MEQAGA SABE TO KUCACA AND CEKI. 635 
HEQAGA SABE TO KUCACA, AT THE OMAHA AGENCY, 
NEBR. March 11, 1872. 
Cupi taté eb¢éga’. Ma™zepé niniba iwi ¢ane ecd, a¢ad ¢icta™. 
I reach shall T think Hatchet pipe you seek forme you you gave finished. 
you that. said, to me 
Ad Bs ay v Ear mani eric tries fosn} n/ ay) Garey pays Gre Hie Gl a 4 n 
Céki gi yi, agi’ ofki¢a-gi! pdimhivde wa¢age a¢ai ‘i¢a¢é agtya™b¢a. 
Ceki  isre- when, cause him to bring it Woven yarn head-dress vou gave you I wish my own. 
turn- back! me promised 
ing . 
, 
Céna. 3 
Enough. % 
TRANSLATION. 
I think that I shall be with you. You said that you would seek a hatchet-pipe for 
me: you have already given it to me. Get Ceki to bring it when he returns. I desire 
my head-dress of woven yarn, which you promised to give me. Enough. — 
HEQAGA SABE TO CEKI, A PONKA STAYING AT THE 
OMAHA AGENCY. 1872. 
Céki, ma™zéski ¢iya ab¢i’, b¢izé. Niaci"ga ¢ab¢i" an’yii éde 
Ceki, money your I have, I took it. Person three contended but 
with me 
Ee for it 
. pes rye . o\== , Ca ~ r . / Es 
awa‘i-maji: I¢ddi¢ai ¢inké, iéska, Ma"teti-nija. A™wa™cka™jan’ga, Ada™ 
I did not give it Agent the, interpre- Ma"teu-nija. Iam strong, i there- 
to them: ter, fore 
. cre, 5 a , o,f siimle , r . 2 . 
awA‘i-maji Ma™zéska wija e¢cba itéwiki¢é, éde wijtha" t’?é dda" awd%. 6 
I did not give it Money (?) ny ten TI put away for but my wife's dead there. I gave to 
to them. you, brother fore them. 
we ~ *n/- , , / / pas ,- 
Can’ge na™ba, yéska mi™ga edabe, edada" ga” ¢a a™¢agdji udket‘a®, cde 
Horses two, ox female also, what to desire you com- T acquired, but 
manded me 
wijtha" te, dda" zani ¢ingé, b¢tigagti ¢ingé. Mat zéski ¢agiciatbe 
my wife's dead, there- all there is every one there is Money you see your 
brother fore none, none. own 
/ s *+téade tha 4 f Ae ki sie andi: Give 
ka™b¢a, dda™ itéa¢é. Umaha 36 uné ama ki yi, and‘a® ka™b¢a. 9 
I desire, there- I put it Omaha buf- hunters reach when, I hear I desire. 
fore away. falo home 
F e pate cs SOF : ¥ 
Wagqi"ha cta”be yi, égasini tia”¢aki¢é te and‘a™ yi. Céna. 
Paper you behold when, the follow- yousend tome please I hear when. Enough. 
ing day 
NOTES. 
635, 5. ieska, the U.S. interpreter, David Le Clere. 
The reading of the last line (635,10) is conjectural. If we transpose te and yi, the 
sentence will read, egasani tia"¢aki¢e yI, ana‘a" te, if you will send me (one) on the 
next day, I may hear it. 
