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68 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
MA*TCU-NAXBA TO MIGGA’ XE WA@ATAI, YANKTON AGENCY, DAKOT 
’ ’ 
TERRITORY, 1879 
A*wan'kega teabe ¢a™ja, ca” waqi"ha cu¢éwiki¢é. Pahan 
Tam sick very though, yet paper T send it to you by Often, 
some one. 
f 
eadieti nikaci’ ea dea" wi? ti¢e ha, wiya’ bal pi yi. Wawe 
o oD tan) ) 
formerly Indian like one was .  Tsaw you(pl.) I when. You aske 
sent reached question 
hither there about 
na'xe pahan‘ga té zaniqti ab¢i’ (Ca” edada" twa™xe i¢é6 1 
various before the all Thave it. Well, what to ask a he t 
things question sent 
hither 
, —~/ 
é awake.). Wija"béqti uwib¢a tai minké ha. A*™wai’keg 
it Imean it. I really see you I will tell it to you (pl.) : Iam sick 
[een if e vy, *H/ . 
édega™ at’é taté i¢dyidaha™-ctéwa"-maji, ci ani” taté idday! 
but I shall die I do not know the least thing about again I shall live. I do nc) 
myself, 
/ ig pire = , , ° / / ee 
daha” -ctéwa-maji. Ca®™ ucté ama ¢ida™ be ga ¢ai éga® cul 
know at all about myself. Well, they the pl. to see you they wish as they 
remain sub. shal | 
taité. Qéganka @e‘dge ¢anka cuhi taité ¢a™ja, cin’ gajin’g 
reach These old man the ones shall reach you though, child 
you. who 
WY fs , ¢ , — , . . 
wiwija, Icta-basude, ¢ pahan’ga taté. Anegtikikié ka” bd 
) : ) o 
my own, Icta-basude, he shall ee the first. We talk together I wish 
7: peqie? Tp eys : / ~/ 
¢a™ja, Thank’ta"wi” yi ¢an‘di é’di ¢ana™’cta® ka"b¢éga™: &¢ 
though, Yankton vil- in the there you stop walk- I hope: the | 
lage ing 
eahi etaf. Maapf-jide, Iyfga"¢at ¢inkéya ef yi, in’ yiya-e 
| 8 [}; a-g 
they may reach Red Cloud, Grandfather to the st. you if, request that m 
you. one reach petition be 
there granted as a fav 
to yourself. 
, : nL e / ray (ee wa °n/ / 
Uawakié ka”b¢a ha. Uma ha?-madi ticka"™ wi a"wa™ ¢a- 
IT talk to them I wish : To the Omahas deed one tell about me 
about some- - 
thing 
ha, 6ya hii yi. IThank’ta"wi” yi ¢ati yi, uq¢é waqi"h 
! there they if. Yankton house you when, soon paper 
arrive . come 
there 
. , / ra la = le / - 
tian’ ki¢a-git. Winda‘a" ka™“b¢a. Edi yi, cuhi da ctéa 
send hither to mee I hear from I wish. In that case, they perhaps 
you reach you 
taité ha. 
shall 
(pl.) 
To Wivyakoi":)—Ta"ekaha, a™ ba¢é a®wan/kega héea-maj 
te y a) ) oD oD 
O sister’s son, to-day Tam sick J am very. 
Angini yi, wija™be ta minke, ki angini-maji yi, wija™ ba-ma, 
I recover if, I will see you, and I ae not recover if, I will not 
ta minke. 
see you, 
