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LION TO BATTISTE DEROIN AND THE OTTO CHIEFS. 671 
Hau. Gan'yi ta warg¢a” ¢i¢ijai ¢a® pahan’ga té‘di t’é wit ¢and 
And then nation your (pl.) the before when dead you tola ts me 
ti¢agé awdna‘a® te i’¢a-maji ha. Ki i’tea® wirécté t’é Mwi'’¢ana-baji 
yousent LTheardofthem the I was sad . And now evenone dead you have not told to 
hither me 
dda® nan’de i”uda”qti-ma™. Ki hati, nfkagahi nankdce, edénujin’ga 
there- heart mine feels very good. And ho! chief ye who are, young man 
tore 
edibe, t'é wind‘a™i-mdji i”¢é-qti-ma™. (Qéceta” eddda™ wi fuga 
also, dead I have not heard of I am very glad. From this time what one news 
you 
iwi" ¢ana- nai ka*b¢éga". Angini etéga". Qé wabdg¢eze b¢ize té’di 
you tell tome only I hope. We recover apt. ‘This letter Ireceive when 
it 
wage yi té'di ati, Ca” wija™bai-maéji yaci taité ha Wamiské 
white honse intoit Ihave And I do not see you (pl) a long shall Wheat 
man come. time 
Pets . oe . ON . l 6 De « On , / 
igi" nayju-baji yaci taité, ada” wija™bai- maji yAci taité. Ma¢é uska?’ska" 
they not thresh my along — shall, there- I see you (pl.) not along — shall. Winter inastraight 
time fore time line with 
usni ida*bé’qti tédihi yi, m¢i’na yi taité. 
cold inthe very mid- by that time, they thresh it shall. 
dle for me 
TRANSLATION. 
My friends, I received the letter to-day, and I send you a reply very soon. Some 
Indians have come to talk with me; I made them my friends and they have come. 
When I heard them speak to me I was very glad. Enough (about this). And nowa 
man is dead: Lyuhabi died day before yesterday. He was my Indian, my young man. 
No matter who dies in the nation, I am grieved, for all are mine. And when I heard 
that my people had reached you, and you had given them horses, I was well pleased, 
my heart felt good. 
I was sad when I heard formerly what you sent to tell me of the deaths in your 
nation. But now you have not told me of the death of even one person, therefore I 
feel very glad. And ho! ye chiefs, and ye young men, too, i am delighted because I 
have not heard of your deaths! I hope that henceforth you will make it a rule to tell 
me (at least) one piece of news (when you write). We are apt to recover. [ have 
come to a white man’s house when I have received this letter. I shall not see you for 
along time. My wheat can not be threshed for a long time, therefore [ shall not see 
you for along time. They will not thresh it for me before midwinter. 
