MACTIS“A*SA TO ,ENUGA-WAJI*. 651 
MACTIX“AXSA TO ,ENUGA-WAJE. 
Gi-ea ha. Lijir’¢e aki, Mang¢iqta, wamiiské Akiasta Aé¢ab¢i" agi”. 
Return ! Yourelder the Blackbird, wheat stack eight has. 
thou brother (sub.), 
os , *n/ Ts % x , y ’ 
Ki wi tkastd ditba ab¢i’. Ki ¢and‘a" yi, nan‘de ¢iuda®™ eté x1. Nika- 
And I stack four I have. And youhearit when, heart you good = ought to Per- 
be. 
ci’ea uta” nahdgti ma ni” nan‘de ingi™ pi-maji, né té i pi-maji. Ki 
son very solitary you walk heart Tam bad by you the bad for me. And 
means of, went 
/ *n/ v 1 oye as *n/ ~ ete L 
Wa¢utada ama ea” mar¢i" yi, ug¢eqter iwi" ¢ i¢a-gh, usnfiji carte. 
Oto the (pl. how they walk if, very soon totellme send hither, not cold yet 
sub.) awhile. 
ety , re / - , Oi , Y, 
Usntiiji catté, ¢ag¢f wika"b¢a. Ki Uma™ha™ Heqiga-jin’ga t’é ha, é€ ¢a- 
Not cold yet you have I desire for And Omaha Little Elk dead. that you 
awhile, come back yon, 
ni‘a® te ha. Ki wa‘ wiwija wakéga ha. Ki Pan‘kaja né fwiyuhe. 
hear will =. And woman my sick 5 And tothe Ponkas you I fear for 
£0 you. 
Eskana naji ka"b¢éga". Ki wana*ju ama a” ba-waqtibe ¢é¢uadi ag¢i ta ama. 
Ohthat you go I hope. And  thresher the (pl. Sunday at this place they will have 
not sub.) returned. 
(ij ge aka qide ja"ma™ ¢i"-uji g¢éba-na” ba gixai, wamiské-yf té. pf 
Your elder the hay wagon full twenty made, wheat house the. House 
brother (sub.) 
ey: . , . ane ous ~ . . 5 
té udatgti gaxai. Wagqi"ha ¢a* wit ¢a" nizé yi, eta”be yi, waqi™ha 
the very good made. Paper the Igive the youre- when, yousee when, paper 
(ob.) to you (ob.) ceive 
éea® a™{-gn. E‘a™ mani” ucka" i"wi ga-ga. And‘a? kam b¢a. 
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give to me. How you walk deed tell to me. TI hear it T wish. 
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NOTES. 
Macti®-‘a%sa; Swift Rabbit, an Omaha of the Tike-sabé gens. jenuga-waji", or 
Philip Sheridan, was the younger brother of Mang¢iqta, Blackbird, and a member of 
the Wajinga-¢ataji sub gens of the (jatada gens. Philip was at the Oto Agency when 
this letter was written. 
651, 2. akasta. akiasta is preferred by F. 
TRANSLATION. 
Return! Your elder brother, Blackbird, has eight stacks of wheat. And I have 
four stacks. When you hear it you ought to be glad. My heart is made sad by your 
leading such a solitary life. Your going was bad for me. I wish you to send me word 
very soon, some time before the cold weather, how the Otos are progressing. I wish 
you to come back before the winter comes. An Omaha, Little Elk, has died. You 
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