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dren were ill, you should have given a large payment to the Indian 
doctor. I have not yet been to the place of my destination, therefore 
Tsend a letter to you before the business is settled. 
CAHIE¢A TO CANGE-Q'A. JANUARY, 1881. 
Or ee Oye / vf Su ° Pea 
Qijan’ge nié t'a” yi'ji, ca” pi ésa yi'ji Akihide mak‘a™ 
Your sister pain she if, yet again lasting if, attending medicine 
has longer to it 
than was 
anticipated 
‘iwakifa-gi, wage wazcé¢e ui¢a-gi. Gasini ha™ega’tce yi, 
cause them to ae white doctor tell it to him. To-morrow morning when, 
to her, man 
mi” da"be saté” cide da” ctéa™, Ma"tct-ndji" ya”be etéga”. 
hour five six or, Standing Bear ie see him ape 
ey S . . . Tg ri? 
Ki @di ¢iadi ma™zé uéti® éga" ya™be taté eb¢éga", Petaxe 
And there your iron T hit it as I see him © shall I think, Live Coal. 
father for him 
NOTES. 
Cahie¢a was a Yankton by birth. He married a Ponka woman and 
was adopted into the tribe. His son Cafige-q¢a (Edward Jones) was 
one of the author’s scholars in 1872~75. This letter was sent to Ponka 
Ageney, Ind. T. 
75, 1, mak‘a’, usually pronounced maka”. 
75, 4. Petixa, in Riggs’s notation Petaga, probably a brother of 
Cahie¢a. The name is equivalent to the Ponka “ gede-zi.” 
TRANSLATION. 
Should your sister become ill and the illness last much longer than 
the first symptoms indicate, let them attend to her and give her medi- 
cine, besides telling the white doctor to prescribe for her. I may see 
Standing Bear to-morrow morning at five or six o’clock. After that I 
will telegraph to your other father, Live Coal, whom I think that I 
shall visit. 
‘“MA*TCU-HI‘QTI TO A*PAX-SKA, OMAHA AGENCY, NEBR. JANUARY, 
1881. 
A™ba¢é wiya™ be ka"b¢éga"-qti-ma™ éde wina™ona® pi. Isa”’- 
To day Isee you [have a strong inclination but Imissed you Iwas San- 
as I walked coming 
this way. 
yati maja” ké’di ati ha. Ki é gaja Macté maja” ké’ga 
tee land at the Ihave . And that at that Warm land to the 
lg. obj. come puke en 
place 
b¢é yi, edida™ wi? wégaska"¢é a ¢agaji. Macté maja” ¢a” 
Tzgo if, what one ao test it you com- Warm Jand the 
manded me. {=Indian Territory. ] ev. 
obi. 
