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58 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
titagés ka"b¢éga™. Ca" efa” mani” yxi'cté, ¢uta®qti ana‘a* 
you send I hope. Well, how you walk even if, very cor- I hear it 
it here rectly 
ka™ b¢a. 
I wish. ; 
TRANSLATION. 
I wished to see you, but I failed. My child, the agent and the Com- 
missioner of Indian Affairs are unwilling for me to go, therefore I will 
not go to see you. Do your and your son send back to me a letter, stat- 
ing just what you think on the subject. [ hope that you will send and 
tell me whether you hear any news respecting those tribes higher up 
the Missouri River. I wish to hear just how you are. 
MAWADAX(IS, AN OMAHA, TO MAWATASNA, A YANKTON. JANUARY 
12, 1880. 
O Rees! A *_/ hdd f = / i BND Pig te | Y op i , 
Qisan’ea cin/gajin’ga na” qti ke eft’e ha. Ha” ¢and‘a® 
Your younger ebild fullgrown the deadto  . How you hear it 
brother recl.ob. him 
oY = / e aes eo /? , , _ is , 2) 
yi'cté, efa’qti ckaxaji te¢a™ja, ¢ana‘a"™ téva™ u¢i¢a cugé¢ai 
even if, just how youdid not though, in yonhearit inorder to tell it sends 1 
the past, that to you to you 
¢isat’ea aka. (Qisan’ga efpeji hégaji, ¢ani‘a™ téga™ udida 
your younger the Your younger — bail for very, you lwarit inorder to tell it 
brother sub. brother him that to you 
f 7 14 Emel ye hes Ree ve . nd ‘ t ee) a ae ee a ae ; 
cugé¢ai. Cénuin’ga ¢a® béugaqti ¢afea™ ¢ai, etpeyii"¢in’ ki¢ai. 
sends it to Young wan the all have pitied me, they have caused erief 
you. coll, for wy own (child). 
S ks f Sa ak ate “ye / « / ‘ hes Ie! 2] v6 ‘ 
Ca™ Akiha® bé¢tiga ¢itigé daxe ga™. ca” na™ji"cké’qtci ga" 
Well, beyond all T have made it as yet just barely ~ $0 
nothing 
nisl f = : *n/ ff SEPe etl P. be , ae Vg = vy , 
man ete ag¢i’, wa juagie¢e. Uwatariga, édega” niind isa”- 
erect I sit, woman I with her, As soon as. but (7) TLhave nothing to 
my Own. 
¢in’ge ga”, ata” wija”be cupi ka™“b¢a yi, cupi ta minke. 
cheer me as, how long Isce you I arrive I wish. if, I will arrive where you 
where you are. 
are 
GC nfo adéce Yate eqt! i 1 waadi’h: Hew etn Th 
a” te edece yicté, ca”. uq¢é qtel waqi"ha wi" ti¢a¢é 1, 
Well, word whatyou  evenif, — well, very soon paper one yousend if, 
say here 
ana‘a® ka™ b¢a. 
I hear it I wish. 
NOTES. 
58, 4-5, cu¢e¢ai ¢isaiiga aka, voluntary action. Qisatga gipéji hegajt, 
involuntary action, as no one wills to be sad, hence ‘‘aka” is not used ; 
but “¢isanga aka” is understood after “cu¢e¢ai” in the next line. 
58, 6, gipejiim¢inki¢ai. L. and W. said that this could not be used 
here, though a genuine Omaha expression. They substituted ‘ gipé- 
