OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. a bef 
NOTES. 
120, 7-8, b¢i‘a-qti-ma" ta minke. George expected to remain with the 
author a month or two longer, so that he might earn more money. As 
he had to return home so soon, his salary amounted to very little after 
he had paid his board and traveling expenses. His wife had written 
that she was alone, with no one to protect her and the children. 
120, 10, wabajita™¢é té ceta® ag¢i-bajt, literally, “What message he 
caused me to bear, she has not yet returned”: probably intended for 
“Wabajita’¢é tédega”, ceta” ag¢i-baji Ma”’ciha¢i” ama.” 
He caused me to in the past, sofar shehasnot Miss Fletcher the my. 
bear a message but, come back sub, 
120, 13. Ma*ciha¢i", the name given to Miss Alice C. Fletcher by the 
Omahas. It is a name belonging to the Eagle sub-gens. 
120, 13. Sasu aka, sub. of ‘i¢ai in the next line. Sasu ¢inke under- 
stood is the indirect ob. of wiuakie. 
120, 6, wab¢aha® refers to George Miller’s petition to the author. 
TRANSLATION. 
I received your letter day before yesterday. The words which you 
told me made me very sad. Persevere in spite of what has happened ! 
I have sent you ten dollars. I wished to send you twenty, but I feared 
that it might get lost. I will return home at the end of this month. 
When I write to you again, I will tell you on what day to expect me. 
I hope and pray that your elder brother will look after you until my 
return. Tell him this. My effort to earn some money has been a total 
failure. On this account, as well as on account of your saying that you 
had no protector, I will start home very soon. I have thought of you 
every day, and I have been sad. Say to your father that I have not yet 
delivered his message, because (Miss Fletcher) has not yet returned to 
Washington. A letter has come in which she speaks of returning by, De- 
cember. I will return to you whether I see her or not. I refer to Miss 
Fletcher. I spoke to Frank La Fléeche about your father’s business, and 
he promised to tell Miss Fletcher about it, should I start home betore her 
arrival. Mr. Dorsey has promised to join Miss Fletcher in trying to get 
what your father desires, after Congress shall have assembled. I en- 
treated him, saying, ‘‘O friend, help the old man! Even if you fail, still 
I hope that you will aid him as far as you can.” Read that to your father 
when you read the letter to him. And when I reach home I will tell it to 
him again. 
