662 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
ICTAGABI, AN OMAHA, TO HEQAGA-SABE, A PONKA, AT 
YANKTON AGENCY, DAK. 
October 14, 1878. 
Wawikegai. Wacetce t’¢é, Heqiga-jin’ga t’é, qahé-jap‘e t’é, Ciya- 
We have been sick. Wacuce dead, Little Blk dead, dahe yap'é dead, Cuya- 
ma” ¢i® t’é, nikaci"ga vidatqti t’ai ha. Wa‘ wiwtja wi céna"ba, wawikegat, 
manda dead, person very good died 5 Woman my I those two, we have been sick, 
na” ji*cké’qtei a"ni’yai. A™ni™ja yi, wisi¢é ha, dda® wawidaxt. Cé-ma 
barely we are alive. Weare ahve when, I remem- 5 there- I write things to ‘Those 
ber you fore you. 
cin’gajin’ga-ma Than‘kta"wi d‘iba wiwija-mi wadaxe-mad tiwagi¢i-ga, 
children Yankton some those who are my those whom I made tell it to them, 
ta” wa" ¢a™. Maja” ¢a™ a™ba¢é  piiiji. héga-baji ha: a”ba wi™ yi, 
village the. Land they to-day is very bad > day one when, 
nikaci”ga na™ba cté tai, ki ¢ab¢i" cté t’ai, ki duba eté taf, aba wirdqtei 
person two forin- died, and three forin- died, and four forin- died, day just one 
stance stance stance 
yi. «Ki cé¢a™ ¢é cuhi té cta”be té ¢kitatha wai™”baxu-gi. Ca” e‘a” 
when. And that this reaches the youseeit the atthe same write things to me. Now how 
(ey. ob.) you time 
pee ~ ge , , / *n/ f 4 
¢anaji" yi, wai"¢écpaxt ka b¢a. Twit’ ¢ f¢a-ga 
you stand if, you write things I wish. To tell ine send to me. 
to me 
NOTES. 
662, 3 and 4. Ce-ma... uwagi¢a-gi. This sentence may be expressed differently, 
thus: Ihank/ta"wi® d‘iba cé-ma cil’gajin’/ga wadaxe-ma Uwagi¢a-ga. 
Yankton some those children those whom I _ tell it to them. 
made (or adopted) 
662, 7. ¢e is superfluous (F.). 
TRANSLATION. 
We have been sick. Wacuce, Little Elk, gahe-tap‘é and Cuya-ma¢i", who 
were very good men, have died. My wife and I have been sick, and we barely es- 
caped dying. As we live, | remember you, therefore I write several things to you. 
Tell some of those Yanktons in the tribe, those whom I regard as wy children. This 
country is very bad to day; in one day two, three, or even four persons die. And 
when this letter reaches you, and you see it, write to me in return one of equal length 
aud about several topics. I wish you to write to me how you are progressing. Send 
hither to tell me. 
