LENUGA NAJIS TO HIS FRIEND, GRAY HAT. 629 
tea” ¢é ama’ ¢i"i, a®¢an’yie¢ig¢a gti atma” ¢i7i, nu égarqti ama” gi Ki 
we kilkd we walked, we deciding ¢ ogether for we walked, man just like we walked. And 
ourselves 
tea" tdi ticka™ g@ e-na™” angisi¢é’qti a"ma”¢i" taité ¢ingé. Waqe-ma 
now when deed the ouly we remember well we walk shall wanting. Lhe white peo- 
(pl. those (pl.) ple 
ob.) 
P v / Zou , Y / , e ° / ° , rm , 
ticka® eyaf ké a®¢a™baha-baji etéctéwa", ca™ eya¢ica” wia" ¢ige tal. odi 
deed their the we do not know notwithstand- yet towards them let us shape our In that 
ing, course. 
yi wéuda" a’ma® ¢i" tai. 
case guod for us we shall walk. 
NOTE. 
According to George Miller, an Omaha, the old men of his tribe often make such 
an address to the young men. 
TRANSLATION. 
O ye people, if you ever accomplish anything for yourselves it will be only when 
you work so hard for yourselves that you pant incessantly thereafter. Do your best ! 
Do not depend on any one else. The Mysterious Power made us all Indians in this 
country, but all those things which he made for our constant good have disappeared. 
The entire country is full of white people, so the quadrupeds which had been made by 
the Mysterious Power for our advantage have been exterminated, they have beep 
shot. In the former days we went about killing the quadrupeds who had no owners, 
we governed ourselves, going wherever we pleased, we went about just as men should 
do. But now it is impossible for us to think any longer about those deeds of the past. 
Although we are ignorant of the customs of the white people, let us shape our course 
in that direction. In that case we shall prosper. 
ieee se ERS: 
LENUGA NAJIX TO HIS FRIEND GRAY HAT. 
(ié¢u Wadige qide g¢i yi, udkie. Ljigat¢ai keya pi, Wajindagir 
Here Hat gray had when, I talked to Grandfather atthe Iwas Washington 
come him. (place) there. 
back 
é Awake, maja” ¢é¢a" wiwfja lyiga™¢ai ¢inké wéb¢i"wi" pi. Nikaci”ga 
that I mean, land this (cv.) my He whomthey — the (st. I sell it I was People 
have for a grand- ob.) there. 
father 
vay r , , a =f A Poe i ae . 
kéd{f amaé hideayé ama Mahi®-yan’ga-ma ckiga™qti waja”be. Ki dgi¢e 
those who were — those lower down the the Americans just like Lsaw them. And at length 
there Missouri R. 
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