OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS, 103 
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¢a", anevyai maja” ¢a®. Ki ja"¢inange-‘a”sagi maja” ¢a” anafi- 
the it is ours land’ the And wagon ewiibes land the runs 
place place place 
(ob.), (ob.). hae 
A . e P C ap ae 
gai. Ued¢adi® te sf e¢débahiwi® an’gua™ ‘ii: kige wi" ki e’di 
on. Width the foot one hundred we font them: a box one and there 
ob. 
e¢ébahiwi® dé¢aba wa‘ii ha, wwawéci. Ki waqe aji ama Okla- 3 
hundred seven were : pay to the And white dif- thepl. Okla- 
given to tribe. people ferent sub. 
us 
homa eyita™ yéski-maé wati™ agii té Pan‘ka maja” adi ubaqpa¢ai 
homa from the cattle carrying were the Ponka ontheland they push them 
(in the return- and make 
cars) ing them fall 
te-mai. Maja™ ¢a® piiji hégaji, tiga”ha, wegaxai. Maja™ 
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the dead Land the bad exceed- O grandfather, they have Land 
ones. ingiy, made it for us. 
¢a® b¢tiga waqwi™. Ki na igadi¢at wi wan ga¢i®. Ki 6 
the whole offensive. And See agent one we have them. And 
here! (2) 
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an’gua"waf gi¢ai: ‘‘Dadiha, maja” ¢a" piiji hégaji waxai,” 
we told it to them: O father, land the ob. bad very made us, 
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av¢a™i ¢a™ja i¢adi¢at aka udwagiya™ ctéwa"-baji. Ada® 
we said though agent the sub. helped us at least not. There- 
fore 
e*n/ at] f . , o . 
nikaci”ga an’ga¢i™ angtikikiai éga", “Tyiga™¢at Commissioner 9 
people who my. we Seen to- as, Grandfather Commissioner 
gether 
‘inké uf¢a ctécte ida" ha,” a®¢a™i éga", ma” zéska u¢éwi"an- 
thest. totell at any good : we said as, money we col- 
ob. him rate (?) 
ki¢al, e¢ébahiwi" nam ba u¢éwianki¢at. Ki thua”™ ¢i¢a-baji 
lected, hundred two we collected. And not consulting you 
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¢ida”be tai té giteqi éga" uwib¢a te, ai, ¢éga™ ati yi. 12 
to see you will the difficult as Itell you shall, they thus Ihave when. 
for one said, come 
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Ma” zéski fnatge té angtyai ha. Eskana nikaci ga na™ba- 
Money ‘*for roll- the is ours A Oh that persen two 
ing” col. ob. 
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qtci ti ka*b¢éga", udwagiya” ka™ eb¢éga®. Maja™ ¢a’, 
just come I hope, to help us I hope. Le a the 
hither place 
(ob.) 
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yiga”ha, yéski ama uwa‘a"si-na" ca™ca’i ha, ada" ‘i¢@ i"win’- 15 
O grand- cattle the pl. they are always leaping (on it) : there- tospeak we wish 
father, sub. fore about it 
oanat ha nikaci’ga b¢uga. Eskana wéagi¢iwagazu kan ane 
elition “1% people all. Oh that to straighten our affairs we 
for us 
/ : Alea fe , , huy a Oe / S , 
¢a’ gai. ... Edada™ edéce ¢a‘éwadade inig¢a” yi éskana 
hope. What you say you pity us you decide when Oh that 
something 
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ugq¢e’qtei ma” zé u¢iti™-da” Pan‘ka ¢ankéjya tiwag¢agina ¢é¢a¢e 18 
very soon iron you hitit when Ponka to them you tell them you send 
ka” eb¢éga". (Wicti ma™zé uadti®-da” udwagib¢a ¢éag¢e ta 
T hope. I too iron Lhitit when I tell them IT will 
