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114 
GEORGE 
MILLER TO MARK CLEVELAND, PONCA, IND. T. 
OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 
OCTOBER 
15, 1889. 
A® bage fe djtibaqtei widaxu 
To-day word very few I write to 
you 
¢é¢uadi wija™be te eb¢ég 
at this I see you will 
inka 
son 
¢an‘di ati ha. 
atthe Ihave 
come 
Uma" ha?-ma 
the Omaha (pl. ob.) 
Tyiga"¢ai maja” 
Grandfather land 
Pan‘ka 
Ponka 
ama 
the pl. 
sub. 
¢an’di hi 
at the ar- 
rived 
Ki 
And 
gacibe 
outside 
maja” 
land 
1, 
when, 
n/ 
fe té and‘a® 
word the I heard it 
Ca 
80 
¢a™ja, cub¢é'-q 
though, IT was going 
once 
(lam ja ikage wiwt 
Though his friend wy own 
éga™ ati ha. 
as Icame 
hither 
wi 
one 
C an 
yet 
Ki 
And 
cu¢a-biam édega™ 
it was said that but 
they had gone to 
see you 
qi¢a wa¢i? aki-biama, waqi”ha tian’ki¢at. 
paper “Ww 
they reached 
home, they say, 
back 
again 
qti nikaci”ga uké¢i® 
Indian 
having 
them 
an’ gain 
we who move 
a” ¢i?-baji ctéctéwar 
we are not notwithstanding, 
waqeqti 
real white 
men 
the 
a"ma™ ¢i" taite. 
we at walk. 
wéuda" 
good for us 
tédi-na”™ 
only then 
wi’ 
one 
Cc; n 
yet 
anyija"bat 
we see one ali- 
other 
an’ adi" 
we who 
move 
— , bs , ° 
an yLyaxe eta. 
I think, 
n/ 
wage angaxe tan’ga¢i” 
waqe-ma 
te'di 
when 
Uma"- 
Sea- 
(hé¢uadi 
At this 
bei”. 
Tam 
Pan‘ka 
Ponka 
ti minke, kagéha. 
will I who, O fr iend. 
ga", ehé-de_ b¢i‘a. 
I said, but T have 
failed. 
Akiha® 
beyond 
wi" 
one 
eta me 
Now moon 
waqe-gaxe-ma wi" 
those living as white one 
men 
Ls ViS2 
‘1¢é 
spoke 
of it 
Ki 
And 
/ 
an hit. 
to leave 
him 
, ° 
hi¢ai 
was 
caused to 
reach there 
Ye Ad , . 
(asi aka im’ 
Dorsey the 
sub. 
bavi 
he called 
tome 
ti-ma” 
to you at 
eal 
when, 
4 ae 
the pl. 
sub. 
, 
cage 
to go 
to you 
(es . , vy DOT, v 
igat yi, pi ha. 
spoke when, I . 
of it was 
coming 
hither 
ticka" jaji gaxai té dda® 
deed “wrong did the there- 
past fore 
act 
¢a" b¢uga- 
the all 
Maja” 
as sent hither Land 
to me, 
ha, 
white we will act as we move 
man 
‘1 té edwaga™i 
the We are so 
wa¢ita® 
white they work 
men 
eam 
C 
yet 
Ki 
nikaci”ea uké¢i" 
And 
Indian 
etéetéwa® 
soever 
edada™ 
what 
ca” 
c 
yet 
Wikage ama wan’gi¢e wage gaxai ¢a™ja, ca™ 
we ought to do for My friend the pl. all white ee act though, yet 
one another sub. man 
Ie y = z / eae v/ © : a / Ss y = 
ukit‘é-ma wi” da™bai té’di edida” giaxe ga™¢ai yi gidxe- 
the nations one they see when what a do for they wish when they usu- 
(pl. ob.) him him ally do 
ye? N / = vl S. / 
na"i. Ca® e‘a™ ni” yi, wind‘a” ka”b¢a. Ca™ Lentga-zi cti, 
it for And how you _ if, IThearfrom I wish. And (Lenuga-zi too, 
him. are you 
, / ONE? 
ana‘a® ka™b¢a. Céna uwib¢a. 
T hear I wish. Enough I tell you. 
about him 
