MA*TCU-NA®BA TO HEQAKA-MANI AND TATANKA-PSYANKE. 669 
TRANSLATION. 
I, for my part, O Big Spotted Horse, have sent a letter to you and your elder 
brother (Ci¢e¢itawe?). I dwell a very poor man in this country in which you left me. 
I wish to see you to-day, (but) I send you a letter at any rate (though I can not say 
when I may come). And while I my self am at least doing well and I am prospering in 
what I have been doing for myself, to-day all of the wheat which belonged to six per- 
sons, including myself, and all which I had put into a heap, was consumed by fire. 
MAYTCU-NAXBA TO HEQAKA-MANI AND TATANKA-F*YANKE. 
October 16. 
Quta™ qti uwib¢a cugJagé ha ivtca” ¢f wikage méga®. Ta” wate¢a® 
Very straight Itellyou Isend it to now you my friend likewise. Nation 
: eee 
pliji ¢a® hégaji ha: mi” ¢4b¢i" wawadkegai, c¢ta" wagini-baji; Ada®™ ¢at’é 
bad the notalittl . moon three we have been sick, sofar wehavenotrecoy-  there- you 
(ev. ered; fore die 
ob.) 
taité uwib¢i‘agat, iwit’Ab¢ai-maji. Kgi¢e wa¢ikega ¢at’al yi, a’ d¢ag¢a taf. 
shall Iam unw Ning for I do not hate you (pl.). Beware you sick you die if you blame lest. 
(pl.) you (pl.), me 
Cena. ‘L-bajfi-gi. Wakéga té pfiji ca®ca™qtiaYi. Ma” zéska’  cti 
Enough. Do not be com- Sick the bad remains indeed! Money too 
ing! 
a'¢iza-baji, wawaqpani héga-baji. Can’ge-ma Hiyjanga ama cénawagat, 
we have not re- we are very poor. The horses Winnebago the (pl. have made an 
ceived, sub.) end of them, 
wama”¢ai; ada" ayina ka™b¢a ag¢i", i’ ¢a-maji ta". Ta” wa"g¢a™ma 
they have stolen there- I fight I wish I sit, Tam displeased now. The nations 
them; fore 
Pan‘kama g¢ébahiwi" ki é’di ata t’at; Maqude-ma cti, Zage, Wa¢utada, 
the Ponkas a hundred and over have the Iowas too, Sass, Otos, 
died; 
digi", ta”warg¢a"-ma  cti b¢tiga wakéga héga-biji. Nikagdhi tiju 
Pawnees, the nations » too ae uve been or ill. Chief princi- 
pal 
¢anka wéepaha” ha. G¢eda”- naji® yaje adi” aka fi¢igg¢a™ ta aka hi’, ¢ 
the ones you know 4 Hawk stands his he who has it, he will decide ; that 
who name (the sub.) one 
(the 
afore- 
said) 
4 Ty r ~, / pee ¢ 
wieazu ¢igaxe ti aka ha’. Can’ge cadé ¢at ha, G¢eda”- naji". Lepaha™ 
aaiebe he will do for you. Hnrea, six you C Hawk stands. You know 
gave him 
to him 
Cleon 
taté Céna cu¢éwiki¢d. 
shall. Enough Ihave sent to you 
by some one. 
