LION TO BATTISLTE DEROIN AND THE OTO CHIEFS. 663 
LION TO BATTISTE DEROIN AND THE OTO CHIEFS. 
October 9, 1878. 
Kagéha, uwikie cu¢éa¢é Kagéha, wija” be ka"b¢éde a"wan’kega ha. 
My friend, Ispeakto Isend to My friend, I see you I wish, but Tam sees 
you you. 
Angini yi, cupi ta minke, wiya”be ta minke. Ki i™tca® Uma™ha™ ama 
Irecover when, Ireach will J who, Isee you will I who. And now Omaha the (pl, 
you sub.) 
cupi-maji ca"té ca¢é ‘i¢é-nati. Ca¢é ‘i¢é té ubd¢itage: wawakega 
I do not reach yet going to they usually Going to speak- the Iam unwilling! weare _ 
you awhile you speak of it. you ing of 
héga-baji, ki ¢icti wa¢ikega. Ata” angini yi, ékita"ha cangahi tan’gata™ 
very sick, and youtoo you are sick. When TIrecover when, at the same we shall reach you 
time 
¢iskié. Wawasninde tan’gata" wamuské ké na ji ¢i‘ai; ¢icta”i yi, 
all together. We shall delay wheat the thresh they they fin- when, 
have ish 
tailed ; 
cangahi tan’gata". Wad¢ikega té ¢at’af té anguicti a™t’af té i”¢a-maji ha. 
os shall reach eit Youaresick the youdie the ye too wedie the Tam sad 6 
Ca” waqi"ha ¢é¢a" nize yi, uq¢é’qtci ci éga® waqi”ha wi” e¢ian’ki¢d-gis. 
Now paper thisob. youre- when, very soon again Jike it paper one send back to me. 
ceive it 
yibaona" cuhi ewéka"b¢a-maji. Waqi”ha na*hébai-ga, ecé f¢agé taf. 
Missing one another in I do not wish for them. Paper wait ye for it, you yousend please. 
going to you say hither 
Uma™ha™ ma b¢iga é awawaké: wi pahan’ga cuhi ka™b¢a-maji, ¢iski¢ 
The Omahas all that I mean: me before to go to I wish not. all to- 
you gether 
cangahi angd¢ai ata’ cté. 
we sain you we go at some fu- 
ture time. 
NOTES. 
Lion was the keeper of the sacred pipe in the yada gens. He was the friend of 
Battiste Deroin and Ckajoe-yine. Battiste is the Oto half-breed interpreter. 
663, 4. ekita*ha refers here to both tribes, Omahas and Otos. There had been 
much sickness in each tribe, and when both should recover the Omahas intended vis- 
iting the Otos. 
TRANSLATION. 
My friend, I send to you to speak to you. My friend, I wish to see you, but I am 
sick. When I recover I will come and visit you. (Note by author.—This may be in- 
tended for the whole tribe, instead of the speaker alone.) And now the Omahas are 
speaking of going to you before Ido. I am unwilling for them to speak of going to 
you. We have many sick among us, and you, too, have sickness. When both you 
and we recover, we shall all come together to see you. We shall delay, as they have 
