LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. 497 
etéga”-baji, dda” wawaqpani héga-baji. Céya fuga tia”. Nikagi®ga uké¢i" 
they are not apt, therefore we are poor not a little. ees news abounds. Indians 
where you are 
4higi ikigewa¢é¢é Ahigi wcka eyaf awdna‘a" ka™b¢a. Wa¢dte ¢i¢in’gai 
many you neye\hen for many deeds their I i about I desire. Food you have none 
your friends em 
6 Ce, Ie x “ 
téqi hégaji. Wacka™ ega™i-gi. Hiyanga amd can’ge-ma cénawagal. 
hard nota little. Do exert yourselves. Winnebagos the the horses have made an end 
(sub.) of them. 
TRANSLATION. 
There is nothing to tell as news. I send to tell you that the people have died. 
Your father, Wacuce, is dead; Cuya-ma™¢i" is dead; gahe-yadé, too, is dead; Heqaga- 
jinga, son of ga¢i®-gahige, of the jada gens, is dead. Children and women, too, are 
dying. Here they are not many; they are few. It was good for our hearts to hear 
from you; but it is difficult for us to get our affairs in a condition which will permit 
our going to visit you. The white people are not apt to give us anything; therefore we 
are very poor. There is plenty of news yonder where you are. I wish to hear of the 
ways of the many Indians who are your friends. It is very hard for you to be without 
food. Do make an efiort. The Winnebagos have deprived us of all our horses. 
MAQPIYA-QAGA TO MA*TOU-NAJI. 
October 14, 1878. 
Wagi"ha g¢i té, dakipdqtci-ma™ b¢ize. Wijdha® té ga”, ¢and‘a® 
Letter has when, I met it just then I took it. My brother- died as, you hear it 
come back in-law 
teb¢éga®. Cuya-ma™¢i" 6 hai. Nikaci"ga wawdkega héga-baji ha, nin‘de 
will, that I think. Cuya-mar¢i2 ishe . People we are sick not a little ; heart 
udarqti-maji ha. Cénujin’ga dhigi t’af ita"; cénujin’ga tidaqti judwag¢e 
not very good for me 5 Young man many neye now; young man very good I with them 
died 
ahigi taf ha. Ki ticka™ ¢and‘a® cka”hna té é ¢éama, nfkagdhi ama, 
many havedied . And deed you hear you wished the that these (sub.), chiefs the, 
uda*gti ma*¢i"i ha. Ki tisanga cub¢éde, cub¢a-maji Irdédi, Céki, u¢éhna 
very good walk . And no prospect Iwas going to Iamnotgeingto My father, Ceki, you tell hin 
of anything you, but, you. 
else 
te hi, wijdha™ t’é te. Nucidha-gf-hna® cti, na‘an’/ki¢4-gi. (linégi t’é amd, 
will , mybrother- died the Nuciaha-gi-hna? too, cause him to hear it. Your dead they 
in-law fact. mother’s brother say, 
4-gi. Awdyig¢ita” gé i uda™qti-ma™, jiga wiqtci. Qéama, nikagdhi amd, 
say it. I work for myself the is very good for me, body I myself. These chiefs the 
(pl. ob.) (the sub.), (sub.), 
¢isi¢é-hna”i. Waqi”ha g¢i té’di, udwagib¢éde nan‘de gfuda™i nfkagahi 
remember you. Letter came back when, I told them, when heart good for them chiefs 
ama. (find‘a*i, Pan‘ka-macé, ¢ida™bai té ékiga" hi. Nikaci™ga amd sati® 
the They heard ye Ponkas, they saw you the like it . People the five 
(sub.). from you, (sub.) 
ja” yi t’é-hna"i; wakéga té pfiiji. Wijdha" vé t8 ceta™ dé¢a™ba ja™ yi, 
sleep when die, usually; sickness the bad. ae Duaee died the so far seven sleep when, 
in-law 
cu¢éa¢é. Wa‘i ag¢a™ ¢inké a™¢ina t’A¢i®. 
Isend to you. Woman I married theonewho came near dying. 
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