LETTERS DICTATED BY OMAHAS AND PONKAS. 523 
HUPE(:A® TO CEKL 
March, 1879. 
A™ba¢é wab¢ita"-qti-ma™ tai minke. Ki wisi¢éga” wawidaxu cu¢cage. 
To-day I work very hard will Iwho. And asIremember I write to you  Tsend to you. 
you about several 
things 
/ : s is ae seitelccni/s Say) =i , 
(iéama Uma™ha"™ ama _ ¢isi¢é-hna™i; u¢ikiai égipia’i. Ca Pan‘ka ama 
These Omahas the always remember they talk it is pleasant Now Ponkas the 
(sub.) you; with you to them. (sub.) 
lee hake: . Hae / , : nN. , re ! 
ag¢fi gé ud¢i¢a-hna’i wind‘a™. A™ba¢é wija”be ka™b¢éga®. Ki ca” 
have the they have told of T have heard To-day I see you T hope. And in fact 
come back you of you. 
. ) = : / ery, =i) , : / a 
wisi¢é yi, wija™ be ka™b¢éga™ Can’ge wa¢at‘a®, dda" wija™’ be ka™b¢éga”. 
Iremem- when, Isee you T hope. Horse you have therefore Isee you T hope. 
ber you plenty of them, 
Uma™ha™ amd maja” ejaf ¢a” wa¢ita"-md wacta™be ¢a™ i”tea® ataca™ 
Omahas the land their the those who worked yousawthem in the now beyond it 
(sub.) i past 
wat¢ita", gf¢éqtia”; dda" uwib¢a cu¢éa¢de Wayig¢ita® wéga%¢ai éga” 
c J c o DS ¢ | Cc ) c Cc da / ¢: age c | e¢ c oie ie p* , 
work, are very glad; therefore I tell you T send to you. To work for them- they wish forus as, 
selves 
a . / Coe panies , , , . ~ 
waqtahi, eéhi, yan’de, na pa-jin’ga, hazi, ca b¢uga wa‘i ‘i¢ai E eéna 
fruit tree, apple plum tree, cherry, grape, in fact all to give they That enough 
tree, us promise. 
. / So | Oe . oa , Pal 
uwib¢a. (land‘a" téga" cu¢éa¢e. Ci uma™¢inka ¢¢ maja” agi” nikaci"ga 
T tell you. You hearit inorder Isendtoyou. Again season this land having people 
that 
b¢tgaqti y¢éska-mi™ ga ékina Wwagiji ta ama. 
all cow : inequal they will put them in. 
shares 
TRANSLATION. 
T shall work very hard to-day. And as I think of you, I write about some things 
and send the letter to you. These Omahas always think of you; it is pleasant for 
them to talk with you. I have heard about you, as the Ponkas who have come back 
have been telling about you. I would like to see you to-day. And when I think of 
you I hope to see you. You have plenty of horses; therefore I hope to s‘e you. The 
Omahas are now working much more of their land than when you saw them at work. 
They are very glad; therefore I send to tell you. As the President wishes them to 
work for themselves, he has promised to give them fruit trees, apple trees, plum trees, 
cherry trees, grape vines, in fact, all kinds. That is enough for me to tell you. I send 
to you that you may hear it. And during this year they will make an equal distri- 
bution of cows among the men who have farms. 
