OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 105 
etic ; . . re E ° oT aa peaks 
Ma™zéski g¢éba-na”ba ci a®fi. Ki ci’ égi¢e fe wi” égi¢a” 
Money twenty again he Ard again at word one _ he said to 
gave length (me) 
to me. 
. . , , . e ye 
i¢adi¢at aka: ‘Macdonald maja” wégatze g¢éba i¢éni- 
agent the sub.: Macdonald land measure ten you make 
yibe te ha’,” af aka i¢ddi¢af aka. E’di pf céga" diixe ha. 
finefor please. was saying agent the sub. There I as [ made it 
me reached 
4 Y —/ , oay, (ART, / , / = , 
Bé¢icta" yi, can’ge aka ujé¢a-baji ca”akAé wacka™yangaf. 
Ifinished when, horse the col. were not weary then, but were strong. 
sub. would be so 
later 
= ae ~ | : Lae ° 
Can’gve aka wacka™yanga ucté’-qti ga” wéga"ze sata” wiqtci 
Horse the col. strong remained ex- as measure five I myself 
sub. ceedingly 
. : , , , piv *n/ 24 , 
idixied¢ig¢a™ ayidaxe. Hau, Iyiga™¢ai-a! Ag¢in’-sdta" béfcta® 
deciding for myself I made for Ho, O thou whom they Fifteen T finished 
myself, call grandfather ! 
nD 4’ dj ff Sorg2 1e4dibat vic §$ Ma aol 5 a! 5 abs 4 res 
ga” edi pi éga™ i¢adi¢al aka “‘Ma™zéska te’ qa¢a o¢éadée 
as there I as agent the sub. Money the back to I have 
arrived ob. the start- sent back 
ing place 
b¢icta®-qti-ma™,” af. Pan‘’ka ak& Macdonald akad can’ge 
I have already finished, ae Ponka the sub. Macdonald the sub. horse 
said. 
wawéci ewéna-na’-ma™. ‘‘Tyiga"¢at aka i¢adi¢ai é¢a™ba 
pay IT asked f6r them often. President the sub. agent he too 
wawéci wéna-ga,” i'¢ifi'ge-na™i. Ki can’ge wa¢ita"awa- 
pay ask from them, he said to me often. And horse those that I caused 
ki¢é-ma dtiba wi” ctéwa™ gaski i’t’e, t’éagi¢é, dda" nan‘de 
to work four one even mine nearlydied from LTkilled my _ there- heart 
shortness of breath, own fore 
i’ ¢a-maji ca’ca®, ga” uwib¢a a” bade. 
Tam sad always, so I tell you this day. 
NOTES. 
penuga-zi, or Yellow Buffalo-bull, was known in 1871 as yayaiga- 
naji" jinga, or Standing Buffalo, jr. See Contr. N. A. Ethn., Vol. v1, 
pt. il, pp. 609, 613, 633, and 639. In the spring of 1889 yenuga-zi came 
to Washington to assist the author in revising his Ponka linguistie 
material. The two letters dictated by this Indian are peculiar on ae- 
count of the number of English words which have been adopted. 
This text consists of the address made to Acting Commissioner Belt 
a few days after it was dictated in the original to the author. 
103, 4-5, ubaqpa¢ai t’e-ma. They make the dead cattle “fall to the 
ground from the floor of the car.” 
103, 6, na. A peculiar use, as this word is generally an interjection, 
fie! bosh! bother! 
1038, 6. Wanga¢i™ used where anga¢i® would have been expected ; so 
angui"¢ai might have been used instead of angua"wangi¢ai (a peculiar 
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