wisi¢é ca” ca”. Eskana awigija™ be ka*b¢céea", 
times, (W.) mychild, Ithinkof always. Oh that Tsee faent my own T hope, 
you 
ey i. , Pee , orf, fens 
a“ba gata” yi. Te dada" ctéctéwa™ éskana, nisiha, a™¢agi- 
day that far when. Word what ~ soever ob that, my child, you write 
to me, 
cpaxu ifad¢ai ka*b¢éga”. 
yourown you (pl.) I hope. 
send hither 
NOTES. 
41,5. The hiatus denotes that a sentence was recorded in English, 
but not in the original. See translation. 
41, 8-9, aba ata"ctéwa?, 7. e., aba i¢aug¢e, every day (G.). 
41,10. A"ba gata” yi, 7. ¢., a"bata™cté, some day or other, hereafter (G.). 
One might say, instead, Gata’ qtihi (or, AY ba gata’ qtihi) yi4ji, awazi- 
qu’ be ka"b¢ega", I hope that L may see them at last (after so long a sep- 
aration). Used when several years have passed without his seeing his 
(adopted) kindred (W.). 
TRANSLATION. 
I have been wishing to see you since the first part of the harvest sea- 
son, but it has been difficult. It would be very difficult for me to leave 
what I have raised, in order to go to you. I have not yet finished 
my work with what I have raised. (When my wheat is threshed and 
put in the barn, and the leaves fall, | will come to see you and your 
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