642 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
edaida® piiiji dixa-maji, Ja™inange nijinga wa‘i ‘i¢a- biama, éde ub¢f‘age. 
what bad I do not. Wagon boy togive they itissaid, but Iwas unwil- 
to them prom- ling. 
ised 
Ma'tett-naji® ta” wa"g¢a™ ey4 ¢an’di ja”inange na"ba etéga"; wéna"ba té 
Standing Bear gens his in the wayon two probable ; the second the 
wijai, éska" eb¢éga". [®win‘’ka" wackan’-ga! 
itismine, per- TI thought. To help me try! 
haps 
NOTE. 
641, 2. a™ii' i (the 3d sing.) should be a™i-baji, in the plural, to agree with the 
pl. subj. the chiets. 
TRANSLATION. 
I tell you what is difficult for me to bear. The principal Ponka chiefs, Grizzly- 
bear that-starts-the-gam«-from-the-thicket, Striped-horse (Zebra), Black Crow, Bird- 
chief, and The Chief, have not given me a wagon; this is very hard for me. Just 
now, Major, I wish you yourself of your own will to give me awagon. You do not de- 
sire the Ponka chiefs to make the decision; 1 wish you alone to decide and give (the 
wagon) to them. I think, Major, that there will be trouble in the tribe if all the chiefs 
who are here, after thinking of the matter, do not give me a wagon. Yet I havedone 
nothing wrong. They promised to give the wa gons to the young men, but I was un- 
willing. There are probably two wagons which will belong to Standing Bear’s gens, 
and I suppose that the second one may be mine. Try to help me! 
FRANK LA FLECHE, SR., TO HIS DAUGHTER, SUSANNE. 
November 12, 1877. 
Maja” ¢a® anyfyat¢ai té’ ar¢i‘a tan’gata™ eb¢¢éga". Umaha 4fi ¢a” 
Land the we desire forour- the we shall fail to obtain I think that. Omaha vil- the 
selves age 
i“ta® and tan’gata". Qéceta™-na®™ iwawéci ké ceta”-na” ‘ia’ ¢a-baji’-qtia”1. 
now we shall ask for. Up to this time pay the so far only we have not at all men- 
tioned it. 
¥ . . . Ee 
Indada® nié eté wa¢in’gai. Ga™ ¢itiqti y1, ga” tiwawéci ‘ia ¢a tan‘gata”. 
What pain so- we have none. And failingal- if, then pay we Shall mention it. 
ever together 
Cé maja” niaci"ga uké¢i" maja” eqai edi ug¢dyine tai ha, ewéagai ha. 
That land Indian common land their there you can seek for 5 they said the 
yourselves foregoing to us 
Agudi edé eéta™ anga™¢a-baji. Ga" can’ge ¢anka ¢iég¢ange é¢a"ba 
Where what sofar we have not desired it. And horse the (pl. ob.) your husband he too 
they 
said 
wikihiddi-gi. Ga” ecéna ga”te uwib¢a cu¢éa¢é. leska a™wan’ga¢i” 
attend ye to them. And enough fora while I tell you Isend toyou. Interpreter we have them 
angati wiutan’ga Gedéni ¢ata”i, pibaji. 
we had as soon as whisky he drank, be (was) 
come hither bad. 
