GAHIGE TO WIYAKOL. 657 
Ceya pi ag¢i té’di, watcigdxe ati: can’ge wa¢in’géqtia’i.  (and‘a” 
There I I came when. to dance they horse we had none at all. You hear it 
where reached back came : 
you are 
wika"b¢a. (Qisan’ga can’ge ¢ingé héga-baji. Ucka™ wit pfiiji héga-baji 
I desire for you. Your younger iat he is very ast stitute of. Dead one bad very 
brother 
uwib¢a cu¢ca¢é. Wawakega diba ja” yi, t’é-na"i, nikaci™ ga dhigi t’al. 
Itell you Isend to you. We are sick four sleep when, eheymanally person many have 
ie, died 
Cin’gajin’ga ¢fya awdna‘a" ka” béa. Qiji" ¢é cti ea” i dite awdna‘a” ka" b¢a. 
Child your IThearofthem I wish. Your elder too how they Ihearofthem I desire. 
brother may be 
NOTES. 
657, 1. Céta pi ag¢i tédi watcigaxe ati. Waypeca gave another reading, as an 
equivalent: H/ja cangahi cangag¢i té/di ¢ihninke’4a watcigaxe ati. When we returned 
There wereached we had when at you (=at to dance they 
you come back your place) came. 
from our visit to you, those who dwell at your place came hither to dance. 
657, 2. Pisanga, i. e. Waqpeca. 
TRANSLATION. 
I send a letter for you. I am very sorrowful. My younger brother is dead; there- 
fore I send you a letter. Tell it to my friend Wagia"-ma"zé. When you saw me for- 
merly I was doing very well, but it is not so (now). The six horses which you gave 
us are wanting; they have been given away. On my return from visiting you they 
came to dance; (but) we had no horses at all! I wish you to hear it. Your younger 
brother is very destitute of horses! I send to tell you a very bad thing: when any 
of us are sick for four days the sick ones usually die. Thus many persons have died. 
I wish to hear about your children. I wish to hear about your elder brothers also, 
how they are. 
GAHIGE, AN OMAHA, TO WIYAKOI®, A YANKTON. 
September 28, 1878. 
Dadiha, ita" a” ba¢é téqi i¢apaha™. Ca” eddda®, dadtha, we¢ig¢a” 
Father, now to-day trouble I know it. And what, O father, plan 
ctéwa™ ¢ingé. I’tea" aba waqutbe ¢éké Kagé t’é ha, Wactice ijaje agi”. 
soever there is Now day mysterious this Reacs dead. Wacuce his he had. 
none. son name 
Mawada"¢i" uf¢a-e. Ci, dadiha, cénujin’ga dtaqti, Heqaga-jin’ga, ci t’é 
Mandan tell him. Again, father, young man wery @x- Little Elk, again dead 
cellent, 
ha. Ta” wa"g¢a" ita" wawikega héga-baji éga" wé¢ig¢a” ctéwa™ ¢ingé. 
A Nation now we or very pale he plan soever there is 
none. 
Wagqi”ha wi", dadiha, Heqiga-ma¢i" ti¢é ¢a™ a®¢a™ baha®-baji, nfaci’ ga 
Paper one, O father, Hebaka-mani cause it the we do not know it, cs Indian 
tocome (ob.) 
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