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HEGAGA SABE AND yAZANGA NAJIS TO BETSY DICK. 633 
HEQAGA SABE AND yAZANGA NAJIX TO BETSY DICK. 
Nijinga aki ¢ida”be ga” ¢ai. Wa¢aha wa¢agiond te gija™ be 
Boy the to see you entree. Clothing you told us about the to see bis 
(sub.) own 
: mm / ° 
ga™ ¢al. Uq¢éqtei dat té ga”¢ai. Ta™adi ¢ati te'di can’geqajin’ga wi't 
he desires. ery soon you the Re desires. Last fall you when colt I gave 
give it came you 
to him 
ani’ ¢ag¢é, g¢i. Nu iyinga ¢i‘i ¢inké ¢ Aji ha, g¢izaji ha can’geyajin’ga. 
you took it home- it has Boy he gave theone he dif- f he did not 6 colt. 
ward, returned. itto you who ferent take it back 
Pan’‘ka ji can’ge ta” iha™ ta” a¢i” aka, ¢ g¢izai can’gejajin’ga. Uya™be 
Ponka an- horse the its the hehas_ the he took it colt. Do not luok 
other (std.) moth- (std.) her (sub.) back for 
er 
a fu / 
gi¢aji-ga! A®™wa™waja ugdca™-baji, Cka™aji g¢i. Wawaqpani hégabaji. 
it, as your al Whither they have not gone Motionless sits. We are poor nota little. 
traveling. 
Gayzide-ma” ¢i", nikagahi waci ejai té. Ctide-gaxe ijin’ge, Qega¢iqa’, 
Gajzide man¢ir, chief adherent their dead. Smoke-m Shihan his son, Qega¢ida’, 
A 5 . = . , . wv PGs / “, 
vé ¢icta” gti”. Pahan’gadi wabaxu wi" cu¢éa¢ée, g¢idji. I tea" ci gag¢a™ 
dezd finished _ sits. Formerly letter one LTsent to you, it has not Now again that one 
returned. 
cu¢éagé. Mir ¢é hébe ¢ighatbe ga™¢ai niyinga. T‘a”da™ ¢ati té'di 
Isend to you. Moon this part to see you, at sires boy. In the fall you when 
his own came 
eau tp Om . if , , - ony: , r . . 
¢a‘é¢i¢e ntyinga. Can’ge wi" ¢if. Hdada" twa¢agina ¢ag¢t bétiga gind‘a’, 
had pity on boy. Horse one he What you told us about = you all have heard of 
you gave came their own, 
to you. back 
<o A F v0 ? 5 ens , , . 
¢ina-baji. Néxigayi enaqtci ¢inai. Mi ¢é hébe gija”be ga” ¢ai. Cad¢é 
they did not Drum alone they Moon this part to see their Shoe wish. To go 
beg of vou. asked own to you 
3 : of you. 
‘i¢ai ntyinga wija. Wabaxu wi” tia™¢aki¢é ‘i¢ade ede tiaji, Edada™ té 
speaks boy my. Letter one you cause to youprom- but it has What the 
of it come hither ised not come. (ob.) 
11. , fee : wane 
u¢aket‘a® a Jh and‘a" ka™b¢a. Wabaxu ¢a* cuhi té égasani té i¢ag¢é té 
you acquire I hear I desire. Letter the reaches the onthe fol- the you the 
you lowing day find it 
, . . . 1 
wabixu tia’ ¢aki¢é ka” b¢a. Hat ¢aki ditte and‘a" ka™b¢a. 
letter you cause to I desire. How you itmay TI hear it I desire. 
come to me reach be 
home 
NOTES. 
Written in 1872. Dictated by Black Elk (Heqaga sabe), afterwards John Nichols, 
or Pahanga-ma*¢i®, sou of the chief by that name, of the (Ponka) Wacabe gens. 
Lajanga naji" was a leader of a dancing society. He should not be confounded with 
the head chief, penuga naji", or Acawage (sometimes called yajanga naji"). A letter 
of (the younger) ;ajyanga naji®, written after he became a Christian and a farmer, 
will be found on a subsequent page in this volume. gjajanga naji® jinga, the younger 
