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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 196 



NO. 9.— LETTER FROM SDHI :WI TO I NO: LI CONCERNING SCHOOL 

 AND FODDER-PULLING 



(on recto) 



13ne 



13th 



hi'i'a^sgini 



this. In particular 



nuwe : sv : gi 

 he did say 



duli:sdip3] 



September 



gha? 



now 



hi?a? 



this 



sdhi : wi 



Sdhi:wl 



udo:hiyu:hi 



truly 



da : nigv : wahl (o) da 



they priced them 



udv : hnvgi 



he did state 



u : sgwaniy^ : dv 



U:sgvvanly6:dv 



digal (a) sdhuw<5 : hedi 



to pull off the leaves for him, one 



udv : hnvgi 



lie did state 



i:ga 



dsy 



ino : li 

 Ino:li 



u:gvwiyu:hi 

 chief 



di]a:sge:sgi 



Dila;sge:sgi 



ghila 

 then 



ges6:sdi 

 it will be 



nu : sdi 



the way 



na : sgigwo 



that, just 



tsigi hi?a? 



it is this 



gasdhadhu : e ''df 



to pull fodder for him, one 



hi?ade: nuwe:sv:gi 



this one he did say 



dig6:hyo?di 

 to teach them, one 



dighuyi : sgihno : 

 Dighuyl:sgi, and 



hi : tsihn^ : tshe 



this you (pi.) spoke (w.p.k.) 



u : sgwaniy^ : [dv]hyehn6 : 



U:sgwanly6:dv, for 



yitsihne : ga ["] 

 If you (pi.) spoke 



wa:sd6:l(v)di 



over there to help him, one 



hi'gese : sdi 



this it win be 



ho : wa : gwo 



all right, just 



agwadv : hnvgi 

 I did state 



hi'i'gd,:dhv:gihd 

 this I hear 



hi?a? 



this 



1854 hude:dhiyv:sadi:sV 



1854 this year 



gvyowela : si gha"** 



I just wrote you now 



tsinu:hl(i)sdanv 

 which it became 



gha? 

 now 



u : sdi 



small 



tsa : di : sgv 



what he was talking about 



narsgi 



that 



ginii:d(v)di 

 one-fourth 



dits^ihyo'i'di 



to teach you (pi.), he 



hi?a?hno : 

 this, and 



se : lu : gwo 

 com, just 



a:nadv 



they said 



agwadv : hnvgi 

 I did state 



gho:hihuo: 

 now, and 



galog6 : sv 



field 



higi 



this it is 



tsusdi : gwohyehn6 : 

 small ones, just, for 



un(a)dv:hnv 

 they stated 



hagilidd, : sdhan^? 

 this I mistook (w.p.k.) 



naniwe:ha 



now they say 



yiga : l(a)sdhuw6 : v 

 if one pulls oil the leaves 



ho : wagwo p"] 

 all right, just 



a:se 

 I suppose 



iyurhno 

 if, and 



di : gwo : hwe : la : nv : hi 



my writings 



un(a)dv:hnvgi 



they did state 



\?:dhla 

 not 



tsigo : hno 

 I wonder 



tsino:gis6:lv 

 I told him 



dig6:dhv:sdi 

 to bum them, one 



au(a)di:sgoi 



they say (hab.) 



duyu:gh(o)dvgwo 



right, just 



do : gi : lo : gi [*^] 

 fields, we have (plane) 



nigd : e? 

 that much 



hi'i'a'i'hno : 

 this, and 



yigi 

 if it is 



na : sgi 



that 



wi : tsal6 : nv : hn^? 



over there when you (pi.) begin 



dvtsin^ : ts (v) dhani ["] 

 you (pi.) will speak of it 



glia? 

 now 



da : sgihi'se : If 



you (pi.) wUl km It, mine 



nvda : sgiyd : dhv[gd : ]ne : If 



then you (pi.) will hear about it from me 



hi'i'a'hno: aye:hli 



this, and central 



nigd : dv p*] 

 aU 



" There is a superfluous i after the second syllable, probably a device to prolong the vowe lln li. 



'« The last syllable is erroneously written ge. 



" The spelling of this word, du'.ge: logi, appears to be garbled. 



" The first syllable is written ha. This is acceptable, but ho is standard. 



" The second syllable Is erroneously written Ua. 



«9 Of a quantity. 



