60 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
NOTES. 
Tuhi and Mahi" were Iowa chiefs. Hach had a son. 
59, 1, wegaxe ti¢ai, should be, ewedaxe ati, J have come hither to 
make it for them (i. e., write it to them), fide W.; but ewedaxu cu¢éa¢é, I 
write it to them and send it to you, is suggested by G. It is probable 
that the sender really said, ‘ wegaxe té ‘i¢ai,” he promised to make it 
for them, as this, when pronounced rapidly, sounds like ** wegaxe ti¢ai.” 
59, 3, igahi. This should be céna, enough (W., G.), or, méga?, like- 
wise (G.). 
TRANSLATION, 
He promised to write a letter to both of your children. The full- 
grown son of your grandfather (Mandan) is dead, so he (the bereaved 
father) has written a letter in order that you and yovr wives and sons 
likewise may hear it. I am very sad. I have sent to tell you that I 
have lost something. I am very poor, still I wish to hear how you are. 
L wish you to send me a letter. 
JAMES SPRINGER, AN OMAHA, TO W. M. C. GRANT, SIBLEY, IOWA. 
JANUARY 26, 1880. 
Kagcha, ag¢i te ceta” u‘a’¢ingé b¢i-maji. Ca™ uidaqti 
O friend, [have the — so far in Vain I have not been. Well, very good 
returned 
here 
, ws ie beamed / , ? ° / a} , ages 
agti té cin’g@ajin’ga wiag¢ab¢i", ca" wib¢aha™. Cu¢a-bayi 
[have the child T have kept them, yet ti thank you, They shall not 
returh- my own, 
ed here 
taité. Ca™ wabagteze ad¢adai, tida™qti najimi. Hat¢i cta™ be 
go to Well, book they read, very good they stand. Henry you see 
you. him 
ea 4 n f ni 
y ray ‘ a ray 6 
yiji, u¢ena ka*b¢éga". 
if, you tell it ! hope. 
to him 
TRANSLATION. 
My friend, I have net been idle since my return from your place. I 
reached home in safety, and I have my children with me, so I thank 
you (for your past kindness to them). They shall not go to you, as 
they are getting along very well at school here. I hope that you will 
tell Henry, should you see him. 
