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108 OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
Ki ada* nikaci’ga na™”ba ¢é¢anka, Dasi Frank é¢a™ba 
And _ there- person two these, Dorsey Frank he too 
fore 
wacka™ héeaji judwaed¢e. Hau. Igiea™tat aké Commissioner 
gajl J 5 yg 
persevering exceed- Jam with them. q Grandfather the Commissioner 
ingly sub. 
, , ive Pal , i bi) ° / , ° . / VP. 
aka udawakié. Kdada" Pani‘ka maja” weéteqi ge¢a™” udwa- 
the I talked with What Ponka land difficult for the objects I told to 
sub. them (or they us in the past 
talked with us.) 
gib¢a. Ca™ wa¢acta"be nikagahi-ma ¢ida™be ga¢a-qti-a™], 
them. And you see them (?) the chiefs to see you they have a strong 
desire, 
ehé uawagib¢a. Ca” fe ahigi-qti Iyiga™¢af ¢inké udkie. 
I said I told to them. And word iS many oe and uher thest.ob, Italked 
to him. 
Ja", maja” ¢an’di yéska cti uwad‘a*si-na™i éga" ge b¢tiga-qti 
And, land in the cattle too they leap often ae ane pl. al 
in. ob. 
uawagib¢a. Lyiga™¢ai aké Cominissioner aka égi¢a™i: Cag¢eé 
I told to them. Gemdither the Commissioner the said it to I start 
sub. sub. (me): back to you 
tédihi yi, nikaci”ga juag¢e caki ti minke, Tyiga™¢ai jin’ga 
by the time man I with him I will reach there again Grandfather small 
that where you are, 
wi". Ca™ nikaci™ ga-mace, wetig¢a® gaxe g¢ii-gi, u¢uda"be 
one. And O ye people, plan a aking sit oe considering 
a op aa AS ! 14S 4 n/ f ts { Gc Litre WO /; 
e¢i'i-ca! Weéd¢ig¢a” unc g¢iMi-ga! ‘“Iyigat¢ai jin’ga cuht 
sit ye! Plan seeking sit ye! Grandfather smali reaches 
Bs you 
tédihi yi, edada™ wéteqi ge¢a™ b¢ugaqti u¢éna tai,” ai 
by the time what hard for us the objects, all you tellto ow il, said 
that, in the past, him 
Commissioner aka. Ca™ Commissioner aka nikaci ga i u- 
Commissioner the sub. And Commissioner the sub. person very 
da” qti-a”i, a’ ¢é-qtci-a”i a®wan’kie-na™i, Ca™ a™ba anaqtci 
good to me, very gently talked to me regularly. And day about how 
éga® wi ci Commissioner ¢inke’ya b¢é ta minke, ci udkie 
many when again Commissioner to the st. ob. I will go, again I will 
ti minke. Ca™ nikaci”ga ¢é¢i" Ddsi iwin'ya? hégaji 
talk to him. And person thismv. Dorsey helped me exceed- 
ob: ingly 
if y . ne , ce _y o 
ega”, ci uq¢é’qtci ya“be ta minke Iyiga™¢ai jin’ga ¢inké. 
as, again very soon I will see him Grandfather small the st. ob. 
Wabag¢eze cuhi tédthi yi, i¢ddi¢ai ¢inké da™be céka"b¢a. 
Letter reaches by the time agent the st.ob. to see it I wish for 
you that, him. 
Eidihi yi, wagazu u¢a tai. Pan‘ka b¢iiga cti na‘a” ewé- 
In that event, straight he tell — will. Ponka all too tohearit I wish 
it : 
ka"b¢a. 
for them. 
