TENUGA NAJI* TO HIS FRIEND, GRAY HAT. 631 
ka”b¢a. péska ka”b¢a. éska ja® “”-ma ka”b¢a. Weé'e ka b¢a. 
I desire. Cattle I desire. Cattle wood those who I desire. Plow I desire. 
carry on 
their backs 
Qadigiona ka“b¢a. —yan’dina*epé ka b¢a. = Wémagixe — ka b¢a. 
Seythe I desire. Spade I desire. Saw I desire. 
Ma™zé wiugida® ka™b¢a. Can’ge wa¢aha ka" béa. Wamitsk-ina'yibé 
Tron used for nailing T desire. ee clothing I desire. “Wheat-grinder”’ 
(=grist-mill) 
ka” b¢a. Ki é ab¢iY yi, i¢anitja té aha", eb¢éga". Maja” oé yan’ga 
) t=} 
I desire. And that Ihave when I live by will ! I think that, Land the lar, ay 
means of it pl.in 
ob. 
ctéwa™ abd¢i”- maji ha; ada® wé¢ihide sagigi- na” ka”b¢a ha. Usni 
byanymeans Ihave T not 5 there- tool hard ones — only I desire A Winter 
fore of different 
kinds 
g¢éba ki &'di ¢ab¢i" Tjiga"¢ai ¢inké’ya pi te ag¢i te, ki ceta” wé¢ihide 
ten and = on it three the one had to the Iwas the I have the, and that far tool 
as a grand- there come 
father back 
sagi- ctéwa™ ab¢i”- maji. Ada* wé¢ihide sagi gé ka™“b¢a. Waga'’ze ta® 
hard byanymeans Ihave I not. There- tool hard the I desire. Teacher the 
fore pl in (std.) 
ob. 
ka”b¢a té a™¢a”baha®. Ki ¢kiga™qti im¢éckaxaf ka” eb¢éga™. Edada™ 
I desire the he knows about And ne like oy for me you make I hope that. What 
me. it 
wi™ i¢ani4ya té ctéwa™ ¢ingéé ha. Enadgqtci i¢dni4ya té hi. 
one Ilive by may soever there is 5 That only Iliveby may 
means of it none means of him 
NOTES. 
This was the first text of any sort dictated to the writer (in 1872). “Gray Hat” 
was the name given by the Ponkas to the late William Welsh, of Philadelphia. A 
translation of this letter appeared in the “Spirit of Missions” (of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church) for 1872. 
629, 5. Wa¢age qude g¢i yi, rather, Wa¢age qude ihe g¢i yi, When Gray Hat 
came back by this route. Wajimda¢i", Washington, in Ponka notation; but the native 
phrase, waji" da¢i®, means, foolish disposition. 
630, 4 and 5. One “eskana” is enough; omit the other (7. ¢., either one). 
630, 8. Wi na"xide a*skiqti, etc. The speaker names himself, but the true refer- 
ence is to his people, the Ponka. Nearly all the personal statements should be so 
construed. 
630, 11. (eceta® eskana a®cta"be eg eteai ede, I think that you (pl.) should at least 
have seen me (i. e., should have come to see me) by this time. L. gave another reading : 
Geceta® eskana a"cta"be éga" etai éde, I think that you should have visited me ere this. 
630, 15. For geb¢ega”, L. reads, ka*b¢ega*, I hope. But the other, too, makes 
sense. 
631, 1. geska ja® ‘i®-ma, those cattle which carry yokes, i. e., oxen. 
631, 4. i¢ani"jya te aha", eb¢ega®. L. reads, i¢dani"ya éte Aha, eb¢éga”, I think, 
“T ought to live by means of it !” 
Waga‘ ze in this letter refers to the missionary, 7. ¢., the author. 
