JABE-SKA TO GACTAGABI. 673 
JABE-SKA TO GACTAGABI, A PONKA, AT YANKTON AGENCY, 
DAKOTA TERRITORY. 1878. 
Paa‘ka nikaci’ga g¢ébahiwit t’4-bi ai éde ¢and‘a® téga" waqi"ha 
Ponka Indians a hundred havedied, they but you hearit in order paper 
itissaid say that 
cuhiwiki¢é. Niaci’ga witaqtci t’é ké ugaf, ucté te ugd-baji, ijaje a°wa'’- 
I cause it to reach Person just one dead the they remain- the they didnot his we did not 
you. (recl. told, der tell, name 
ob.) 
sv , imams . . vy 4 » 
na‘a™-baji. Lentiga-cage-jan’ga enaqtei ana‘a"l ha. (land‘a® téga" cuhia¢e 
hear them. Buffalo bull hoof large he only we have 3 You hear it inorder I cause it 
heard that to reach 
you 
AO (St Aen aml ee em 1 , f su / ° nls 
waqi”ha. pentga-cige-yan’ga t’é ké ta” wa"g¢a" b¢tiga wé¢abajt-qtia™), 
paper. (Lenuga cage janga dead the nation whole they are very sad, 
(recl. 
ob.) 
a-bi ¢a™ ama. 
it is said in the 
letter. 
NOTE. 
Jabe-ski or Wa¢acpe, an aged Ponka, who was a refugee among the Omahas from 
1877 to 1880. Gactaga-bi was also called Wahuta"¢é (Gun) and Maca" (Feather). 
TRANSLATION. 
They say that a hundred Ponkas have died (in the Indian Territory), and I send 
you a letter that you may hear it. They tell of just one man who has died, they have 
not told (the names) of the rest, (so) we have not heard their names. We have heard 
the name of zenuga cage yaiga alone. I send you the letter that you may hear it. 
It is said in the letter (which came from the Indian Territory) that the whole tribe is 
very sad on account of the death of penuga cage yanga. 
pANGA-GAXE TO ICTA-MA*)E, AN OTO. 
October 25, 1878. 
Wamtské ké i”nagin’ge. Icpaha® ¢ag¢é na¢inge. Wamiuské ké 
Wheat the is burnt to noth- Youknew you went itis consumed. Wheat the 
(lg. ing for me. it back (ly. 
ob.) ob.) 
Baan Tepaha® id Aino iské kd. Ed Rete: is 
na¢inge. Icpaha™ ¢ag¢ede na¢inge, wamuske ke. Ide wagaxe te cté 
is consumed. Youknewit you went it is consumed, wheat the But debt the even 
back, but (lg. ob.). 
y 
. = © os , 3, , pee 
ewéb¢i‘a ti minke. Inddda" cté fdaxa-maji, wamiské ké na¢inge 
I failfor them will I who. What soever Ido not make by wheat the is consumed 
means of, (lg. ob.) 
/ s 5 Os) ah oon ens 
a®¢a”sabe tebe. Ede ta™wa%g¢a" wakéga teabai ¢ga", wijiha™ i” tea" 
I suffer greatly. But nation sick yery much as, your prosper now 
in-law 
VOL vi——43 
