78 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
ge¢a™ wa¢ionaqti ka"b¢éga". Xi wa¢iona tédihi yi, wicti 
the pl. in. very plain I hope. And plain when it shall be, I too 
ob., in 
the past 
, , : ~ / Save a ° 
edida®-ctécte uwib¢a etéga®. Ita" waqi”ha ¢a* wagazugqti 
whatsoever T tell to you apt. Now paper theob. very straight 
widaxu cu¢éa¢e. Tusicta" waqi”ha daxa-maji. Nikaci™’ga 
I write it to I send it to To tell a lie paper I do not make it. Person 
you you. 
ig ° , oi , -. , ° = . 
wabaxuaki¢é ¢inké wagazu éga” baxtiaki¢é. Hskana waqi”ha 
the one wham I have caused to — straight as I have caused Oh that paper 
write something him to write. 
una” té’di, uq¢e’qtci ia“ ¢aki¢é ka*b¢éga® waqi™“ha wi". Nika- 
youtake when, very soon you send hither I hope paper one. Peo- 
hold of to me 
it 
ci’ ga ¢i¢ija cti awana‘a” ka" b¢a, e‘a” ditte. Ci ti tédihi i, 
ple your too J hear about I wish, how itmay Again it by the time 
them be. has that, 
come 
wi” cug¢éwiki¢ée ta minke. Wawéa"¢amaxe te¢a” wedamaxe 
one I will send to you by some one. What you asked ine about in the Tasked about 
past 
F See : : 
dega” ¢inga-bi, ai. 
but that there — they 
are none, say. 
NOTES. 
Cornelius Rickman, a white man, lived at Spring Valley, Monona 
County, lowa. 
Samuel White or Gihaji, the sender, could speak English. He pref- 
aced the letter with these words: “I have come home. For about 
three weeks since my return my eyes have been painful. I could not 
see. Now my eyes are well, and Iam in good health (in Omaha, Icta 
¢a" angig¢aska, i’uda"). Let me know how you and all your family 
are (wakékega, da’ctéa™i, whether several of them are sick)”. Angi- 
g¢aska, mine is white again, i. e., no longer red or inflamed. Primary 
reference is to the cornea, but there is a secondary reference to the 
sight. 
77, 1, i¢é ega™, ada™, etc. When “ega™” is used, ‘ada®” seems 
unnecessary. Hither one can be used without the other. 
78, 7. Wawea*¢amaxe, etc. The inquiry was about fish. 
TRANSLATION. 
I write a very few words to you. This is a fair day, and I am glad; 
so I write you a letter. I hope that you will take care of yourself; 1 
take care of myself. I am prospering. It has been six weeks since I 
have heard from you. I hope that whatsoever things I have asked 
you about are very easily understood. By the time that they are so, IL 
too may tell you something or other. I have now written a straight- 
forward letter to you. I have not written a lie in the letter. My aman- 
uensis (i. @., the author) is honest, so I have employed him to write. 
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