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482 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Ca” e‘a™ mathni” yi waqi”ha gian’ki¢a-ga. Wina‘a™ kal’ b¢a. Uq¢e’qtei 
Yet how you walk if letter send back to me. Lhear from you Very soon 
waqi“ha gian’‘ki¢a-ga: (@é cuhf tédfhi yi, waqi”ha uhna™ tédihi xf, uq¢e- 
letter send back tome: This reaches it arrives when, letter youhold it arrives when, very 
you at it at it 
ay van ki¢g-o8 raqiehs 
qtei gian’ki¢a-ga, waqi™ha. 
soon send back to me, letter. 
TRANSLATION. 
I send to you to question you. O ye people, we are very sad when we think of 
you. On some days Iam thinking of you in vain. Still, I desire to hear just how you 
fare in the land. These Indians wish to visit you in the winter. Send a letter back to 
me, as I wish to hear how you are. Send a letter back to me very soon. When this 
reaches you, when you take hold of the letter, send me one back very soon. 
SI-yA*-QEGA TO EDUANA (ANTOINE ROY). 
Kagé, ga” Uma™ha" ama ca¢é td ama. [(é ama] cubéd b¢icta™ andj. 
Younger aftera Omahas the gotoyou will. [They are going] I go to have T stand. 
brother, while (sub.) you finished 
Ukie ca¢é t4 ama. Nikaci™ ga g¢éba-na™ba ¢ida™be ga™¢ai. Ca™, edAda® - a 
Totalk they will go to you. Person twenty to see you wish. Now, what- 
with them 
ctécte ab¢i”-maji, a"wa’ qpani tcabe. Cé niaci*ga nije pebye wija™ bal 
soever T have I not, me poor very. That person IT see you 
ka™ b¢a: Maja™-ibd4ha", Cabé-naji®, céna. Wist¢e-hnan’ di i™ ¢a-maji-hna"- 
I wish: Land he knows, Dark (afar) he enough. Iremember always Tam always 
stands, you when 
ma™. Ca” wija™be ka*b¢aqti-ma* » Fabgi" gahnankace. ‘Ta™wang¢a" téqi 
sad. Yet I see you I wish indeed, three Sie who are those Tribe Se oe 
(unseen). 
icpaha™; Ita" téqi, wéteqi’qtia”i. A"wa” qpani té awake. (Pé¢anka, nuyine? 
you knew; now difficult, very dificult for us. Tam poor the I mean it. _ These, 
¢anka, na"ba ¢anka, waqi’ha da be juwa¢ig¢e ka b¢a. Ca™ cin’gajin’ga 
the(pl.ob.), two the (pl. ob.), letter toseeit you with them I wish. And children 
¢ija wakéga té éska™ t’é ite ca™ and‘a®” ka™b¢a. Maja*-ibaha™ eti ¢fe 
your 30s the itmay.be dead it may be yet I hear it Iwish. - Maja"-ibaha® too you 
wawike. Cabé-ndji" ¢i cti ¢ie wawike. . 
I mean you. Cabé-naji® you too you Imean you. i 
NOTE. 
Nine letters were written for the Omahas on the same day, August 22,1878. Sey- 
eral alluded to the contemplated visit of the Ponkas; but Siya®-qega alone gave the 
number who intended going. Siya™-qega addressed three Ponkas in his letter: Antoine, 
Maja™-ibaha™ (Knows-the-Land), and Cabé-naji® (Stands-Dark-in-the-distance). 
