LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. Syl 
DUBA-MA’ GI" TO TENUGA-NIKAGAHT (MACDONALD.) 
March, 1879. 
Kagé, waqi”ha g¢i¢a¢é ga” P’tea™ ag¢i b¢ize ha. Ki waqi”ha ¢ana 
Younger letter you sent back the now T have T have o And letter you beg 
brother, (ob.) come home taken it 
tt, a”ba¢é dixe hi. Ki edéda® fuga tda*gti wi’ maja™ ¢é¢uadi ¢ingé 
as, to-day Imakeit . And what news very good one land at this place there is 
none 
éga". Maja” ¢an/di wacka™ té endqtci inijawa¢é té ¢6 ha. ypuwi'xe 
some- Land in the makingan the that only life-sustaining the that 5 Going around 
what. effort - is it 
mai” nfjaji etéga”. Ca”-hna" ga” wa¢ikega u¢ag¢a, ki, Cin'gajin'ga ¢anka 
walking notliving apt. Yet only s0 you were sick youtoldof and, hild the ones 
your own, who 
wi'ecte im taji, e¢é té, nin’de P’uda*. Ki endqtci-baji ta ak& ha; ci 
even one not dead to you when, heart good to me. And thatalone not aur tobe ; again 
me, Bai ) 
a™b Aji tédthi yi, i”cte ¢ajidé hnéga®. (~iéama nfikaci*"ga ditba g¢fi; 
day another itarrives when, for in- you are you go, These people some have 
at stance near it somewhat. come back , 
; 
eo 1 ° . = . pe 
ita® o¢i; a“ba-waqtibe ¢Ab¢i" ag¢fi. Ki maja” ¢éguad? g¢ii te, wayl‘e 
now has sacred day three theyhave And _ land in this place they have as, to farm for 
come back; come back. P come back themselves 
wégat¢ai. Ky é/be nfkaci#ga uta” nadi da” be té'di, té giga” ajiwa¢é, ca” 
they wish it for And who person inaplace bee seeshim when, todie not to be desired for —_in fact 
them. tween him, 
nin’de-efpéjiwide hégaji. Cat éskana nié ¢i¢in’géqti maoni™ ka"b¢éga", 
apt to are che heart sad —_— not alittle. Now ohthat pain you have none yon walk LT hope, 
or him at 
Wakan'da ¢inké ¢igdxe yi. Hau. Ca” nikaci"ga ikigeawa¢é cti at‘a™, 
Deity theone hemakes if. 7 Now people T have them as too Ihave 
who for you friends plenty, 
caf sof di zs n/ f OT D fate Md om? 4 Oy : 
cm gajin ga wadaxe, a ‘ba¢é wisi¢ai. f-uji wiwija té me cté wa¢in gal. 
child I make them, to-day Firemen ben Household myown the pain even we have none. 
you (pl.). 
Ceta™ wab¢ita™-maji; a” ba¢é wamiske uaji ta minke ha. Nikaci"ga ama 
So far T have not worked; to-day wheat. Isow will Iwho 9 People the 
¢éama b¢igaqti cka™i, a” ba¢é. Ki e-hna™ gété uwib¢a etéga", nikaci"ga 
these all stirring, to-day. And that only ane T tell you apt, people 
Ine 
ama cka™ ma™¢ii té e-hna” uwib¢a etéga", e-hna™ inijawadeé. 
the stirring walk the that only T tell you apt, that only life-sustaining. 
TRANSLATION. 
Younger brother, I have just come home, and have received the letter which you 
have sent home. And I make a letter to-day, as you have asked for one. There is, 
as it were, no very good news in this land. The only thing by means of which a man 
can make his living is to do his best with the land. He who continues wandering is 
not apt to improve.- When, in telling of your sickness, you said, ‘‘Not even one of 
my children has died,” my heart felt good. But that will not be the only thing; on 
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