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LETTEV'S DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. ats) 
t *n/ / , oi; , ! , E Cinta eee , < 
icka" wi" Caa” amdja pi té éwa” éga", di yi, ticka™ jiiaji gdxai. 
deed one Dakotas to them Tar- when, it being as, IT was when, deed “wrong they did. 
rived the cause coming 
back 
Gan'yi éega" wisi¢ai. Hau. Edada™ fuga nikaci*ga-ma t’e-ma zaniqti 
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And that I remember What news the people the dead ones all 
being so you 
yaje wair¢écpaxt gi¢a¢é ka™b¢éga", zaniqti awdna‘a® ka™b¢a. Ca™ i” ¢a- 
his you write them for you send T hope, all T hear them I wish. Now Tam 
name me back 
maji qti-hna"-ma™ wisi¢ai té’di. Acka ¢ag¢i™ té’di, wiza” be ka™b¢a éga®, 
always very sad Tremem- when. Near yousat when, I sce you IT wished as, 
ber you 
cupi-hna*-ma™; éde ita" ean’ga"-maji i” ¢a-maéji. Hau. Gan’yi Uma™ha?- 
T used to reach you; but now Tam not so am sad. | T And Omahas 
ma céma cubhiwa¢é-hna™i wacta™bai yi, cuhfi yi, wabdag¢eze f¢a¢é té; 
the those they have been sentto you youseethem when, reach when, letter you send will; 
(pl.) (you see) you 
awana‘a"™ ka” b¢a. Ca™ éskana tida'qti ma™¢i”i ka™b¢a, fe tida"qti awdna‘a™ 
I hear about I wish. Now ohthat very good they walk I wish, words very good 1 hear about 
them them 
ka™b¢a. Hau. Gan’yi eawa¢é’qti Uma™ha"™ céma cuhii yie éskana 
I wish. 7 And I have them for Omahas those reach when, oh that 
near kindred (you see) you 
can’ge-ma wi” a™¢a4 ka"b¢éga™, iv¢i" of wa¢dki¢é ka™b¢éga®. Ca™ 
the horses one you give I hope, having coming you cause them T hope. Still 
me forme back 
ote Cones ° ° pie Me : * : = 
¢ijin’ge, Uha™jin’ga, é i”¢i™ of kab¢éga". Can‘ge ja"-ma™¢i® @ ¢anké 
your son, Uha"-jiiga, he having coming I hope. Horse wagon carry it the ones 
~ forme back that 
wi” i“tve, wiragtci iwi" cte. Can’ge a™¢a‘i yi, pahan’ga wabdg¢eze { — 
if, 
one is dead only one remains to me, Horse you give before letter is 
to me, mo coming 
ka"b¢éga™. Tan’ki¢a-ga. Ceta™ taté eb¢éga™. Maja” ¢é¢u can’ge ¢ingat 
I hope. Cause it to be com- So far shall I think. Land here horse there are 
ing for me. none 
éga", can’ge t'a™ aja ¢anaji®, Ada" wina cu¢éage. Ki Uha"-jin’ga efiiji yf, 
as, horse wherethey youstand, therefore Ibeg Isendtoyou. And Uha*-jiiiga isnot if, 
abound from you ; coming back 
Uma"™ha® jin’ga wi” i’ ¢i" gi wa¢act ka™ b¢a. 
Omaha small one having is youask | Iwish. 
forme coming him 
back 
NOTE. 
513, 3. wai"¢ecpaxu, from “wagibaxu.” See Dictionary. 
TRANSLATION. 
My uear relation, I remember you to-day. J hoped to see you, but I am not in 
good health; I still have sickness left; I have not recovered. I am still poor in this 
land, as you saw me before you departed. And I do not remember you only; LI re- 
member all the Ponka chiefs, and all the young men. I remembered you last Spring, 
when I went to the Dakotas and was coming back, at which time, owing to one oceur- 
rence, they did an unfortunate thing. And as that is the case, I remember you. 
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