LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. 489 
GAHIGE TO QI@A-SKA AND ,ENUGA-NAJD. 
Céama nikaci’ga-ma ¢i ma™hni” té, ¢ tda™ wahni® eb¢éga”. ( fama 
Those the people you you walk when, that good youhavethem I think. These 
ida" wib¢? ka™b¢éde téqi ha. Ca” edada™ wépibdaji-baji_ a"ma™¢i"i_ té, 
good Thavethem TIwish, but difficult - Still what bad forus not we walk when, 
ca™ angti-qtci angayig¢a¢iM. Ndada™ ¢é maja” ¢a™ aX¢ita"i té, ata angu- 
still we ourselves have ourselves. What this land the we workit when, beyond we ac- 
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keta™i. Céya wacka™i-ga. Wia™bai-maji i” teqi; ca™ wisi¢ai éga", évipe. 
quire. Yonder make an effort. I do net see you (pl.) hard for yet LTremember as, I have 
me; you said it. 
: ons r aor & 
Ca™ maja™ u¢dag¢i"i ¢a” wadate ea” u¢ajil gé efa™ ¢uita™ and‘a™ ka b¢a. 
Still land yousitin the food how youhave the how straight I hear I wish. 
planted (pl. ob.) 
Pan‘ka-m4 e‘a®™ nikaci"ga wakéga am4 awdna‘a™ ka™b¢a ha. (é¢u ama 
The Ponkas how people sick the ones I hear from IT wish - Here the ones 
who them who 
fea héga-baji. Ca” ¢ivimi aka efa” ma"hni’ té bétiga ¢ind‘a" ga™ gai 
wakéga héga-baji. Ca™ ¢ijimi aka e’a™ ma"hni té b¢uga ¢ina‘a® ga™ ¢aa, 
sick not a little. Now your the how you walk the all to hear of wishes, 
father’s sister (sub.) you 
! . a “1. , ee p re Fes 
dda" waqi”ha cu¢éa¢é. I¢ ¢é, Ma*tet-wa¢ihi, Wana*paji fu¢d-ga. — Tyimi 
there- letter Isend to you. Word this, Matteu-wa¢ibi, Wanapaji tell himthe His father’s 
fore news. sister 
e on ys Caer t 1 org ee vy ree 
aki gaxai. Qéédu andji® té i uda™-qti-ma”. Ca” wisi¢ai té, i ¢a-maji- 
the has made it. Here Istand the itis very good for me. Yet I remember when, Tam always 
(sub.) you 
, Pine 1 Ne O= 
hna®-ma”. Caa™ ama niaci"ga waja™be pi déde Sindé-g¢écka ti‘a*¢in’ce 
sad. Dakotas the ones people Isecthem Iwas but Spotted Tail without cause 
5 who there 
nathé a®wa™ ¢a"i. Niaci®ga-md cti can ge wa‘i-baji, wi-hna" e¢éba a™fi ha; 
hand he held me. The people too horse he did not give me alone ~ ten he gave: 
them, me; 
4 5 D. ReyLEO : ao oF te 
wie awdyike. (/é wahdba jit‘a"i té’di, wéba’i, Thank‘ta®wi” ama, uma” ¢inka 
me Imeanmyself. This earof corn mature when, they have Yanktons the season 
called us, (sub.) 
f¢a"ba™ té/ga. Ca” ukit‘é ya™haha juwa¢ig¢ai e‘a” ¢andji” yi, ¢uita™ and‘a® 
a second at the. Now nations neighboring you withthem how youstand if, straight I hear it 
lime (ones) 
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ka” b¢a. 
I wish. 
NOTES. 
qentiga-najit, Standing Buffalo bull, is one of the Ponka head-chiefs. He is com- 
monly called by his Pawnee name, Acawage, Spotted Horse. 
489, 8. Ma*teu-wa¢ilhi, Grizzly-bear-who-Seares-the-game-from-a-thicket, another 
name of Qi¢a-ska, White Hagle. 
489, 8. iyimi. Tjimi may mean, “his or her father’s sister,” or “his or her mocher’s 
brother’s wife.” 
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