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76 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
Maeté té i¢dug¢e’qti ¢andji®. Ki Uma™ha® jin’ga ¢i™ efa™ gm 
Warm the throughout you stood. And Omaha sail the how he 
mv. ob. was 
/ Saaean , / wf 
ctéwa™ fepaha’’-qti ja”, edida™ a¢i’ ge’ cté b¢tiga fepaha”. 
soever you fully understood, what hehad tbe pl. even all you knew. 
in. ob. 
. , v sf o~ , D ae vy / yv 
Giteqi-bi ehé te can’ge ¢ingai. Ki ukit'® a®wa™waya cté 
That itis difi- Isay the horse there is And foreign whither so- 
cult for them none. nation ever 
ugdca"-baji, ci made ifdug¢e’qti ci éga". Ada® nikaci’ga 
they have not again winter throughout again so. There- people 
traveled, fore 
, /s eis PP | , . e *y/ 
ama ¢i¢ahan’1. (hati yi'ji, nan’de wa¢iqpa¢i", ci nikaci"’ga-ma 
the pl. they pray to You if, heart yours (is) poor, again the people 
sub. you. come 
here 
U }ha2 ¢ nn‘d J byawa bhgat S457] hat yD! 
ma”ha"-ma nan'de waqpa¢iwa¢a¢al te byppyuhal, ca 
the Omahas heart you make them poor the they appre- in 
hend on their fact 
own account, 
Uma™ha?-ma éwa¢a¢e’-cti-ma nin’de waqpa¢i"wa¢agi¢e te. 
the Omahas the ones, too, whom you heart you will cause them, your kindred, 
have for kindred to be poor. 
/ oo % / fe 7? Ni. ye | fi 
Ca” ¢atiiiji ka” e¢éga™i. Qi¢aha™i. Ca® ¢ica®-baji A¢indsa- 
Well, you do they hope. They pray to Well, it does not they do not 
not come you. suit you prevent 
fu v v , "nD , ° 
baji ha, ¢i¢aha’i éga" cAi hi. Nikaci™ ga-ma can’ge-ma ¢ab¢i" 
you : they pray to ee they. The eonie the is ses three 
you have 
said it 
wi¢i"-baji, can’ge-ma wa¢ita” wiki¢é-ma eonaqtei we GIL. 
they do not have the Thorees the ones which they cause them only they have 
them, to work them. 
Nikaci”ga uké¢i® an’ga¢i? ga” nikaci™ga-ma pahan‘gadita® 
Indian common we who (use here the eon from the first 
move not plain) 
éki¢e yiyixai éga™ yiya™ bai. yiya” bai té’di wa¢ate y14, 
they made themselves as they looked at They looked at = when food they 
related to one another one another. one another gave to 
: one an- 
other, 
oF ae , 7 NS 
edida™ wi" yi'i. Ii ¢asi¢adé te. Ag and‘aryigti taté iM¢igaxa- 
what one they And you will think You shall not obey at all we do not 
gave to of it. make for you 
one an- (we do not 
other. reckon 
ba G e o Song t ti = tl OF n/ ak n 
Aji. Can’ge wa¢in’gai gga" ¢utaqti uwib¢a. Ca” weé¢ig¢a 
that Hotes, we have none = very cor- T have told Well, plan 
you). rectly it to you. 
Kees Il ras ule oP reer ts 
enega" té qa¢a g@¢iza-ga. 
youhave the back take your 
thought it again own. 
NOTES. 
75, 10-11. Me pahaiga tédi ega™qti...d¢anaji". The addition of ega gti 
shows that Ke-yrede stayed a very long time (W.). Equivalent expres- 
sions are, Mé pahan/ga ¢an’/di égaqti ¢anaji", and Mé pahan’ga 
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