OMAHA AND PONKA LETTERS. 123 
TRANSLATION. 
O friend, I write you a few lines to-day. Last month I sent a letter 
to Frank Sanssouci, requesting him to tell you something. I asked 
you in that letter that about which you spoke to me when I was about 
to start to Washington. -You said then that your discharge from the 
Army (and other papers) were stolen from you. There is a man here 
whose business it is to attend to such matters; and if you will tell 
exactly what occurred, I will show him the letter, and he will obtain 
another (discharge or warrant) for you. Write in what year you left 
the Army, and tell how the paper got lost. When the letter reaches 
me I will show it to the white man. He desires three dollars as pay 
for his services, provided he obtains another paper for you. That is 
enough about your affairs. I will remain here only to the end of this 
month. When you send the letter, inclose three dollars. [I have been 
looking for the letter from you every day, but you have not sent it. 
Can it be that you do not wish to press the matter? I ask you about 
this for the last time. Tell also in what regiment and company you 
enlisted. Get Hiram Chase to write the letter. Tell, too, what you 
know about the accident which caused the death of Muda Martin. 
