648 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
CANGE-SKA (WHITE HORSE) TO WIRUyRA® NINE, AN OTO. 
Ca® ¢ijin’ge t’¢é, Heqiga-jin’ga, a”ba waqtbe té’di té hi Aska 
Now your son dead, * “Little Elk, day mysterious onthe died 5 By the by 
wakég éde djtiba ja” té’di té ha. Nikaci"ga ucktid éde t’é ha. Uma"™ha® 
sick but afew sleep after died 2 Person kind but died . Omaha 
3 ama gi ¢a-baji qtia™ i ha. Nikagahi wan gi¢e gi¢a-baji, ci nikaci®ga 
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the (pl. are very Sad Chief are sad, again people 
sub.) 
cénujin’ga eti gi’¢a-bajfi. E-hna™ cénujin’ga Ata gixai, ta” wa"g¢a™ edtiba, 
young ane too are sad. He only young man excel: made, tribe whole, 
ent 
éde gitai ha. Ada” nikaci"g¢a aptiba g ot ¢a-baji ha (hijin’gega®", ¢agina’ am 
but aed toit . There- people are sad As (he eee So you hear of 
fore son, your own 
6 téga®, Ada® waqi”ha cu¢éa¢gé ha. Nikaci ga-ma Uma™ha"-ma wawikegat 
inorder there- paper Isendto you . The people the Omahas we are ae 
that, fore 
ha. Wawakegé- de Ma’-gi‘aji écti t’é tai gga". Hat adi ya"be; wakéga 
3 We are sick dur- Matga‘aji he too is apt to die. Last night Isaw him; sick 
ing 
puiji. 
bad. 
NOTES. 
648, 2. wakeg ede, contr. fr. wakega ede. 
648, 2. uckud ede, in full uckuda™ ede. 
Cange-ska was the chief of the Ma*¢iika-gaxe gens of the Omahas. 
TRANSLATION. 
Your son, Heqaga jiiga, is dead. He died on Sunday. By the by, he died after 
being sick only a few days. He was a kind man, but he is dead. The Omahas are 
very sad. All the chiefs, and the young men, too, even the common people, are sad. 
All the nation regarded him as the most excellent young-man whom they had, but they 
have lost him by death. Therefore all the peopleare sad. As he was your son, I send 
you a letter that you may hear about him. We have sickness among us, and Mat- 
ga‘aji, too, is apt to die. [saw him last night. His sickness is bad. 
