668 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
TRANSLATION. 
O Ickadabi, and all ye chiefs! my people have gone to you. My child, too, has 
gone to you. They have gone to see you. All those good Omahas whom I govern 
have gone to you. The best one of them, Little Elk, son of Pawnee Chief, has 
died ; but the rest have gone to you. I heard it said that you had been sick, yet they 
have gone to you, as they wished to see you. O my friends, ye chiefs, have pity on me! 
Send back to me those very good men; pity them and send them back to me; send 
them back to me after making them very glad! Pray to those who are your active 
young men! Pray to your chief’s son! And O you interpreters, you, Battiste, and 
your younger brother, help the Oto chiefs. The most active of the men who dwell in 
the Omaha territory have gone to you. Oh that you would pity me and for my sake 
so act that the Ovos shall be sure to promise (them good things). All the Omaha 
chiefs prize highly those young men who have gone to you. Whatever those-young 
men say, the Omaha chiefs usually do just so for them. My friends, you Oto chiefs, 
I have petitioned to you enough. I have sent enough words to you to petition to you. 
KI-WI-GU-TI-DJA-GL-CI TO CL-(E-¢L-TA-WE. 
: October 21. 
Wi minké, AcAwage ¢A¢ihide, waqi™ha cu¢éwiki¢at ha, ¢iji"’¢e méga". 
’ co) ) q . 5 
I I who sit, (Pawnee words), paper Icause some oneto . your elder likewise. 
take it to you (pl.) brother 
° Pe AC ma ss / 
Ca” maja” ¢é¢a" ¢aa™na nai ¢a® awa’ qpaniqti andj ha. Ca™ a™ba¢eé 
And land this (cv. youaban- you the me very poor T stand Z And to-day 
ob.) (or doned went place 
place) 
° fs Bo. : . Sapiiersinay: oe 
wija"”be ka™b¢a, ua’ ¢ingé’qti waqi”ha cu¢éwiki¢ai. Ga"-na™ juga 
I see you I wish, for no reason what- paper I cause some one to And usually (?) body 
7 ever take it to you (pl.). 
: Oe? : Rah. ee . 
wiqtei ci vida" matb¢i™” ¢te-ma™, ca” ga™ edada* ayfidaxe té uda'qti 
Imy again good I walk I do this at at any rate what Ihave made the very good - 
very self least, for myself 
yee ie ~ ° , ~) : , : oi 
anaji" de, a ba¢é wamiské itéa¢é nikaci’ga cidé agi’ ena-b¢uga ité¢e 
I stood but, to-day wheat I piled it person six had it all together put in 
up a heap 
nai¢inge ha. 
was burnt 
to nothing 
NOTES. 
Kiwigutidja¢ici, a Pawnee name of yenuga waji" piiijl, Mad Buffalo, an Omaha. 
Acawage ¢a¢ihu¢e, Big Spotted Horse, the name of a Pawnee, in the Omaha notation 
of Pawnee words. Ci¢e¢itawe, the Omaha notation of a Pawnee name. 
668, 3 and 4. juga wiqtci ci uda™ ma"b¢i" ete-ma®, L. gave as the corresponding 
qoiwere, iro mionagtci pi hamanyi ihdkiyrayi" ke. But ihakiyray® ke is the Omaha 
ayibte ha. 
