LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. 493 
ey POO. ne ny) ‘, . o . . 
Heqaga-jin’ga ijaje agi’. Ca™ 4f-ujt wiwija té ida*gti ag¢i”; wakéga-baji, 
Heqgaga-jinga his name he had. Now, household my own the very good Tsit; they are not sick, 
ca udatqti ag¢i”. Ca” Pan‘ka-ma nikaci"ga-mA tida” inahiti eté i¢af té 
in fact, very good I sit. Still the Ponkas the people good truly oven they as 
went 
eke. Cra | te , Oav} ree "n ie ave : = 
téqi inahi’i a, eb¢éga® ag¢i”. Ki nikaci®ga dtiba ¢é¢anka, jua™ wane¢e 
hard truly i I think I sit. And people some these, we with them 
anga¢i® ¢anka, ptbaji teabai. Can’ge-ma ccénawa¢af. Ca™ efa"” a"wan’oaxe 
we have the ones bad are very. ‘The horses they have destroyed Yet how we treat them 
them who, them. 
E if ye 3 P ° Pe . z 
taité téqi; ‘a”¢ingé wabaski¢ai. Wawadqpani héga-baji Ca’ sidadi can’ ve 
shall difti- in vain we are angry We are poor not a little. In fact yesterday horses 
cult; 
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wa¢itagti duba wa¢i" a¢ai | Iganga ami Ca” éskana wabag¢eze ¢a™ 
working well four having went Winnebagos the (sub.). Now oh that letter the (ob.) 
them 
w . . v. - / . , . . 
uq¢e'qtei tia’ ¢aki¢e ka™b¢éga®. Ca” nikaci"ga wagazuqti éde awaci éga”, 
very soon you send me I hope. Now person — very straight but LThaveem- as, 
ployed him 
wabag¢eze ingixe. Méadi ca™ déji ckube té’di, Caa” amdya pi. Ihank’- 
D fo) =} ’ 
letter he has made “Last spring in fact grass deep when, Dakotas tothem I was Yank- 
for me. there 
ta’wi” amadi pi Can‘ge g¢éba-dé¢atba waiii Cin’ eajin’ea nijinea ¢inké 
oO to) Ore t=) . to) a 
tons among I was Horse tens seven they gave Child boy the one 
the there us. who, 
éskana maja™ ¢é¢uadi ab¢i” yi, i uda*gti-ma™ té@te. Ca™ wad¢ita® @win’ka® 
oh that, land inthis Thad him if, very good forme itwouldbe. Indeed working he helped me 
yi, Muda*qti-ma™ téi"te. Cuyupi te¢an’di ab¢i’ di cté eb¢éga™. Maja” ¢a” 
if, very good for me it would be. Ireached when,inthe Ihad Iwas even Ithink. Land the 
you past him coming (ob.) 
home 
gag¢i™ ¢a® ya" be yi, gi¢ajiwd¢e ha. Ca™ maja™ gd¢a™ ¢ag¢i” té’di, wija™ be- 
you sat the TIsawit when, ittendedtomake . Indeed land that you sat when, Lused to 
(ob.) one sad 
hna’-ma™ ¢a™cti, eb¢éga” (yi), i da-maji. Ca” uq¢é wijabe etéga™-maji 
see you _ formerly, I think (when), Tam sad. Now soon I see you Tam not apt 
eb¢éga®, ada" i ¢a-maji Ca™ ujan'ge ugdhai gé ya”%be yi, i” ¢a-maji. 
I think, there- am sad. Indeed road you passed the I saw when, I was sad. 
fore along (pl.ob.) (them) 
Gata” ie'di ca” maja” ¢a™ gagisi¢a-baji te. Caa™ amd maja™ ¢av¢i"'i 
At last indeed land the you have forgotten yours. Dakotas theones land you sat 
(ob.) who 
ké b¢uigaqti ug¢i” amd waja™be; ki éde bétieaaqti Akidetai, Mtaxaga. 
to) co] ’ tS t=) ’ 
the all they whosatinit I saw them; and bunt all havegone _up the river. 
again, 
NOTES. 
492, 11. Eskana ca® Panka-ma, ca" b¢ugagti awasi¢é. The collector agrees with 
Frank La Fléche in regarding “ Eskana,” “ca",” and “¢a®,” as superfluous. 
493, 6. wa¢i? a¢ai. Read, “wa¢i" aid¢ai, they have gone away with them.”— 
Frank La Fleche. 
493, 10. eskana maja” ¢e¢uadi ab¢im yi. Omit “eskana.”— Prank La Iléche. 
493,11. ab¢im di ctéeb¢ega". Read, “ab¢i’ di etéde, eb¢éga”, I think that I should 
have brought him back.”—Frank La Fléche. 
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