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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 196 



gha? unf:tsadh{ 



now many 



ani : sgayegv : sdasginihye : hn6 



leaders, In particular, for 



nigdrdv 



all 



yigi 



If it is 



•<} : dhla 

 not 



nigiirdv 



all 



a:yvle [«] 

 I, and 



anino:hna 



they teU 



iyu:hl(i)sdo'i*di 

 to become, it 



ges6:sdi 

 it will be 



hi?agigo:na:dh(v)dhanv [^^ 

 this, he outran me 



hi'i*ges6:sdi 

 this it will be 



duyu:gh(d)dv 

 right 



naisgigwo 

 that, just 



a : se ghilo 



perhaps someone 



a:yvhye:bn6 



I, for 



ghv:nisginl 

 unless 



ges6:sdi 

 It will be 



nd:yo:g6 

 then 



gha? 



now 



ayv 

 I 



gohwe : 1 

 letter 



sdhi : wi 



Sdhi:wi 



truly 

 o:si 



good 

 na:sgigwo 



that, just 



sdhi : wi 

 Sdhi:wi 



gvgilv:ghw(o)dhanv geniyv:wi [*^] 



they loved me our people 



gvghin6 : tshe : Iv nasgw6 : di : nd 



they chose me also, surely 



yige:s6:i nv:w(a)sdv:gi ale:no:hn"^ 



if it were (w.p.k.) then it did appear and, furthermore 



iyursgini ani : sgayegv : sda am:sgwddi:hlv 



if, in particular leaders when they finish (cond. ) 



narsgwo hi?tsi:sgwMi:hlv p"] deg6 : we : li : sgv 



also this, when I finish (cond J writing them, I 



niga:hl(i)sdi:sgv nu:dale digo:hwe:K:sgi 



happening, it different clerk, he 



hi'ges^ : sdi adi:na o:giia(a)dag6:nadliv:n(e)di 



this it will be not to race, he and I 



al4 : no : hnv a'se : ga : tsv : 



and, furthermore by accident 



naisgisgmi idi:gadv:n(e)di 



that, in particular to do, wo 



wahhy6:[hi] ga:dii:v ale v:dhla 



wolf-place town and not 



yino : gdd v : hn6 aneli : sv 



if he does to us (cond.) when they think (cond.) 



hi?ya:gwadv:[n(e)]di hi?gese:sdi adi:na 



this, if to do, I this it will be not 



o : gin (a) dag6 : nadhv : n (e) di ges6 : sdi 



to race, we it will be 



yigi ase : gw6 : gwo 



if it is in vain 



gv[gi]go : hwa : dhv : di p^] 



to see me, they 



nogadvthnisi 

 he just did for us 



ges4:sdi 



it will be 



tsiw6 : ni : hi 

 I just talked 



tsago:li:ye:di 

 to read, you 



tsi'ga : dhahna : [i] 

 informed, I 



unf :tsadhi 



many 



udorhiyu ye:li 



quite a bit 



agiy 6 : hi (v) di 

 to feel, I 



i:gd:i 



all 



ino:li 

 Ino:li 



aneli : sv 



when they think (cond. ) 



V : gddv 



I said 



guy 6 : gwo : nf 



July 



i:ga 



day 



wahhy6:hi 



wolf-place 



gese:sdi 

 it will be 



go : we : Iv : gd 

 I just wrote it 



ge:i 



I belong 



hi?a? 



this 



ayv 

 I 



FREE TRANSLATION 



I will write this on July 8th. 



I, Sdhi: mi, am in a hurry for the pencil that belongs to the township. 

 Hurry and give it to me to scribble with. Leave it here — and hurry: 

 I am in a hurry to use it to scribble with. 



*' This is an interesting archaism. 



•' An elision of ayv and ale. 



M The penultimate syllable is erroneously written do. 



'1 The spelling is somewhat garbled, ga standing for agi. 



" The last syllable is erroneously written dv. 



