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46 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
TRANSLATION. 
I wish to go now to see you. I think that I shall go te you when 
Lion does. My friends, when | visited you, [ came home highly pleased. 
This man’s wife has given birth to a child, and she is ill: she has fre- 
quent hemorrhages from the mouth. The white man’s son [either La 
Dieu or some half-breed interpreter], in my opinion, did not know 
how to write the former letter, so this letter is sent in addition to 
that one. I hope that you will send me a letter very soon. Do not 
give anything at all to Lion when he reaches you. He is the leader, 
as it were, of those who have abandoned the sacred pipes. And though 
he is the chief one who gave up the sacred pipes, he now wishes to take a 
pipe to you (and get presents by means of it); but, O Third-son, I hope 
that you will do nothing for him. 
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WAKIDE TO MAWATA‘NA, A YANKTON. NOVEMBER 12, 1879. 
Niaci’ ga wija™ be ka™ b¢éaqti ha. Wab¢ita” té i’ ta® b¢icta®. 
Person | I see you I strongly de- : T work at dif- the now I have fin- 
sire ferent things ished. 
, Ce, ep. Bey oe een Se wet eae ; Ben 
peckaha, niaci’ ga ikigewi¢é ninkd, udaqti i"wi’¢ana ka”’- 
O sister's son, person Thave youfora you who yery good vou tel! it to I 
friend are me 
b¢a ha. Cat wagi™ha e¢iiji ca” cub¢é etéga®. Hskana 
wish ‘ And paper has not yet I goo apt. Oh thit 
come back you 
. . . , , / ° e r , e . 
waqi" ha tia’ ¢aki¢é kathb¢éga", wana” q¢i'qti. Te waqpaniqti 
paper you send it T hope, very hastily. Word Very poor 
hither to me 
éga" uwib¢a. Wagi"ha a™ba¢é ¢icta” té ama hidji 16 cub¢e 
so I tell it to Paper to-day finished the the hasnot when Igo 
you other reached to you 
oue there 
\ , , i / .e . , 
etéga". [dada" ayidaxe ka™b¢a ké4a wana q¢i'qti cub¢é 
apt. What I make for I wish on account very hastily I will go 
fov myself of the 
ti minke. 
to you. 
TRANSLATION. 
You are the man whom [ have a strong desire to see. I have now 
finished the various kinds of work which have oceupied my time. O 
sister’s son, you whom I regard as my friend, I wish you to tell me 
something very good! In fact, I may start to visit you before your 
letter is received here in reply to this one. TFT hope that you will send 
the letter to me very quickly. I tell you words that are somewhat 
poor. [| may start to visit you on this day when the letter to you is 
finished, before the next day arrives. I will go to you very hastily on 
account of my wish to do something for myself. 
