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502 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
My heart is far more sad than tongue can tell. I was with very good young men, but 
now many have died; therefore my heart is always sorrowful. Now is my heart sad 
beyond measure, because my wheat has been burnt. The old woman whom I call my 
mother is sick, and she has not yet regained her strength. All your grandchildren are 
sick. Their father died formerly. ‘Tell this to the old women. 
CAN’GE-SKA TO MA*TCU-WAGIHI. 
October 21, 1878. 
Ca™ waqi"ha g¢i¢a¢é ¢a” b¢ize. VS wa¢ikega u¢ayig¢a té angt ctf 
Now letter yousent back the I took it. you are sick youtoldof the we 
(ob.) yourself 
edwaga™i. Ga™ nikaci*ga cénujin’ ga wah¢haji'qti bahiqti a*t’af hai. Wactce 
We are 80. And person young man very stout-hearted picked, a yebere > Wacuce 
gather ie 
te: Ctiya-ma™ ¢i" eti, gahé-y4dé cti, Heqiga-jin’ga, He-snata, qéde-gahi 
dead, Cuya-mar¢i" am dahe-jade ame Heqaga-jiiga, He-snata, dede-gabi 
yan’ge (ya ze ran’ga igdq¢a™), Maéca™-ska iin ge, Cyt] -jiiga ijin’ge cti, 
his daughter (ya"ze-haiga his wife), Maca*-ski, his son, yu-jiiga his son too, 
Watiqtawads igdq¢a"™ t’é, Gahige-wadd¢inge igdq¢a*, Ickaddbi iqtepa, 
* Waugtawa¢é his wife ea Ganige-wadaeities his wi Ickadabi his grandchild, 
cin’ gajin’ga-ma jingdqtci-ma dhigi taf. Ki ceta™ /hma™ edada™ fuga e‘a™ 
the children the very small ones many. died. And so far what news how 
ma*hni™ yi, wind‘a® ka” b¢ai ha. Ki 4ji uwib¢a cug¢éagé taté cingé, Uma”- 
you walk if, I hear from I wish 2 And dif- Itellyou Isendto you shall there is as to the 
you ferent none 
ha*qti. Ki Pan’ka ¢ankdé, nikagahi ¢anka, t’¢ ¢anka, jaje wahnadde etéde. 
Omahas And  Ponka the ones chief the ones dead theones hisname youshould have called 
themselves. who, who, who, them. 
U‘ig¢a a™¢i” hi. Wawadqpani Iyziga™¢ai ma™zeska’ cté wa‘i-baji. Ca™ 
Suffering we are 2 We are poor. The grandfather silver even has not given us. Yet 
wa¢ita” ké’ja ca’ qtaigdxai éde, ca”hna™ waju-baji, Ahigia’ji éga’, Ahigiqti 
work atthe wehavedoneonr best, but still we are below the aren not as, very much 
standard, 
angdxa-baji-hna”™i. Wag¢ita™ té enaqtci wiuwagipi etai, wéuda™ éte edwa- 
we have not done usually. Work the thatalone pleasant to us ey. good for us raf we 
(be), 
ga™i, a"wan’yig¢ita" té é dwake. Ta™wang¢a" angija-ma fe wadspa-bajj, 
are so, we work for ourselves the that I mean. Gentes ourown (pl.) words do not behave, 
endqtci téqi jin’ga; nikagahi fe wana‘a*-baji. Iyiga™¢ai eawawa™i ga” 
thatalone difficult a little; chief words they donot listentous. Grandfather he caused it forus so 
ta”wang¢a" ama fe wana‘a™-baji. Ita idéska aké waa™¢ai, yig¢izai 
gentes the words do not listen to us, Now interpreter the abandonedthem, he took him- 
(sub.) (sub.) self back 
.gacibe. Ta” wang¢a"-md fe wamaka-baji. Ga™adi idska c&’ga Pan‘kaja 
out of. The gentes words he was out of pa- Already interpreter yonder atthe Ponka 
tience with them. (land) 
gaxai ¢i” rtea” i¢adi¢ai aka gdxe, angi angdxa-baji. Nikagdhi afi’gata™ 
was made f . now agent abe made him, w A we aa not make him, Chief we who stand 
who (su 
