§8 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
MASTCU-HIN-QTI, A PONKA, TO HIS WIFE MI*-AKANDA. DECEMBER, 
1880, 
: PEO : a. LYShoo = , 
Tyiga"¢ai akadi na*ba™ angahu. Ceta™ wagazuajl. Wagazu 
Grandfather to the twice we reached So far itis not straight. Straight 
sub. there. 
o a. inc = , 
tédihi yi, tida® etéga™ Aha" eb¢éga". Wanie¢e ¢anka éskana 
) : i) 
by the that, good apt ! I euinie it. Domestic ani: theones oh that 
time mals 
im¢in’kihidai ka"™b¢éga" niyjinga ama isan’ga wiwfja ama. 
they attend to I hope boy the (p).) his younger my own the (pl ) 
mine sub. brother sub. . 
a ae 
Cin’gajifi’ga wi" nié da™cté ta” yi, wazé¢ée twaweci 
Child one pain even hehasit if, doctor pay 
wati'i taf. Egi¢e at¢a™ ana” pe tai. Qéduddi ¢inké ceta’ 
you will give it Beware lest you fear me on account In this place the one so far 
to them of it who 
een *n/ / Tie 
agtja"bé’-ctéwa"-maji. Na™ona™ angi’. I?'tea® wa¢i". Agi aka 
T have not even looked at him, Feet slipping we are. Now they have The one who 
my own. us. 18 Comin Z 
back 
Ne ald / , aE , / us p le 
akiwa udwagib¢a. ya™be tat éska™ e¢éga i. Ga” ¢icta™i 
both 1 have told it to I shall see him they tine it probable. And they finish 
them. it 
tédfhi yi, wagazu ¢and‘a"l etégai, ccénujin’ga-macé. Uda 
by the time straight you hear it apt, O ye ance men. Good 
that 
da’ gti éga" Tyiga"¢ai aka weé¢adai. Wagazuaji cea" edhe 
beyond 80 Grandfather the mentioned Not straight as I have 
measure sub. to us. thought 
sO 
ceta™ wagazu té ar¢a™baha’-baji. Ki aba cag¢é té cti 
so far siaaizbe the we do not know about it. And day I go the too 
homeward 
i¢dApaha®-maji. 
I do not know it. 
NOTES. 
88, 3, nujinga ama isaiga wiwija ama, an unusual expression : 
nujinga ama wisanga ama might have been used. See letter of Maca- 
ska, on a subsequent page. 
88, 5. Pe¢uadi ¢ifke, Ca¢u, one of his children at Carlisle, Pa. 
88, 6. Agi aka akiwa, probably Inspeetor Haworth and the agent, 
who returned to the Ponkas in I:.dian Territory in January, L881. 
TRANSLATION. 
We have gone twice to the President’s House. Our business has not 
yet been settled. When it is settled I think that it may be good! I 
hope that the young men, my younger brothers, will attend to my stoek 
in my absence. If one of the children becomes ill, employ the doctor 
and pay him! Peware lest you refuse through fear of me! I have not 
yet even looked at the one who is here, my relation. We had to pass 
by him without stopping. The officials are keeping us at present (and 
