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658 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
uké¢i® baxtii ¢a" éga". Te té witdéna na‘a™i éde fe ¢ita na‘a” ga™ dai. 
common it was the as. Word the one-half they heard but word your _ to hear wish 
written 
Te 4hioi fbaha™ji éea", Ada® waqi”ha iwimaxe cu¢déaté. Dada™ é wakai 
g ji ega, 
Word many he did not as, there- paper Task you T send to you. What that he means 
know fore 
té a™nd‘a" anga™¢ai ha. Nikaciga-ma, dadiha, Uma™ha?-ma, pi 
the we hear it we wish 5 The people, O father, the Omahas, anew 
¢a‘éwadd-ga.  Weé¢ig¢a” ida" wegaxa-ga. I"dadi ¢ingé ¢a™ja, dadtha, 
pity them! Plan good make for them! My fatlfer there is though, O father, 
noue 
¢ani’ya té i”uda™qti andji. Uma™ha*-ma ¢a‘éwa¢ag¢e éga™ eéhe ha, 
you live the very good for I stand. The Omahas you pity them 80 tay 
me that 
tal: ware ¢a” ¢a”. 
nation the. 
NOTE. 
657, 9. Wagqitha wi", dadiha, etc. This order has been corrected by three 
Omahas, who gave two readings: 1. If “wi"” be dropped, read, Dadiha, waqi”“ha 
Heqaga ma” ¢i" ti¢é ¢a® a"¢a™ baha”-baji, O father, we do not understand the letter which 
Walking Elk has sent hither. 2. If the “ wi*” be retained, read, Dadiha, Heqaga ma™¢i" 
waqi”ha wi” ti¢é édega™ a®¢a™baha®-bajii ha’, O father, Walking Elk has sent a letter 
hither, but we do not understand it. Walking Elk had sent a letter, written in Omaha, 
asking about a certain herb. 
TRANSLATION. 
My father, on this very day I experience trouble. O father, I can come to no de- 
cision whatever. During this present week he whom we called ‘“ Fourth son” has 
died ; hisname was Wacuce. Tell Mawata"na. Furthermore, father, a most excellent 
young man, Little Elk, is dead. We have much sickness in the nation at present, and 
so there is nothing to be done. Father, we do not understand the letter which Heliakz 
mani has sent, asitis written in the Indian language. The Omahas understand about 
one-half of the words, but they wish to hear your words. (The reader) did not know 
many of the words, therefore I send a letter to you to question you. We wish to hear 
what he means. 
O father, pity the Omaha people again. Come to a good decision in their behalf. 
O father, though I have no father of my own, I am benefited by your being alive. As 
you have (already ?) pitied the Omahas, I say that which I think concerning the nation. 
