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OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
udgaca" ha éde i”tca" b¢icta. Ada® é'di ag¢i” ta minke. 
I Perea but now I have fin- There- there I sit I will. 
it ished it. fore 
Na‘an’-ga. 
Niaci”ga ama b¢uga égi¢a™l, 
ida" Ma tet-naji® 
Hear thou it! People the pl. all they have  there- Standing Bear 
sub. saidittohim, fore 
o wf ye , , , , , . yv . 
ginke’di bee. (f ‘ama niaci“ga ama wad¢i¢uta" amadi di 
tothe st.an. Igo. These EE eee the pl. they pull things among there 
obj. sub. straight those who 
do it 
ris tobe: f a, / , , w/ , ee 
ma"b¢i™, a” ¢i" a¢ai. Ki e‘a” gaxe ta-aka té’ Ma*tet-naji? 
I walk, having they go. And how perhaps he will do it Standing Bear 
me (speaker is uncertain) 2 
ele Or? . , ul . ae, Ye 75) Ae 
akd 6'di pi te’di. Ki é i¢apaha™ ka“ b¢a b¢é. Ki niaci'’ga 
the there I when. And that I know it I wish I go. And people 
sub. reach (indians) 
him 
if Pye , , , . Xr 
Pan‘ka ama ¢a‘é¢i¢e tetbe, and‘a®, juga ¢iqtci. Ga" edada 
Ponkas the pl. they (?) very, IT heard it, body your very And what 
sub. pitied you self. 
, i / . +? : (ae Pet ew 7° , 
wetéckaxe te¢a™ gisi¢ai éga" ¢a‘é¢i¢é-na™i: ¢ gate uwib¢a 
you did for us in the they re- as they have usually that Sahat T tell you 
past member it pitied you: thing 
ka™ b¢a-qti ga” uwib¢a. 
Iwish very so T tell you. And 
awa" qpani-na"-ma™ a®eta™ be-nan i ha. 
Ki ¢é¢u usni ké’di ma*b¢i 
here 
” te¢an’ di 
cold in the T walked in the past 
I™tca™ Macté maja™ 
I was usually poor you saw me ae Now Warm land 
arly 
© wf qs : / : ou Oude . w 
keya pf té’di a®wa’ qpani-maji minké Aha", eb¢éga®. péska 
to the I at the Iam not poor I who sit ! (in I think. Cows 
reached past thought) (oxen) 
there time 
dhigi wab¢i® ha. Can’ge ecti ahigi wab¢i? ha, maja” ¢a” 
many I have Horse too many I have land the 
them them 
w , . 7 . vl wv . a . e 
cti uda®qti ab¢i’, 4f té cti sagiqti ab¢i”. Wagqi"ha ¢a® 
too very good LThaveit, house te too  veryfirm I have it. Paper the 
ta . 
obj. 
i¢éna-na® ¢a™ja, wi'i-maji; a”ba¢é wif ha. Ga™ wija’be 
you begged of though, I did not give to-day I give And IT see 791 
me usually it to you; it to you 
ékiga"gtia™, na*buwib¢a™ ég 
just like it, I shake your hand 
aqti céhe ha. 
ate so 
T said 
that 
NO'TES. 
This letter was apparently written in order to influence the Omanas 
to join the Ponkas in the Indian Territory. 
After dictating the above 
only in English: 
(on the cars) by Sloan Station, Low 
, Ma"teu-hitgti added the following, recorded 
‘* Look Bat for us on nee or Saturday, as we go down 
Come over the Missouri River. — 
a a a ae 
