OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 53 
li-na™ anija etéga”. Wanita” ma"™ni” té 
ven only I live apt. You work at you walk the 
a” ug¢e ub¢a”™ a 
tl 
the soon I take hold 
ob. of it various things 
/ , , *1/ , 5 peer. : Figo S 
Wakan'da aka ¢ida"be gi’, qta¢i¢e te. Angticti qta™ ¢i¢ai, 
God the seeing you he sits, he has loved We too we love you, 
sub. you. 
. rye =f . > Ales hve , , , pas 
nikaci’ga uké¢i" an’ga¢i*. Kdada® uda" we¢écka"na, nija 
Indian common we who move. What good you desire for us, to live 
A sf *n/ , ° , , footy 
we¢écka"na.  Kskana nikaci”ga wwa¢agind-ma_ fe piiiji 
you desire for us. Oh that people — the ones whom you have word bad 
told 
~ / , PASS f , a be eae & 
ctéwa™, a™i-baji ka*b¢éga". Wab¢aha" che. 
soever, they do not I hope. I pray to them I say 
give to me that. 
NOTES. 
This letter was sent in the name of, and with the consent of the fol- 
lowing Omahas: Diba-ma™¢i", Ta” wa"-gaxe-jil’/ga, yaxé-¢aba, AX- 
pa"-yan’/ga, Wadjépa, Sin/de-xa”xa", Mimxa-tia", Qi¢a-gahige, Fred. 
Merrick, Maxéwa¢é, Mazi-kide, Hidaha, Mawada%¢i", Na®’/pewa¢é, Ba- 
za” -nan’ge i*cage, Baza’-nan’ge jil’/ga, Ha“da*-ma¢i", Na*bé-duba, 
Macti™’-‘a"sa, Qaga-man¢i’, Gia” ze-¢in/ge, Waji"/-aX’ba, pe-aq¢a, Héya- 
¢a", Gihdji, Manga‘aji, qénicka, Ga‘i’-baji, Niv’daha™, Ma*agata, Uyi- 
daja”, Han/gaqti, Qade-bana® (younger brother of Na™pewa¢é), Waci?- 
tine, p¢-huta”bi (nephew of Maxewa¢é), gahé-jinga (or Badger), qasi- 
duba, Wa¢titata®, Maé-gahi, A™ba-hébe, Mactawaktide (or Richard 
Rush), Joel Rush, Ni-igacide, 76-da-a¢iqaga, 7ézi-hit-sabé, Wanukige, 
Nistu-ma”¢it, Wabahi-jin’ga, Joseph La Fléche, Noah Sammis (or Nan/- 
de ¢in’ge), and the two writers. yaxe-¢aba is Two Crows. Apar- 
qganga is Big Elk. Hidaha is Matthew Tyndali. 
52, 10, ¢agi‘a" has the force of “u¢aket‘a"” in this connection. 
53, 5, Wab¢aha" cehe, not exactly correct; should be, Wab¢aha™i 
éga" céhe ha, I say that because [ petition to them (W.). 
TRANSLATION. 
Friend Gray Shirt, you went to transact our business for us. Make 
an effort (or, Do your best!). We think of you constantly. We hope 
that you will persevere. Should you succeed, O friend, we shall have 
a chance to improve. I wish that I could stand firmly on the ground 
as I work at various things (@ e., [do not wish to be disturbed and 
driven away). And I wish to feel very secure in the possession of 
everything, including our houses of various kinds. Friend, | write to. 
you this very day upon different subjects. As | think of you, the let- 
ter goes to you with my petition for aid. I hope that God too may 
aid us! I do not know how many friends you have, but I petition 
to all of them to-day to aid us. { hope that they may receive my 
special petition. There is no prospect of my improving unless they 
receive it (and aid me). I hope, my friend, that after so many efforts 
on your part you may succeed, even though it be on the very last 
. 
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