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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 196 



ade:lv uhlin6:hiyv:gi na:sgihno: 



money it was left over that, and 



gu:tsu:se?[s]dhdnv:gf P] a:di:ha 



he did count It he says 



tsinursdi tsin(i)gi:hv tse:si 



which way which In all Tse:sl 



de:tsdgh(o)de:sdI na:sgigwo 



you (pi.) will decide that, just 



dhaghdy V : hvh^ u : Id'tse ale 



over there pay, yoa (imp.) he came (w.p.k.) and 



tsa: ni u:tse:li:ga 



Tsa:ni his 



tse : si na : sgihno : 



Tse:si that, and 



na : sgi nusd^ : sdi 



that the way It will be 



nu:lagwo 



hurry, you (imp.), just 



na : sgwo 



also 



ase : gwo 



in vain 



hi 'ges6 : sdi a : se : hi goh we : li 



this it will bo but letter 



a : hni iy\? : dv ghwalA? : yi 



hure this far Qualla-place 



a'i'dhayo'i'hihi gohwe:li 



asker for It letter 



uilii'i'tse sa:gwo ade'^lv 



It came (w.p.k.) one money 



gv : ginugo'i'dhan V : gi ['] tsa : ghuy (v) di 



they did evict me to pay, you 



tsa : ni agigo : hw (a) dh v : dhi 



Tsa:nl to see it, 1 



go:w6:lv:ga 

 I just wrote it 



digo : we : K : Sgi go;we:la:gd 



clerk, I I just wrote it 



iy >? : dv gha : ga?li 22 



further on February 22 



(on verso) 



u : lu'i'hi : sdi 

 to come, it 



du:doV:i hi^a*? 

 named, it this 



a:sege:li'i* 

 I believe 



i?gd:i 

 in amount 



hi'i*ges6:sdi 

 this It will be 



ade:lv 



money 



tsada:nelT?:gwo p] 

 your house, just 



a:yvhyehno: 

 I, for 



ayv 

 1 



ayv 

 I 



ade : Iv 

 money 

 da:sgigidi:hi ["] 



Da:sgigidi:hi 



1861 

 1861 



tse : si 



Tse: si 



ayv 



na:sgi i:ga:i 



that In amount 



ghwalv : yi 



Qualla-place 



ude : dhiy V : sadisv : i 



year 



gwe:dh(i)si 

 Gwe:dha)8l 



tsago : H : y e : di 

 to read it, you 



hi?a? 



this 



gohwerli 



letter 



FREE TRANSLATION 



(on recto) 



Now! I just wrote this on the 22d of February. The reason is 

 that Tsa:ni and Tse: si came to me at Qualla, where I am the clerk. 

 This is what they were saying: that I worked on Tse: si's property 

 out there at White Oak Place for 4 days, Tsa:ni says that Tse: si 

 should pay me $1.00 because he evicted me, he stated. 



He stated that he would just give me some clothes. That is not 

 paying me. When the chief came, he said, "He has to pay." He said 

 that he has to pay for evicting me. 



This month Tse: si got the horse that you gave me, worth $30.00, 

 and the pig that they gave me, worth $9.00. There was $1.00 left 



' We cannot account for the gu; one would expect u. 

 'The fourth syllable is erroneously written la. 

 ' The first syllable is erroneously written de. 

 I 'Tasgigl-killer.' 



