MA®TCU-NA®BA TO HEQAKA-MANI AND TATANKA-I'YANKE. 659 
MAYTCU-NA®SBA TO HEQAKA-MANI AND TATANKA-FPYANKE, 
YANKTONS. 
October 3, 1878. 
Heqiga ma™¢i" pajan’ga nan’ge é¢a"ba, waqi"ha ti¢adaf ¢a" b¢ize 
Elk walks Buffalo runs he too, paper which you have’ I have 
sent hither taken it 
éga"™ ya™be ha. Ci waqi”ha ¢c¢ar cu¢éa¢ée. W agiggat ctéwa™ ¢ingé ha. 
as Ihave 5 Again paper 1s I send to you. lan soever there is 
seen it none 
Nikaci”ga Ahigi t’é, cin’gajin'ga wai cti edabe t’¢. Nikaci”ga nat ba 
Persons many deans child woman too also dead. Person two 
wahchaji éga" i tai ha, Ada® axdge-na"-ma™ ca”ca", Wactice Mawadana 
stout-hearted Fp havedied . there Iam usually crying always. Wacuce Mandan 
to me : 
inégi ¢inké t’é ha, ¢ niniba a¢i” ¢inké cde té ha. Ci dma ké, Heqaga- 
his, theone dead . he pipe had the one but dead . Again other the, Little 
mother’s who who one 
brother (sat) (sat) 
jin’ga ijdje agi”. Niaci"’ga wahchajiqti wadixai éde taf ha. Lepaha® 
Elk his name he had. Person very stout-hearted I made them but they Q So Ee 
are him 
dead 
etal, diidangig¢i® can’ge wi" é¢aoni® ¢ati, can’ge a™pa™-hi"-cga® te, 
ought, we sat on this side horse one you brought here horse the color of elk ae the, that 
# for him, 
Heqaga-jin' ga ijAje a¢i” ké. Céyata"™ can’ge wa¢i" ag¢i, wa¢a‘i-ma bgliga 
Little Elk his hehad the From yon- horse they brought those vou gave 
name (lg. der place them back 
ob.) hither 
i?matda™i Hiyanga amd. Wakéga té ceta™ha a® ‘¢icta”’ ctéwa™ ji, ada” 
have stolen ymineuaro the (pl. Sick the so far stopped on not at all, there 
from me (sub.). me 
da” qti i’ pi-maji héga-maji. I¢die ag¢i” te’di nikaci”’ga dhigi i’ tai, ada® 
beyond Tam sad moe a little. T talk I sit when person — many havedied there- 
measure to me, fore 
nain‘de i”pi-maji ha. Ki c¢é wiwtya ama, Pan’ka ama, wéba” ti¢ai ha, 
heart lam sad : And _ kin- my the (pl. Ponka the (pl. toinvite have sent 
dred sub.). sub.), us hither 
éde béé taté i¢apaha"-maji ha, a®wan kega anaji® éga". Céama Caa™ qti ama 
but Igo shall I do not know Tam sick I stand as. Those Real Dakota Et 
su 
Sindé-g¢ecka dida® wé¢ig¢a™ gixai and‘a" ka™b¢a Ma zéska’ cti b¢iza-maji, 
Spotted Tail what plan mine I hear it I wish. Money too I have not 
make received, 
re f2 n (3 ig ‘es Liv} K ] Loy 
wage ama a i-baji. Can’ ge cén awa¢e é ga” a’wa"™ ‘qpani cg ga- maji, cam 
white the (pl. they have not ee made an end of aS Lam very aoe and 
man sub.) given to me. them 
waqi"ha cu¢éwiki¢e, fe djibaqtei cu¢éewiki¢é. 
paper T cause (some one) word very few I cause (Some one) 
to take it to you, to take it to you. 
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