LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. ATT 
JABE-SKA TO WAQA-NAJI®. 
August, 1878. 
(iddi ga¢ubdqtci ’é. Q@agictabdji t’é etéga®. Jdbe-ski waqi"ha 
Your father very nearly dead. oudonotsee yours to die apt. Beaver White letter 
ti¢iki¢é. Waddgictabaji ?é ta ¢anké. Qaki ‘i¢dgé; wi" ¢akaji (iyan’ge 
causes to come You do not see your they will die. You reach you prom- you did not speak Your elder 
to you. (relations) home ised; truly. sister 
wéda¢éde t’é. (iga*’cka ¢ijan’ge ida¢é ke t’é. Mim” ¢a” vé égasdni teé 
bore children, dead. our sister's yourelder theonethat dead. Moon the dead  thenext the 
but child sister she bore day (=when) 
cugéad¢é. 
Tsend it to you. 
TRANSLATION. 
Your father is almost dead. He will be apt to die before you see him. Jabe-ski 
(White Beaver) causes the letter to come to you. Your relations will die before you 
see them. You promised to reach home, but you did not tell the truth. Your sister 
gave birth to a child, but it is dead. Your sister’s son, to whom she gave birth, is 
dead. I send this to you on the day after the moon died (7. e., August 1). 
NAMAMANA TO MA*TCU-WAGIHL. 
August 22, 1878. 
Laha™ha, wabag¢eze ¢a™ cuhi wiYuwatan’ga f¢a¢é te ha. Usniiiji 
Brother-in-law, letter the reaches as soon as * youcause will . Not cold 
(ob.) you it to becoming 
ca'té cupf ta minke ha. Ujan’ge ké i¢apaha"-maji’-qti-ma”. Maja” dgudi 
yet, Ireach will Iwho A Road the Ihave not the least knowledge of it. Land in what 
when you place 
¢ag¢i” ¢a" i¢Apaha" ka” b¢a ta minke. Cin’gajin’ga wian’ge wa¢i" ¢anka 
you sit I know I wish will Iwho. Child my elder sister she had the ones 
(an ) them who 
tidal Y udna‘a" ka™b¢a. Wamuske cti uaji ha, wéga ze ag¢i"’-sdta”. 
they ae if, Lhear of it I wish. Wheat too Isowed , measure fifteen. 
goo 
Cin’gajin’ga wiwija wakégede piiiji, T’é té’di, cub¢é téi™te. A*wa™ qpani 
Child my sick, heat bad. He dies when, Igotoyou may. Me poor 
hégamaji hi. Eskana wija™ bai ka"™b¢éga"-hna® ca™ ca". Maja™ (¢a") tda® 
Tam very b Would that I see you Iam hoping always. Land (the) good 
(yi), wagazu and‘a® ka™b¢a. Ceéna, 
(if), aeaEctly I hear I wish. Enough. 
TRANSLATION. 
O brother-in-law, please send me a letter as soon as this one reaches you. I will 
reach you before the cold weather. Ido not know the road at all. It will be my 
desire to know the land in which you dwell. If the children that my sister has are 
well, I wish to hear about it. I sowed fifteen acres of wheat. My child is very ill. 
When he dies, I may go to you. Iam very poor. I am constantly hoping to see you. 
Jf the land in which you dwell be good, I wish to hear correctly about it. Enough. 
