TWO CROWS TO THE WINNEBAGO AGENT. 647 
TWO CROWS TO THE WINNEBAGO AGENT. 1878. 
Hiyanga i¢ddi¢ai ninké, nikaci*ga ¢i¢ija wit’ a™wan‘kie cug¢é. 
Winnebago agent you who person your one having spoken has gone 
are, to me back to 
you. 
Can‘ge i®wi" qpa¢eé- de natba wébaha™, ubésnit éé& ha, av¢a™ wankié ha. 
Horse I lost when two he knew ther, he found it that 3 he spoke to me about 
out is it it 
Ki gan’yi i”ba" ha; cupi yi u¢tkie juan’e¢ “ite ha Nikaci®ga 
Aud at length he called 6 T reach it to speak he with me prom- 7 Person 
me you about it ised 
ia — / = i f 
Htyanga wama™ ¢a" ¢anka wébaha" éé ha, éde idska a®¢in'gega” cub¢a-mAaji 
Winnebago thief the ones heknows that . but interpre- as Ihave none Ido not goto you 
who them is It ter 
éga", wabig¢eze widaxe ha. Ede éskana ¢éba" ada" wagaziqti i¢dmaxe 
as, letter Imaketoyou . 3ut oh that youicall and very straight you ask him 
11m 
ka"b¢éga®, Si” waninde é@ ha. Wagaztiqti u¢f¢a 41, and‘a® ka"bééga ha 
I hope, (Henry) Rice itis: ~\. Very straight he tells if, T hear it I hope 
he you 
Kga" qti yiji, Uma™ha™ i¢adi¢ai ¢inké wabiag¢eze iki¢d-oit. 
ast so if, Omaha agent the one letter send hither 
who to him. 
NOTES. 
The Winnebago agent was Howard White. Two Crows, or yaxe ¢a"ba, is a lead- 
ing man of the Omaha Hanga gens. 
647, 1. nikaci"ga ¢i¢iqza, Henry Rice, a half-breed Winnebago, who had learned 
where two of the stolen horses were secreted. 
TRANSLATION. 
You who are the Winnebago agent, one of your Indians has gone back to you after 
talking with me. He is one who knew two of my horses which I have lost, and as he 
found out about them; he spoke to me on the subject. And at length he called to me 
(to go to the Winnebago Agency) and promised to join me in speaking about the mat- 
ter if I went to (see) you. Itis he who knows the Winnebago Indians that are the 
thieves; but since I have no interpreter Iam not going to see you, so [send you a 
letter. But I hope that you will summon him and question him very particularly. 
He is (Henry) Rice. I hope that I may hear (what he says), if he tells you a straight 
story. If it be just so, send a letter to the Omaha agent. 
