LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. 507 
NOTE. 
506, 5. tte ta tédi hi. Te yaigéqtci-hna® hi, which Jide-ta® gave as an equivalent,. 
is hardly applicable here, as it refers to several occasions of sickness unto death. 
TRANSLATION. 
My elder brother is dead, and my heart is constantly sad. O Acawage, you will 
hear that Ikuhabi is dead. My wife has nearly reached death on several occasions. I 
wish to see you this year, but I have failed, as my brother died, and my wife is 
approaching death. If I wish to see you another year, I think that I shall see you. 
O Ceki, your younger sister, Gakie-ma*¢i”s wife, died to-day. 
LE-UyA*HA TO MA*TCU-SI-TAN’GA. 
Ca”, nisiha, wisi¢é-hna*"-ma”. Ca™ éskana e‘a™ ma™hni™ yi, wind‘a" 
Now, onychild, Iam always thinking of you. Now oh that how you walk if, I have not 
maji’-qti-ma™; ca” e‘a” ma*hni™ yi, wi" ¢ahna gigage ka"b¢éga™. Wiya?’- 
heard from youatall; yet how you walk if, youtellme yousend back I hope. I see you 
ba-maji a"wa™qpani héga-maji. Ki éskana wija™be ka™b¢éga™ éde, b¢f‘a- 
T not Iam poor Lam very. And oh that I see you I hoped, but have 
hna?-ma™. Ki ¢ikége-ma, éskana wan ite twa¢agihna ka™b¢éga™. Ki 
failed each time. And those who are oh that a you tell them I hope. And 
your friends, 
a®wan kega-maji, ‘a" ¢ingé’qti ma™b¢i"; éga"™qti ma™hni” ka™b¢éga®. Wa- 
I am not sick, nothing at all is the I walk; just so you walk I hope. Let- 
matter 
baxu wi” cu¢éwiki¢é. Ca™ uq¢é qtei g¢i¢adée ONS ; Wage ama 
ter one I cause him to very soon you send one the 
send it to you. back ee (mv. sub.) 
2 nl n n/ it 
maja” ¢inké ‘idwa¢ai xi, na™bé t‘a™ maja” wa¢ita™ wagadji ag¢af. Maja 
land the spoke about when, hand pos- land to workit commanded went Land 
us sessing us homeward. 
¢an‘di yaci a” ¢i® taf, eb éga”. Cé'ya cangaéhi-baji tat, eb¢éga” . Gatega” 
inthe along we will be, Yonder we will not reach you, k. In Age man- 
time ner 
uwib¢a cu¢éadé. 
eds one nie 
NOTES. 
507, 5. ega"qti ma"hni" ka*b¢ega*. gje-uya"™ha explained this by another sentence: 
Gi cti éga gti wa¢ikegajl’qti wina‘a™ ka"b¢éga*. 
You too justso yonare a sick at I ee I hope. 
“T hope to hear from you that you, too, have not been sick at all.” 
507, 6. Wabaxu, used by an Omaha instead of wabag¢eze. 
507, 6. Wage ama; 7. e., Inspector J. H. Hammond. 
507, 7. maja" ¢itke, intended for “‘maja™ ¢a".”—Frank La Fléche. 
