90) OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
ka"b¢éga". Wib¢aha®, ¢igaq¢a® ¢inke! cti akiwaqti wib¢aha™i 
I hope. T pray te you, your wife the one too both, indeed I pray to you | 
who (pl.) a 
Je / r apa ie pa foe , , y rae / 
eéhe. Aba ¢é¢uadi Igiga*¢ai édi ati, yi ea té. Ki e‘a® 
I think On this day Grandfather there Ihave house his the And how 
and say come, ob. 
that. 
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ni" ké agha*be ka™b¢a. ‘“Uda?qti naji” dha” eb¢éga™ yi, 
you the ITsee him, my I wish. Very good he stands ! 1 think it if, 
are own 
sO! AX A t1.ma 2! A n 
1 ¢eqti-ma" etega". 
Tam very glad apt. ~ 
NOTES. 
89, 7. Wacka™-egan-ga, cehe. Rather, Wad¢acka® téga® céhe, I say 
you persevere inor- I say 
der that that 
(which 
T think), 
that in order to incite you to persevere. (G.) 
89, 10. ca™ egi¢e ¢anitjya, etc. Another reading is as follows: ca™ 
égi¢e ida" wit’ i¢a¢éwa¢ée-nav ha. Ki edada" wi” gaxe¢iki¢ai yi, aki- 
hidaga, yet you can be finding something good very often (i. @., you can 
be learning something else). And do you attend to what they cause you 
to do. (G.) 
90, 3, agija"be. Rather, wigija"be, J see you, my own, if ni® (you 
are) be retained. But as this seems to be addressed to Captain Pratt, 
it would be.better to read, “Ki e‘a™ éite agiga"be ka’ b¢a, I wish to see 
(my kinsman and learn) how he is..—Author. 
TRANSLATION. 
I have come hither to Washington. I have a strong desire to see 
you, but I passed you in coming (and I could not stop). As I wish to 
see you, if I tell the Commissioner and he is willing, I may see you. 
All of us have come, including your elder brother and your sister’s son. 
We may see you after completing the work for which we came, that is, 
the straightening of our affairs in some manner. I say what I think 
in order to urge you to persevere. If you do well one of the goo 
things which the white people teach you, you may become rich. 
Though it generally gives me much trouble not to see you for a single 
day, yet when they cause you to do one good thing, one thing which 
you can find, for the sake of your improvement, attend to it! I think 
that alone is good. There is no chance for us to continue to live as 
Indians, as we have been doing in the past: we walk towards the white 
people, and we follow them in carying out their plans. That is it: you 
shall make me thankful to you if you do something well when the 
white people teach it to you. ©O friend. you who have the control of 
the Indian children (Capt. Pratt), I hope that you will cause my child 
to be treated kindly. I have said what 1 think because I petition to 
you and your wife too, On this day I have come to Washington, and 
