TANGA-GAXE TO ICTA-MA‘#E. 675 
r y07 Pye Ye . Pies s 
u¢tiwikié asi¢é-na™-ma™. I bai éga® asi¢é-na"-ma”. KE waja™be ka™b¢a. 
Ispoke to you Tam thinking of from They called as Tam thinking of it That Isee them I wish. 
about time to time. me from time to time. 
y | Lae . v , . = Y es . . 
Te ugtiwikié asi¢é-na"-ma”, wagazu i™na‘an’-ga. Ni Ma*teti-wa¢ihi, 
Word LIspoke to you Iam thinking of from straight hear for me. And Ma*tcu-wa¢ihi, 
about time to time, 
Acawage, Wé's‘a-jan’ga, ie ejaf asi¢é-na®"-ma™.  I™ba*l Ma*tett-wa¢ili ; 
Acawage, Big Snake, word their I am thinking of from He called Ma*tcu-wa¢ibi; 
time to time. me 
, DPS , Pitas y hy hae =I) re fas Ben! 
fe ké gisi¢e¢al. hagisi¢é yi, hi-ga. Pan‘kaya yii ¢an‘di waqi" ha 
word the he has caused You remem- when, reach Atthe Ponkas village at the paper 
him e remem- ber it there. 
er. 
i¢éwa¢iki¢é tai. Waqi"ha iwiyiya. 
cause it to go please. Paper Task as a fa- 
thither for them vor of you (2) 
see note.). 
NOTES. 
673, 6 and 7. Observe how yatga-gaxe says one thing four times. He could have 
expressed himself in one sentence, thus: Wamuské ké iepaha™ ¢ag¢éde (or, ¢ag¢édega®) 
ina¢in’ge ha, My wheat which you knew about when you went home has been consumed 
by fire. gjaliga-gaxe was an Omaha. 
674, 4. u¢uhiagi¢ etega*, in full, u¢uhiagi¢é etega™. 
674, 10. Gaiyi Wa¢utada-ma i¢a-bi ai, etc. This should be changed, in order to 
conform to the standard Omaha, to read thus: Gan/yi Wa¢utada-ma i¢a-bi ai, anda‘a® 
hi. Ega*i té and‘a® ka” b¢a, And I have heard that the Otos have gone away. If it is 
- so, I wish to hear it (F.). Had the Otos gone of their own accord Wad¢utada ama 
4-ia¢a-bi should have been used; Wa¢utada-ma i¢a-bi shows that they went because 
they were forced or requested. 
674, 12. amede. F. prefers the fuller form, amédega®, as it is said that (you have 
a horse). 
675, 4. Patikaga ii, etc. Explained by the third sentence preceding it. janga- 
gaxe wished his Oto friend to send a letter to the three Ponka chiefs, Ma*tcu-wa¢ihi, 
Acawage, and Wés‘a-ganga. 
675, 5. Waqitha iwiyiya (sic). Not plain to any of the author’s Omaha inform- 
ants, who have aided him since 1882. L. suggested Waqitha wiyiya, I ask a letter to 
him (or, them),«s a favor from you. F. rendered this, I ask a letter for you (sic!). He 
gave another reading, Waqi"ha tian’ki¢é-ga, Send a letter tome. W. said that either 
wiyiya or tiaiki¢a-gi should be used. But G. substituted, Waqi"ha ¢iyiyal, They 
(the Ponkas) beg you to send a letter to them. The context seems to require this last. 
TRANSLATION. 
My wheat has been consumed by fire. What you knew (about) when you started 
home has been burnt. The wheat has been burnt. The wheat that you knew (about) 
when you started back has been burnt. And I shall not be able even to cancel my 
debt. There is nothing at all by means of which I can do anything; I suffer greatly 
from the burning of the wheat. But (that is not all)—there has been much sickness 
in the nation, and your brother-in-law, Cuya-ma”¢i", has died. I am very well, I 
