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MAQPIYA-QAGA TO CAKUGU-GAKITAWE. 645 
tat éska® eb¢éga". I tca" can’ge ubéhadi Aji a™¢in’ge ha. Uma™ha® ama 
shall perhaps that 1 think. Now hora ontheirflank an- Lam ahi - Omaha the (pl. 
(beside other out sub.) 
them) 
wage gixe ga”¢ai ha. Susf jiwag¢af nikaci*ga e¢cba-diba waqe gdAxe 
white elas Sabana 2 La Fléche he with them person forty white act 
man man 
Juiwag¢e ga" ¢ai. Uma™ha™ amd b¢tiga udi‘agai; nikagdhi té téqigi¢at 
he with them desire. Omaha the (pl. all are unwilling; chief the prize their 
sub.) (thing) own 
eénujin’ ga bgiiga. Wage gaxe-ma é wia™a¢afi ha. Ki wage gaxaji ama 
young man White itase whoact that we hate them 6 And white donotact the (pl. 
man man sub.) 
(pl. ob.) 
uma™ ¢inka ¢é cahi-na® ta ama, nikagahi ama. Wim ¢ida™ bai yi wage gixe 
season this will be reaching you, chiet f the (PI. One sees you when white act 
sub.) man 
ama dada®™ ¢a‘i-baji etéga" ha: nikaci"ga uké¢i? te 6 aga ga aii ha, 
Piet what you do not should i Indian common the that abandon they wish 
sub.) give to him (thing) 
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wage gixe ami Ki wi niaci*ga uké¢i® t& ayfa"b¢a ka™ b¢a-miaji hi 1a. 
white act the (pl. And I Indian | common the I throw away I do not wish 
man sub.). (thing) for myself 
Wijan’ge a”¢ina t’-ba¢i”, wakégai. Ede ita" gig¢azu. Ceta™ hae 
My see came very near dying, she was sick. But now she has re- So far just there 
covered. 
ya™ ba-maji ha, wa¢ita" ké Aakihide ma*b¢i"’ ha. Tjin’ge ama ¢ i®wi™d¢a 
i have not seen = work the Tattend to it I walk Her son the that to tell me 
her (ob.) (mv. sub.) 
ati-na"i. Wagtea jin’ga hégaji eya b¢d, ki ma™¢a™ wedyuhe, Ada" &’ya 
has come Vegetable sm all not a few He Igo, and stealing I fear forthem, there- thither 
regularly. tore 
4 aA n n/ ~ nf! n 4 ti =! li me ] L440 . ny yn/ Maj n 
pl-maji-na’-ma™ ceta®-na"  piqti tédi wab¢ita® ma"b¢i™. aja” ¢a 
T have not been going so far. Thevery atthe I work I walk. Land the 
house (ob.) 
wéahide anaji" ha, ada™ é4a pi-maji-na*"-ma™. Eskana maja™ ¢a" yangt 
distant (from) Istand  . there- ae Lhave not reached Oe Oh, that! land the large 
fore regularly. (ob.) 
nib¢i ka*b¢éga" ha. EH cupf yi, maja” ¢a” yang’ nib¢i yi, ug¢tya"be 
you pul- I hope 5 That Ireach when, land the intea you pul- when, I examine it 
verize it you (ob.) verize it 
etéga" ha. Wa‘t wi? ag¢a™ ka” b¢a, qa¢i" wa‘ wi" 
apt 5 Woman one 1 marry I wish, dint} 26 woman one. 
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NOTES 
The sender of this letter was a member of the “chiefs’ party” in the Omaha 
tribe. Cakud¢i-¢akitawe, or “Sun” was a Pawnee. 
645, 2. Susi, said to mean the late Joseph La Fléche; but its derivation was not 
explained. Juwag¢ai (instead of Jug¢ai, they are with him) shows that the speaker 
regarded La Fléche as inferior to the forty men. 
645, 13. E., said by F. to be unnecessary here. G. gave, as an equivalent to the 
last sentence but one, Eskana cup{ éga®™ yi, ya"’be yl, u¢ugatbe etéga" ha, Oh! if 1 
could only go to you and see it, I might examine it. 
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