MA®TCU-NASBA TO PAWNEE JOE. 653 
Hau. Gan’yi ¢i ma™ni”, e‘a” mani, lida® mani” éga? iwi” 
t 
Andnow you you walk, how you walk, good you walk 80 to tell me 
i¢a-ga. Wind‘ai ka b¢a. Ca™ gan'yi qagi" nikagdhi Ana t’ai té ana‘a® 
send to me. I hear about I wish. Well andnow Pawnee chief how have the LThear it 
you (pl.) many died 
ka™b¢a. Ci eénujin’ga wahchaji ki wanace wahchaji ana tai té 3 
I wish. Again young man stout-hearted and police stout-hearted how have the 
many died 
and‘a™ ka™ b¢a. 
T hear it I wish. 
Ahau. Ci wag¢ite ckixe ké, wata™zi ¢ayickaxe ké ugiket‘a’ ci'te, 
7 Again food youmake the corn youmake for the youhaveac- perhaps, 
(ob.), yourself quired 
ca” and‘a" kan’b¢a. Ci wamiské ugaji ke’ cti ugiket‘a" dite and‘a® 6 
still I hear it I wish. Again wheat you the too youacquireit perhaps I hear it 
planted ob.) 
ka”b¢a. Ci 4é wanate, yé ama thiicka wandte and‘a" ka™b¢a. 
I wish. Again buf- youeatthem, buf the close by youeatthem TI hear it I wish. 
falo falo  (sub.) 
Hau. Ci ticka® wiY wiwija uwib¢a téinke. Wagate ayidaxe 
7 Again dead one my I tell to you will. Food I make for 
myself 
héga: wamtské wéga ze kige ¢ib¢i" udket‘a", ¢awa ugici éga® udket‘a". 9 
a little: wheat measure box three I have ac- difficult to be counted T have ac- 
[= 3,000] quired, quired, 
Ci wata”zi ké ci ékiga.. Wage waqtd ejai, c¢, ntg¢e, maja” gé, 
Again corn the again like it. White vegeta- their, apple, turnip, onion, 
(ob.) man ble 
da xi cti, ni cti, hazi yan’ga cti, napa cti, ca” wage waqta-jinga 
parsnip too, potato too, grape large too, cherry too, in fact white small vegetable 
man 
ujfi gé b¢tiga béfjut‘a", ubfage. Ki wage ama ¢éama_ piqti wacka” 12 
planted the whole Thave brought IT have And white the (pl. these anew tomake an 
ae to maturity, raised. man sub.) effort 
ob. 
a’agajii, “ Uyfedi‘agaji-ga,” ai ha. Nikaci'’ga wahchaji’qti na™ba i” tai 
they have Do not be lazy, they . Person very stout-hearted two have died 
commanded say to me 
me. 
ha. qa¢i"-gahige ijin’ge, Heqiga-jin’ga, té ha. 
4 Pawnee Chief his son, Little Elk, dead 
Hau. Waetice ecnujin’ga céna™ba Ata angixai, ki aki¢a taf ha. 15 
T Brave young man those two excel- made, and both died 
lent 
Ta” warg¢a™ wé¢a-baji. Ca” Uma™ha"-jin’ ga-ma aki¢a wagina‘a” waki¢a-ga! 
Nation we are sad. Now the young Omahas (pl. ob.) both cause them to hear about them, 
their own. 
Aki¢a wagina‘a" tabace. Uwagi¢a-ga Uma" ha"-jin’ga. 
Both they must hear about them, Tell to them young Omaha. 
their own. : 
Ahau. Maja” fepaha® Uma™ha® maja” ejai b¢tiga b¢ijube. 18 
T Land you know it Omaba land their the whole I have pul- 
verized. 
Wi'dqtci i’teqi: wandg¢e, yéska, kukusi, wajin’ga-jide, ceta” ahigi 
Just one hard for domestic ani- cow, hog, chicken, so far many 
me: mal, Es 
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wab¢i'-maji. Uq¢e’qtci waqi”ha nize ¥f, gian ki¢é-e%, waqi”ha éga" 
I do not have them, Very soon paper you when, cause to be return- paper such (or 
take it ing hither, like) 
