OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. Ah 
CYRUS PHILLIPS, AN OMAHA, TO BATTISTE DEROIN AND SON, OTO 
INTERPRETERS, NOVEMBER 11, 1879. 
Wija”be ka” b¢a. I’tea" cub¢é ka™ bea. (hé¢inke, Wanita- 
I see you I wish. Now Igotoyou I wish. This st. one, Li- 
ia r ObSn Ly aha a , , : A 
wage, cu¢é tad¢inkd, é’di: cub¢é taté, eb¢éga™. Wija™’be 
on, the one who will go then I go to shall, I think it. I saw you 
to you, you 
/ , ef “na tn/ ° , Zaks ete 
ag¢i te¢a”, kagéha, nan’de i'¢i™udaqti ag¢i. Ki ¢é¢inke 
I came in the O friend, heart nine Was very good I came And this st. one 
back past, back. 
hither 
> id ree , , , , , Sy, S © 
igaq¢a"” ¢inké wéda¢ édega" wakéga: 1 té wami qta”-na", 
his wife the st. has given birth to she is sick: mouth the blood drops usu- 
one children, but ob. ally, 
, ere, ee F: , re , , ; 
éde waqe-jin'ga wabig¢eze gaxe ¢a™ ga™jinga eb¢ééga" dada” 
but white man’s son letter made it the hedidnotknow I think it there- 
ob. how to do it fore 
, . , 4 SM; ° , . ° 
dgahédi cu¢é. Eskana uq¢é’qtci wabag¢eze tia’ ¢aki¢é ka®- 
inaddition it goes Ob that very soon letter you send hither af 
to it to you. to me 
, , r S , . J 3 , S i , ose ey 
b¢éga". Wanita-wagqe cult tédihi yi, indada® ctéwa™ ‘t-bajti-ga 
hope. Lion he by the time what ever do not ve give 
reaches that. to him 
you 
r . , / ; Ore ae, Sy, / = 6; 5S “Ae ,- 
ha. Niniba a”¢a ¢inkéé ha, nuda”hanga ¢inké. Ki éde 
! Pipe toaban- he is one : leader > the one And but 
don it who who. 
. Oy) , Hi , Tee , : ro ihe 
niniba a¢i” cu¢é ga ¢a, éde ticka" dada® ¢éckaxa-baji ka?- 
pipe totakeitto you he wishes, but deed what you do not for him I 
b¢éga", Kaga. 
hope, O Third- 
son, 
NOTES. 
45, I. (ie¢inke, etc. Correct, but there is an alternate reading: 
(léaka Wanita-wage aka, ca¢é ta aka ha’, édega™ @/di cub¢é taté 
This one Lion thesub, will be going to . but then I shall go to 
(the sub.) to you you 
eb¢éga® ha. (G.) 
1 think 
45, 3, ¢e¢inke, 7. e., Auguste La Dieu, named in the letter of Lion, 
on page 49. Note the abrupt transition from the first “¢ed¢inke” (Lion) 
to the next one (La Dieu), 
45, 8. Ki ede=i"téde, denoting «@ reversal of his previous course: Lion 
had given up the sacred pipes, bué now he wished to take them again! 
(G.) Both sentences may be expressed thus: Niniba a’¢a ¢inkeée ha, 
Pipe to aban-, he is tho 
don one 
nuda”hanga ¢inké 6 édega™ niniba agi” cu¢é ga’¢ai éde ticka® 
leader heis the but pipe to take it to you wishes but deed 
the — afore® 
one — said ° 
dada" ¢éckaxa-baji ka*b¢égar, kagéha (W.). 
what youdo not for him 1 hope, O friend 
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