650 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
MA*TCU-NA®BA TO WIYAKOI?. 
September 14, 1878. 
(linégi ak’ Sindé-géecka ukie aka wabigteze ¢é¢a" cugédig¢e ha. 
Your the Spotted ‘Tail paid a the one letter this (ob.) sends it to 
mother’s (sub.) friendly who you 
brother visit to 
Sindé-g¢eje gaq¢a™” a™wa™waja maja” ¢a"™ iwi'¢ f¢a-ga ha. Nabe 
Spotted Tail migrating whither land the totellme send hither  ! Hand 
(ob.) 
3 ub¢a” té aefsi¢é-na"-ma”; i”bati éde, agisi¢é-na"-ma™. Maja™ dada" 
I took the Iremember fiom time he called but, I remember from time Land what 
hold (act) to time; me to time. (sort) 
g¢i” taté wdgazu and‘a” ka” b¢a. Ca™ ga” a®wan'’kega héga-maji, 
he sit shail straight I hear I wish. At any rate Tam sick T not a little, 
Uma"ha® an’gata" wawikega héga-béji Cénujin’ga wahéhaji’qti daxe 
Omaha we who stand we are sick not a little. Young man very stout-hearted TI made 
lm 
Gg ké ite ha, Ada®™ i™¢a-méji ha, i’ ¢a-maji héga-maji. Heqdga-jin’ea 
’ J ? 5 © jag ‘ 
the dead ° there- Tam sad 5 Lam sad~ I not a little. Little Elk 
(recl, to me fore 
ob.) 
SSn6 *n/ . Z y Ou r ° , u- 
Yaje agi”. Hau. Céna ‘wiki¢e. Te djiibaqtei cugéage. 
his he had. 4q Enough Ihavespoken Word very few I send to you. 
name with you. 
NOTES. 
Ma*teu-na"ba, Two Grizzly bears, or Cude-nazi, ‘ Yellow Smoke” (of the white 
people) was the leading chief of the Omaha Hanga gens up to 1880. Wiyakoi®, or 
Feather ear-ring, is a Yankton, Dakota, chief. 
650, 1. Sinde-g¢ecka, the Omaha notation of the Teton Dakota Site glecka (Sinte 
gleska); the regular Omaha and Ponka equivalent is Sinde g¢eje (line 2). 
TRANSLATION. 
Your mother’s brother, who went to visit Spotted Tail, sends this letter to you. 
Send me word to what land Spotted Tail has removed. From time to time do I think 
how I shook hands with him. I also remember how he invited me to visit him. I 
desire to hear truly in what sort of land he is dwelling. I am very sick; we Omahas 
have much sickness among us. I have lost by death a young man whom I regarded 
as very stout-hearted. Therefore I am grieved. I am very sad. His name was 
Heqaga-jinga. 
I have spoken enough with you. I send you a very few words. 
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