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bz OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
NOTH. 
As this letter was addressed to several persons the senden should 
have said etega"i in 51, 6, cu¢ea¢ai in 51, 7, ¢i4i in 41, 8, and ‘cpaha"i 
in 51, 9. 
TRANSLATION. 
I, who am only an Indian, seldom know how to do anything properly. 
But what you do, my friends, ought to be good; therefore I send to you 
to petition to you anew, as I think that you will be apt to send me words 
caleulated to do good. -O my friends, God did not give me learn- 
ing, but he gave it to you. Therefore you understand things. There- 
fore, my friends, I send again to tell it to you, that you may do it for me. 
dAGIX-NA*PAJI AND LE-UMA‘HA TO T. H. TIBBLES, NEW YORK. 
DECEMBER, 1879. 
oa. 
Unaji"-qide, kagcha, wawe¢énita" nai te. Wackan’-g 
Gray Stee O friend, to work at different you went. Be strong ! 
things for us 
es . re , 7; , / _—n/ S , / y 
I¢aug¢ée’gti a°¢isi¢at. Wad¢acka™ ka”a'¢a”¢ai. U¢aket‘a” yi, 
‘Continually we think of You make an we hope. You succeed if, 
you, effort 
/q: , 
kagéha, a"nija etéga’, Maja” ¢an‘di éskana wab¢ita" sagi 
t8) fiend, we live apt. Land in the oh that IT work at fir ae 
various things 
pee / man [el : / r / Ws we / , 
anaji" ka" b¢a. Ca® edada™, ca” yi ‘a g6 ctéwa”, beuga 
T stand I wish. And what, in house of whatever kind they all 
fact may be, 
sagiqti andji® ka”b¢a. Kagcéha, a” ba¢e’qtci wawidaxu 
very I stand I wish. O friend, this very day I write to you on 
tirmly different subjects 
, w Tie Leh tas / ’ , - / 
cugéag¢e. Wisi¢e ga” wib¢aha" cu¢géa¢e. Kskana Wakan‘da 
Tsend to you. I think of as I pray to you T send it Oh that God 
you to you. 
be 7 ~ hd z fe = , < Nie a1 , oe , pe 
¢inké cti uawagiya™i ka"b¢éga™. (Pikige -ma ana élite 
the st. too he aids us I hope. Those who are your — how they 
ne friends many may be 
, 5 / ° , ° 4 
wab¢aha® a” ba¢é wan’ ei¢e’q Kskana waha”™‘e wiwija ¢izai 
I pray to them to-day (to) all. Oh that — special prayer my \ they 
receive 
ib 
aa . ¢ , , , / 
ka"b¢éga®. Ki ¢izaf tédi-na" antja etéga". Wacka™ hacia- 
I hope. And they re- — only when I live apt. Maine an at the 
ceive it etfort very 
yaqti etéctéwa", kagcha, ¢agtia® ka"b¢éga". Taye dtuba 
last even if, O friend, you gain I hope. His some 
it name 
rye , / . nf iam |e S / 
andi cu¢ea’¢al ¢ wan'gi¢e a®¢i¢aha™ U¢aket‘a® yi-na”, 
Wwe vive we send to that all we pray to you, You sueceed only if, 
to you you 
. / / ° , r y *n/ 
maja” ¢an’di bamdxe wab¢ita" ka™b¢a. Wagqiha sagt 
land in the bowing the I work at IT wish. Paper firm 
head various things 
