500 THE GEGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
WATA-NAJIX TO JINGA-NUDA*. 
October 19, 1878. 
Waback ijin’ge, Jingdi-nida", ¢iji”%¢e méga™, wagi"ha ia” ¢aki¢s 
Wabacki his son, Jinga-nuda’, your elder likewise, letter you send to me 
brother 
ka™b¢a. At ba¢é wija™be ka™b¢a, waqi”ha cu¢éwiki¢é. Ca™ maja” ¢é 
I wish. To-day I see you I wish, letter I cause (one) to Yet land this 
send to you. 
3 ¢aa™hna hnaf ¢an’di tiidatqti andji" éde, a“ ba¢é wéju-baji, ca” wamuske 
youleftit youwent inthe very good Istand, ees to-day we are unfortu- in fact wheat 
nate, 
a™ba¢é i“na¢ingé-de wa¢dte ayfdaxe dhigi ndg¢inge ha. Nujinga wi” 
to-day it was destroyed by food I made for much wasdestroyed . Boy one 
fire for me, and myself cs fire 
i¢imaxe cu¢éa¢s, Cinuda*-sk ijin’ge. Ca™ ga™, Cinuda"-sk iin’ge, cat” 
I inquire of I send to you, Cinuda*-ska his son. Yet so, Cinuda®-sk& his son, yet 
6 ga” wagaztiqti and‘a” ka”b¢a. H‘a” éitte i®wit ee gi¢agé te. 
so very straight T hear it I wish. How ey Hay, you te: hace send will. 
back to me 
Ceta” a”ba¢é nikaci™ga-m4 ta’ wang¢a™”-ma i™uda” -mAji éga™ édega™, 
So far to-day the people the gentes good forme Inot somewhat, Bae 
a”ba¢é uhaf. Céna ‘id¢é. Ug¢e'qtei waqi" ha gi¢a¢ai ka™b¢a, Jinga- 
to-day they have Enough TLhave Very soon ye send back I wish, Jinga- 
their nee spoken of. to me 
9 mida®, ¢iji”¢e méga". Maja™ e‘a” ¢ag¢i™ ¢a™ data" and‘a® ka” b¢a. Maja™ 
nuda’, your elder Weer. Land how yousit the straight Ihear I wish. Land 
brother (ob.) 
c&ja cf té, wacka™ wayfe¢ita’i-ga. Kdihi yi tda™ ¢andji" tal. Gégu 
at you as, makingefforts work for yourselves. In that event good youstand will. ere 
yonder have 
arrived 
wa¢dathna hnaf té, a"wan’yig¢ita™ a’naji" ‘i, éga” Udatqti andji" éde, a® ba¢é 
you left us you nee we worked for our- we stood, ao very good Istood, but to-day 
went selves 
12 wamiske i’ na¢in’ge ha. 
wheat has been destroyed . 
for me by fire 
TRANSLATION. 
O Jifiga-nuda®*, son of Wabacki, I wish you and your elder brother to send me a 
letter. I wish to see you to-day, so I send you a letter. I have done very well in this 
land which you left when you went away, but to-day we are unfortunate. To-day 
had my wheat destroyed by a prairie fire, and much of the food which I had made for 
myself was burnt. I send to you to inquire about a boy, the son of Cinuda?-ska (White 
Dog). Iwish to hear just how he is. Please send back and tell me how he is. Until 
to-day I did not like the gentes of the people, but to-day they have their way. I have 
spoken about enough. O Jifiga-nuda*, I wish you and your elder brother to send back 
aletter very soon. I desire to hear just how you dwellin the land. Make some efforts 
and work for yourselves in yonder land which you have reached. In that event you 
will prosper. When you left us and went away we were working for ourselves, and so 
I did very well. But to-day my wheat was destroyed by fire. 
