LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. 511 
from the end. It is winter, and yet we have not been able to finish gathering all of 
our crops. The land which you saw is full of wheat. We stand in the land with 
nothing at all to occasion apprehension; we are firmly settled. We wish to hear all 
the names of your people who have died. One of Wacuce’s sons is dead. His name 
was Edi-a-i-naji*. 
ICTAGABI TO MA*TCU-WAGIHI AND ACAWAGE. 
Wagqi"ha g¢i¢a¢é ga” b¢ize. Maja” ¢ag¢i” ga” drita®qti i"wi™ ¢a 
he 
Letter you sent back the I took it. Land you sit t very straight to tell me 
(ob.) (ob.) 
gi¢a-ga. Qé cugéags. Céama nikaci"ga dtiba ca¢af ha. Itizé cub¢é 
be sending This Isend to you. Those people some went to . Atthe Igotoyou 
back. you same time 
ka™b¢éde waqi™ha e¢fiji dea", aaa cad¢af ha. Ca™ uwikie té ékiea™- 
too) cologne) is) 
I wished, but letter had not as, leaving me theywent . Now Italktoyou the it was just 
come back to you 
qtia™, waqi“ha ¢a™ b¢ize té’di. Cat, jit¢éha, a"wa™ qpani héga-maji. Maja” 
like it, letter the Itookit when. Yet, elder brother, I am poor Tam very. Land 
uhfacka ¢ag¢i” eb¢éga”-maji ¢a™cti; wéahidé’qti ¢ag¢i” eb¢éga®. Ca” 
close by you sit I did not think heretofore; atagreatdistance you sit I thought. Yet 
maja” mactéaja ¢ag¢i” ¢a” a™ba tima"¢i" dna ja™ yi-hna™i and‘a® ka™ b¢a. 
land in the warm you sit the day towalkin how sleeps if only I hear it I wish. 
region many 
Wawakegai ca”afig4xai, afiginii. 
We were sick we have quit, we have recovered. 
NOTE. 
511, 6. a"ba uma¢i", ete. Frank La Fléche says that this is not exactly correct. 
It should be “a™ba dna ja™ yi/ji hiwa¢é é6i™te and‘a" ka™b¢a.” 
TRANSLATION. 
I have received the letter which you sent home. Send mea letter, and tell me 
just how you dwell in the land. I send you this in order to make that request. Some 
of those men (¢. ¢., Omahas) went to you. I desired to go to you when they did, but 
they went to you without me, as a letter had not come from you. When I received 
the letter, it was just as if I talked with you. O elder brothers, I am very poor. I 
did not think, heretofore, that you dwelt in a land near by; I thought that you dwelt 
at a very great distance. And I wish to hear how many days it takes to walk to the 
land in the warm region where you dwell. We have brought our sickness to an end; 
we have recovered. 
