56 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
WAQPE-CA TO KUCACA. DECEMBER, 1879. 
sy co / our —~'f = Y ens ¢ = 
Cin’gayin’ga ¢i¢a wan'gadi" udatqtia™i, uwibda cu¢ca¢e, 
Child your we have them they are vory [ tell it to I send it to 
good, you you. 
Cin’gajii’ga ¢i¢iya wan'ga¢i" weda¢at, tida*qti mi” jinga 
Child your we have them has hada baby, 9 very good girl ° 
? ; , y eons / “nf ire / : 
ida¢ai, uwib¢a cu¢éa¢é. Ca™ efa” mani” éite ca” waqi"ha 
she has Itellitto Isend it to Well, how you walk if, well paper 
given birth you you. 
to it, 
cu¢éwiki¢é ha. Niaci”ga wi ea¢é, inégia¢é. Udakié. Hat 
tsend it to you , Person one Lhave Ihave him as You talk to How 
himasa a mother’s him. 
kinsman, brother. 
Oey ey - , 2 / EB) eee ape atyy cee P ° - 
mar¢i™ ite and‘a" ka™b¢a. Cin’gajin’ga eyi-ma ‘ai Gite 
he walks it T hear it I wish. Child ; those who how if 
arehis they are 
( / 
awana‘a” ka™b¢a. 
1 hear about I wish. 
them 
NOTES. 
Kueaca, 7. 6, Rousseau Pepin, an Omaha, staying at the Pawnee 
Ageney, Indian Territory. 
56, 2. Cingajinga ¢i¢ija wangad¢i"® weda¢ai. This seems to imply 
that all of Rousseau’s children among the Omahas had become mothers! 
Such was not the case. Waqpeca should have said, Cin/gajii’ga ¢idiya 
Child your 
wi anga¢i" édega" wéda¢ai, one of your children whom we have kept 
one we have but (past) has a baby, 
has had a baby. Cin’gajin’ga ¢i¢iya wan/ga¢i"’-bi ehé aka weéda¢ai, 
that we have Tsaid the 
sub. 
Your child whom we have kept, and whom f have mentioned, has had a 
baby: said when the daughter is mentioned « second time. When 
there are more than one child, they can say, Cin/gajii’ega ¢i¢iya wan’ ga- 
¢i’-bi ehe aka ama wédadai (literally, The other one of your children, 
the oth- 
er one 
i.e.) One of your children whom we have kept has had a baby (G.). 
TRANSLATION, 
{ send to tell you that your children whom we have are very well. I 
send to tell you that one of them has given birth to a girl, and is doing 
very well. I have sent a letter to you by some one (because I wish to 
know) how you are. [ have one man as my kinsman, as my mother’s 
brother. You have talked to him. I wish to hear how he is. I also 
wish to hear how his children are. 
