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86 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
ACAWAGE, 4 PONKA CHIEF, TO SOME PONKAS AT CARLISLE, PA. 
DECEMBER, 1880. 
Niyinga nankace, wia™be cub¢é tai minke. Ha" ¢anaji" 
Bov ye who are, I see you I will go to you (pl.). How you stand 
té ga” {widaha” taf minke. Edada™ nita"i gé nipi xi, 
the atany I will know abont you. What youwork thepl. youdo if, 
rate at in.ob. well 
. / Re: / . . “er , ye , . 
iwidaha™ ka™b¢éa-qti-ma™. (if wagdyig¢ita"i té ¢iuda™i ¢tai 
ITknow about Ihave a strong desire. You  youwork for your- the it ought to be good 
you selves for you 
tha" eb¢éga”. Ki nipi yi, a™qti¢ayi¢éga” taf. Ky ugita? 
! I think it. And youdo if, you will think haehis of your- And work 
it well selves. 
, en/s vy St , / . 1 n/ ° / , , 
wiige a¢i’i g& Ad¢akfpa-na™ tai. Ca™ wija*’be etéga’, Kage. 
white they thepl. youmeet regu- will. Well, I see you apt, O Fourth- 
people  haveit in.ob. (them) larly son. 
Cub¢é ka” bea. Wija™be ka” b¢a. Waqi™ha ¢a™ nize yi, éga"- 
Toto you I wish. I see you I wish. Paper the you when, just 
ob. receive 
it 
qti waqi“ha wi’ ug¢é’qtci ¢é¢uddi tia’ ¢aki¢é ka™bééga™. 
80 paper one very soon to this place you send it I hope. 
here to me 
NOTE 
This letter and the next three were dictated by the Ponka delega- 
tion when in Washington, prior to the departure of the writer (with 
the Ponka Commission appointed by President Hayes) to the Indian 
Territory and Nebraska. The four members of the Commission were 
Generals Crook and Miles, and Messrs. Stickney, of Washington, and 
Walter Allen, of Boston. 
TRANSLATION. 
O vou boys, I will go to see you. At any rate, I will know how you 
are. I have a strong desire to know whether you are doing your work 
well. I think that if you work for yourselves it ought to be advan- 
tageous to you! And if you do it well, you can think highly of your- 
selves. You ought to undertake the different occupations of the white 
people. O fourth-son, I may see you. I wish to go to you. I wish to 
see you. When you receive this letter, I hope that you will send me 
very soon a letter just like it to this place. 
