512 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
WAQPE-CA TO CAHIE@A. 
Negtha, maja” 4gudi ma™hni” wisi¢é-hna™ ca™ca". Ana ca™ ¢at?af 
Mother's land inwhat you walk ITamremembering always. How infact you have 
brother, place you many died 
éte wind‘a"i ka”b¢a. Maja” agudi ¢andji" yi, maja” wagazuaji, cub¢a- 
it may I hear from I wish. Land inwhat youstand if, land not straight, IT have not 
be you (pl.) place 
maji. fat’é é té ékiga™ i ‘fa -maji héga-maji. Niyjinga, kagé, t’éé ha, lee 
gonetoyou. Youdie the itis like it am sad Tam very. Boy, thirdson, isdead_ , 
gdga-jin’ga. Tyuhdbi cti és ha, ¢ija”’cka. Ca™ wabdAg¢eze gia” paki 
qaga-jifiga. Iyuhabi too isdead , your sister’s Now letter you cause him to be 
son. sending it back tome 
ka"b¢éga™. Ca™ dAgudi tida*qti ¢anaji® té and‘a™ ka*b¢éga”. 
I hope. Now in San very good youstand the I hear it I hope. 
place 
NOTES. 
Cahie¢a, or Cheyenne, a Yankton Dakota, was adopted by the Ponkas, who have 
made him the head of one of their sub-gentes. He was enrolled in 1880 as Mixa-n4ji*, 
which is a sacred name of his gens. 
512, 13. kagé refers to Heqaga-jiiga, whom Waqpe-ca called his younger brother. 
He is spoken of by his household or ordinal birth-name, being the third son. Wa- 
qpe-ca might have said: “Nijinga isan’gaa¢éde 6 ha, Heqaga-jin’ga: I had a boy 
for my younger brother, Heqaga-jinga, but he is dead.” 
TRANSLATION. 
Mother’s brother, I always think of you, in whatever land you walk. I wish to 
hear from you how many of you have died. The land in which you stand is not 
straight, so I have not gone to you. I am very sad, because it is just as if you were 
dead. Heqaga-jinga, the third son in our household, is dead. Iyuhabi, your sister’s 
son, too, is dead. I hope that you will send back a letter to me. I wish to hear in 
what place you do very well. 
WANI],A-WAQE TO GAHIGE. 
Ca” éwi¢é’qti wisi¢é a™ bade. Eskana wija™be ka"b¢éga® éde, a™jtt- 
Now Ihave youfor I remem- to-day. Oh that T see you I hoped, but Tam 
a very near ber you not 
relation 
maji; ceta™ a®wa™ cte ag¢i”", angini-maji. @é¢u maja™ hndji té’di, a"wa"’- 
well; so far I remain Isit, I re not recovered. Here land yan did eae I was 
not go 
qpani cta”be té ca”ca™ b¢i”. Ki ¢i-hna® wisf¢a-maji; Pan‘ka nikagdhi 
poor yousawit the always Tam. And youonly Idonot remember Ponka chief 
you; 
9 zaniqt awasi¢é; cénujin’ga-ma cti awdsi¢é, zani. Ca” wisf¢ai té, méiadi 
I remember the young men too Iremember all. Now Iremem- when, last spring 
them; them, bered you 
