WAQPECA TO TATANKA-MANI, 661 
WAQPECA TO TATANKA-MANI. 
October 9, 1878. 
, . Bu y2 &: eel . - 3 O— Oey, eee Cn iaetee 
Wagaztiqti wind‘a" té nan‘de i“uda™ ha, Cin’gajin’ga wiwija ¢isi¢c- 
Very straight Thave heard the heart good forme . Child my nsually 
from you remembers 
na“i. Watt wiwha ¢isi¢é-na™i. Wagi”ha cu¢ai tédi nt sita® wahchaji’ qti 
you. Woman my usually remew- Paper went to when man _ five very stout-hearted 
bers you. you 
taf ha. Ca™ edada® can’gaxai b¢tigagti anetiket‘a”i. Wamiuské cti 
have And what they have done the whole we have acquired. Wheat too 
died enough 
notui ke’ an tk (on/s I’ ta® ‘4 abdha Cho dete betio: 7 aw4ai— 
angujil ke anguket‘a™ 1. ta" ¢e¢uta*¢e¢e e¢e ¢i¢ija-ma b¢ugaqti awasl 
wesowed the we have acquired. Now from this time kin- those who are the whole I re- 
forward dred * your 
~ , , ; , i f 
¢é-na"-ma™ taté, eb¢éga’. Geb¢é taté, eb¢éga". Wad¢utada &4a b¢é tated, 
memberthemfrom shall, I think tkat. I go that shall, I think that. Oto to I go shall, 
time to time way (pointed 
out) 
Sq: e / ° 
eb¢éga®. A™ba waqtibe na™ba tédihi yi, Uma™ha™ ama d‘iba a¢é taité, 
I think that. Day mysterious two by that time, Omaha the (pl. some they go shall, 
sub.) 
, , ° Is 1 mint : : , S 
eb¢éga". Wakéga ¢ab¢itha edwaga”i. A™ba waqtbe wirdqtci yf cté 
I think that. Sick in three 80 we are (2). Week just one even 
ways (?) when 
té-na"i. Niaci”ga amd ni-masaniaji-ma e‘a™i 4 Awana‘a" kab¢a, 
they usually Person the (pl. those on the other side of how are ? T hear about I wish, 
die. sub.) the river they them 
Sindé-g¢ecka yfi-ma. 
Spotted Tail those in his 
village. 
NOTES. 
661, 3. cangaxai, in full, ca" angaxai. 
661, 5. geb¢e tate, I shall go that way (pointed out, and understood by both 
parties, though the way is not described fully). 
661, 8. Niaci"ga ama, Spotted Tail’s people, who were at this time dwelling on 
the old Ponka Reservation, in Todd County, Dakota Territory, nearly opposite the 
Yankton Village at Choteau Creek. 
TRANSLATION. 
lam glad to hear such a full account of you. My child and my wife generally think 
of you. Just as this letter starts to you five of the most stout-hearted men among us 
have died. We have succeeded in all that we have undertaken. We have done well, 
too, with the wheat which we sowed. Now from this time forward I think that I 
shall remember all of your kindred from time to time. I think that I shall go that 
way. I think that I shall go to the Otos. I think that in two weeks some of the 
Omahas shall depart. We have three kinds of sickness among us(?). The sick ones 
usually die when they have been ill not more than a week. How are those people on 
the other side of the Missouri River? I wish to hear about them, that is, the people 
in Spotted Tail’s village. 
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