LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. 499 
498, 3. E na*ju, ete., is not plain, according to Frank La Fléche. It should read: 
Naja ¢icta” g¢éba-na”ba wa™da™ wénat¢itigai. 
Threshed finished twenty together were SSE OY ed for 
us by fire. 
498, 4. Ci nujifiga isangaa¢ede, etc. Frank La Fléche gives the following reading: 
Cénujin’ga isafi’/gaa¢é-de cti gina¢in/gai. 
Youngman Thadhimfora and too his was destroyed 
younger brother by fire. 
498, 5. witaqtcia™ ite¢é. Read, “wirdha ité¢é,” it was put in one place.—Frank 
La Filéche. 
TRANSLATION. 
All of Maqpiya-qaga’s wheat has been destroyed by fire. He is very poor. 
Besides that, ten wagon-loads of his hay were destroyed by the fire. And now I send 
you a letter, because I think that you will hear that I am not walking with a very 
good heart. We had in all twenty bushels of wheat burnt by the fire. And the boy 
whom I have for a younger brother had all of his wheat burnt. All the wheat had 
been put in one place. It was burnt when we had gone away to work. The fire reached 
it at night. 
WATA-NAJI* TO CAGE-SKA. 
October 19, 1878. 
A™ba¢é, kagé, wighia"be ka™ b¢ai édega™ , awa" qpani héga-maji. Idaxe 
To-day, ounger I see you, my I wish, I am poor i am very. I make by 
rother, own means of 
eté gé ¢ingé. B¢tgaqti ¢ij4ha" gina¢in’ge. Ca” a”bad¢é ¢isan’ga méga’, 
may the _ there are All your brother- his te destroy. ed Now to-day your younger irene 
3 (pl ) none. in-law by fire. brother 
wigfja"be ka"b¢éde, fdaxe eté g&é b¢liga i’na¢in’ge éga”, ¢and‘a® taf eb¢éga™ 
I see you, my Iwish, but Imake by may the all destroyed for me raat you hearit will Ithink 
own, means of (pl.) ~ by fire 
waqi™ha ¢é cu¢éa¢é. Ga™ ¢ijan’ge méga’, ¢iji ‘¢e méga", wati'gi¢e 
letter this Isend to you. And your sister likewise, y rou olde likewise, all 
rother 
wind‘ai ka”b¢a. Wagiha gian’ki¢a-gi, e‘a® hni® té, af. 
I hear fom I wish. Letter send back to me, how youare the, i.e. 
you (pl.) 
NOTES. 
Cage-skai, White Hoof, son of yi-gijadé. 
499, 1-2. Idaxe eté gt, should be “ [daxe été g%,” according to Frank La Fléche. 
TRANSLATION. 
To-day, younger brother, I wish to see you; but I am very poor. ‘There is nothing 
with which I can do anything. Your brother-in-law lost all his property by a prairie 
fire. Now I wish to see you and your younger brother to-day; but as all the things 
with which I could do anything have been destroyed by fire, I send you this letter 
that you may hear it. I wish to hear from you all, including your sisters and your 
elder brothers. Send a letter back to me, saying how you are. 
