640 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
TRANSLATION. 
Last autumn I went to your house(s) on the Omaha land. And you told my 
young men about trinkets; you heard about only an otter skin and an eagle quill- 
feather for me. You came to this place in the early fall. All the young men have 
heard of their hatchet-pipe of which you told them. You promised to give us an iron 
shirt (sic), a head-dress of eagle tail feathers, a buffalo robe smoked dark, moccasins, 
and metal armlets. You told them about it; we did not beg of you at all. Of your 
own mind you promised to give them tous. We have thought, “At last after much 
delay he may have acquired them ;” but what you told them about is not so at all. 
UHANGE-JA® TO CANGE-SKA, AN OMAHA CHIEF. 
al . , , A ape se Oa ES a PO =i é Qari ae? Sati 
c Pr 
Tfa”adi cupi fe wda" im¢éckaxe, wé¢ig¢a® Awatéga™ wagaztqti 
Last Ireached word good you made tor thought in what way very straight 
fall there where : me, (or plan) 
vou ae 
ian’ki¢a-ga, dadiha. A” ba¢é cub¢é ka™b¢a, éde a”wan‘kega. Ki ¢éama 
send to me, O father. To-day I go to I desire, but IT am sick. And these 
you 
Caa™ ama cti ‘ag¢a wa¢i", Ada" ytiahéga” cub¢a-maji. Ta” yi, cub¢eé 
Dakota the (pl. too suffering they have there- tearing unseen I do not go to you. Fall when, I goto 
sub.) us, fore danger some- you 
what 
ka b¢a. Can’geyajin’ga wi? agia"b¢a pi. = Pan‘ka_ edgu— igi” ¢i" 
I desire. Colt one I abandoned I Ponka there haying it 
my own reached where for me 
there. you are 
giwa¢iki¢e ka” b¢a. Waha™¢inge nintba wi" a™{ ‘{¢é ka b¢a: ui¢a-ga. 
cause them to be I desire. Orpkan pipe one togive prom- I desire: tell it to him. 
returning me ise 
Edaéda"™ iwiY¢ana te wi" aqtcicté una‘a‘a" Aki¢aji. Edada™ wiraqtei 
What you told to me the evel one you did not cause me to What just one 
hear about it. 
¢inai nfaci"ga na™ba: néxigaytt ¢inai. A™ba ¢é¢uddi ga™¢ai, éde ni‘a, 
isked of person two: drum asked of Day on this they desire but you 
you you. it, have 
failed, 
, / , . . J Oey . ye T Tu *n/ es 
dda® céna cka™na te, zaniqti giya™¢a-bajiqtia’i. Tle ¢i¢tya wi" ¢akaji. 
there- enough youdesire may, all they do not wish at ali for their Word your you do not speak 
fore it own. trnly. 
Kuige wi” angd¢i™ Ada" céna ga™¢ai kige. Wa‘u ni® éde ie ¢i¢tya 
Box one we have there- enough they de- box. Woman you but word yourown 
fore sire are 
2, ae rae kite Fre oD , eon fs Sher. Dagens 
jangaqti f¢ae. Ugihita-baji Weéyita" uwa¢agina te ada™ ca¢é ‘i¢ai éde, 
very large you They are waiting very Trinkets you told them the there- togoto they but, 
speak. anxiously for what * about them (past fore you spoke 
was promised. act) of it 
, | aoe) , . y sted 
nifa dda" ca¢a-baji ‘i¢ai ha. Ceéna. 
you there- not going to you they - Enough. is 
have fore speak 
failed of it 
