OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 65 
UNE-MA*¢1* TO MRS. SCHWEDHELM. FEBRUARY 9, 1880. 
/ ava siel® , , . 
A™ba pi taté. Uheé piiji-ma t‘a™i éga", ca” a™ba-waqtbe 
Day I tall reach Path the bad ones abound as, and mysterious day 
there. 
¢é ehébe pi ka™b¢a ctéctéwa" b¢i‘a etéga® éga™,... 
this part of it I I wish even if I fail apt as, 
reach 
there 
NOTE. 
This is only part of the letter. 
TRANSLATION. 
I shall reach the day (when I can visit you ?) There are many bad 
roads at this season of the year, and though I wish to reach there 
before ali of this week shail have passed, I shall probably fail to do so. 
Therefore (de not be displeased if [ postpone my coming). 
GEORGE MILLER TO LOUIS ROY. YANKTON AGENCY, D. T., FEBRU- 
ARY 10, 1880. 
Nugé pahan’gadi cupi té’di i’tcea™ ci wija”be ka b¢a. 
Summer formerly ITreached when now again Jsee you I wish. 
you 
r we ~ Pe 7 / Wisin! fee. ae es fs 
Watita” ag¢icta" yi, cub¢é ka™b¢a. Wii ¢é cti ¢isi¢e-na”i. 
Work I finish mine when, I go to I wish. My elder too thinks usu- 
you brother of you ally. 
Than’‘kta"wi” ama e‘a” éite waqi”ha cuhi yi, awadna‘a® 
| ; 
Yankton the pl. how perhaps paper reaches when, I hear about 
sub. you them 
/ . jae . ld , —— \/ as Ghose , , 
ka™b¢a. Winaqtci ga" cub¢é ta minke. (i-ninke’cédi cupt 
IT wish. I alone at any I will go to you. To you who sit { will 
rate reach 
ta minke. 
there where 
you are. 
NOTES. 
George Miller, or A*¢abi, an Omaha of the Ictasanda gens, wrote 
other letters in 1889. See later pages. Louis Roy was the son of a 
French father and a Ponka mother. 
65, 4. Wijim¢e, Edward Miller, George’s cousin according to civilized 
kinship systems, and a member of the same gens. 
65, 6. Pi-ninkécédi, contr. from ¢ininkéce and edi. 
TRANSLATION. 
During a former summer I went to visit you, and now again I wish 
to see you. I wish to go to you when I finish my work. My elder 
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