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/ . e eRe, . . id v a 
at¢a’¢ai ha, Ki ticka® i*’tea® wi" we¢éckaxai ha. ... Cam 
we think it : And deed now one you (pL) have 3 Well, 
done to us 
fe yv s PEG ° , . ° 
ticka" ¢@ wijiga” wada™ba-baji wegdxai ea™ wéteqi nai 
deed the pl. my grand- he does not see us he has done well, diffieult usu- 
in. ob. father to us for us ally 
5 aene F é ¥ eas 
¢a™ja, Ita" ¢éceta” wijiga" indé a®da™béqti éskana ticka™ 
though, now from this my grand- face we see him indeed * oh that deed 
time father 
wéteqi gé angug¢a anga™ ¢ai. 
difficuit thepl. we tell him we wish. 
for us in.ob. of our own 
White Horse said:—Nikaci”ga naxide-¢ingé edibe waki- 
People disobedient also to attend 
hidai té wéteqi. Naxide-¢ingé yi, edibe wa'da® wakihfde- 
fothem the — difficult Disobedient when, also together to cause them 
for us. to be at- 
ki¢at té weéteqi héga-baji. 
tended the  trouble- very. 
to some to us 
Icta-basude said:— ... We¢énicta® ¢a™ja, ca” weéteqi 
Yon have finished though, yet trouble- 
doing it for us some to us 
té ani'gui’¢i¢a afga™¢ai. ..... 
*the we tellit to you we wish 
NOTES. 
The parenthetical sentences were recorded only in English. 
The ex-agent, Howard White, requested the author to send this let- 
ter, as he declined to act after his resignation. 
TRANSLATION. 
(Gahige said:)—The Indians wish the president to give them their 
respective agents (one for the Omahas and another for the Winnebagos. 
If we wish to see our present agent, we become very tired, because he 
does not come very often from the Winnebago Agency. So we tell 
this to the Commissioner). 
(Duba-ina"¢i" said :)—Grandfather, we used to have agents, and you 
generally did for us those things which were calculated to benefit us. 
But even now I do not speak a word against the agent himself; yet it 
is very hard for us Omahas to have an agent in common with the Win- 
nebagos. These Omaha gentes are busy throughout the day, and when 
our young men command us to speak to the agent about anything we 
hesitate and say nothing, because we can not see him. O grandfather, 
we hope that you will still do for us (what is beneficial for us). 
(Two Crows said :)—O grandfather, we hope that when you receive 
this letter which we have written to you, we shall very soon hear the 
reply. You have been doing things for us occasionally as you have 
considered that they would be beneficial to us. Though they have not 
turned out to be for our highest advantage, we think, “* My grandfather 
iar) 
