498 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE--MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
NOTES. 
497,45. ¢ana‘a® teb¢éga*, in full, ¢ana‘a® te eb¢éga”, “I think that you will hear it.” 
497, 8. Ki usanga cub¢ede, cub¢a-maji. Maqpiya-qaga gave another reading: Ki 
cub¢é tisaiigaqti-ma™ éde cub¢a-maji, ‘‘And I was very sure, indeed, of going to you, 
but I am not going.” The disappointment was very great, as every probability was 
favorable to the trip. 
TRANSLATION. 
When the letter came back, I met it just then and took it. As my brother-in-law, 
Cuya-mar¢i®, is dead, I think that you will hear of it. Our people are very sick, so 
my heart is not very good. Many young men have just died; many of the very good 
young men with whom I went have died. And as to the matter about which you 
wished to hear, 7. ¢., the chiefs, they are doing very well. I was sure of going to you, 
but now I am not going. Please tell ny father, Ceki, that my brother-in-law is dead. 
Cause Nuciaha-gi-hna", too, to hear it. Say, “It is reported that your mother’s 
brother is dead.” I work for myself, and it is very good for me. These chiefs always 
' remember you. When the letter came and I told them, their hearts felt good to hear 
from you, O ye Ponkas. It was like seeing you. The people usually die in five days. 
The sickness is bad. I send to you seven days after the death of my brother-in-law. 
The woman whom I married came near dying. 
MAQPIYA-QAGA TO MA*TCU-NAJI. 
October 15, 1878. 
Magptya-qiga wamuske b¢tiga gina¢in’ge; waqpdni hégaji. Qdde 
Magqpiya-qaga wheat all burnt to nothing poor not a little. Hay 
for him; 
. bs eal v *n/: . ens st 
ja"-ma™ ¢i"-uji g¢cba cti gina¢in’ge. Ci nan‘de ita" i“ uda"qti ma*b¢i"-maji 
wood-walking put-in ten too pon to sath Again heart now very good for I do not walk 
‘or him. me 
té, ¢and‘a" taf eb¢éga" waqi“ha cu¢é. E na ji g¢éba-na™ba wa" da” 
the, youhearit will I think letter goes to you. That threshed twenty together 
weéna¢in’gai. Ci ntijinga, isan’ gaa¢éde, é wan’gi¢e wéna¢in’ gai. Wamuske 
it was burnt to Again boy, Thave him fora _ he all it was burnt to noth- Wheat 
nothing for us. younger brother, and ing for us, 
wan gi¢e wiriqtcia™ ité¢é; a®wa™ ¢ita™ angdid¢ai yi wéna¢in’gai. Ha” yi 
all once was piled; we worked wehad gone when it was aa to Night when 
nothing for us. 
ahfi té ha. 
it arrived 
NOTES. 
This letter contains one of the few instances ef Indian’s mentioning their own 
names; but it is done in the third person. See Jabe-ska’s letters to Waqa-naji”, ete. 
498, 2. ja™-ma¢i"-uji was contracted to ja"-muji. 
498, 3. nee tai eb¢ega™ waqi"ha cu¢e: equivalent to “¢and‘a" tai éga" waqiha 
cu¢é.” 
