638 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
UHANGE-JA®, A PONKA, TO HIRAM CHASE (WASABE ,,ANGA), 
AT OMAHA AGENCY. 
T’natha gi te dgaji-ga. Waqpani ¢ingé. Wag¢ate k(€é) Wawa. Gi-ga 
My mother be may command Poor there is Food the abundance. Return 
com- her! none. thou 
ing 
ha. Than‘kta"wi® can’ge Ahigi waé4, dda" angi wawaqpani-baji. Ii 
i Yankton horse many gave to there- we are not poor. And 
us, fore 
wicti uda"qti anaji". Na*biwib¢a™ minké. Ceéna. 
I too very good = I stand. Iam shaking hands with you. Enough. 
NOTES. 
Uhaiige-ja", Lies at the end, or Big Snake, was a brother of Standing Bear, of the 
Ponka Wajaje gens. Hiram Chase was the trader at the Omaha Agency, who had 
taken an Omaha woman for his wife. 
The classifier ké is contracted before ujawa, in this sentence, although this is not 
always done. 
TRANSLATION. 
Tell my mother to be coming back. There is no one poor (here). Food is abun- 
dant. Ocome! The Yanktons gave us many horses, so we are not poor. And I, 
too, am doing very well. Iam shaking hands with you. Enough. 
PART OF A LETTER FROM UHANGE-JA® TO HIS BROTHER, 
MA*TCU-NAJI*. 
Wabahi-jin’ga uqpé¢é; Caa™ uti’-baji, ni” ya ag¢i. Ci weanaxi¢ai 
Wabahi-jinga fell; Dakotas did not hit alive hecame Again they attacked us 
him, back. 
q 7, Sore . if, . = , . a = ia . 
Cchi t‘a® té watefcka ké itaxi ¢a" wan’ga¢i" angdhi. Cangdg¢i" déna"ba 
Apple- abound the creek the head the wehaving them we oe Riding on horses seven 
tree there 
— = Ka lv — v , . . Ye 
an’guq¢ai, ki wednaxi¢ai. Anyfia’¢é ti¢ea™¢ai. Maja™-ibaha" wactice, 
we overtook and they attacked We threw our- we passed along Knows-the-Land brave, 
them, us. selves down suddenly (?) 
[We threw ourselves down suddenly 
in quick succession] 
Ma"tet-3an’ ga wactice, na” pewa¢é, ni’ya. ajan’ga-naji" wacuce: Caa™ 
Big Grizzly-bear brave, dangerous, alive. Standing Buffalo brave: Dakota 
wi® uhfackaéqtci ma" fu, pajan’ga-naji®. Jingd-nuda"™ wactce. 
one very close to him ar- wounded Standing Buffalo. Boy Warrior brave. 
row with, 
