JOSEPH LA FLECHE TO A. B. MEACHAM. 679 
ahan’@wamadita"-ma i¢idia®wattat cea", wea baha™i ha. I’ ete eondatci 
to} oD y} 
from the first ones the we had them for as, we know them 6 Asif they only 
(pl. ob.) agents 
nikaci”ea éga*qti-na™i ha. Ki nfkaci™ ga, wat da™eté, wi" iqta ga™ ¢ai 
human Benes sanity just so . And Indian, man woman or, one to Sree 
abuse 
“eye OT? OS n/: e ow e rw) 
yi A¢iza-baji’qti iqta-na™i ha. Ki ci t’éwa¢e ga™ ¢ai yi'cté, téwad¢e-na"i ha, 
if withont taking hen abused her , And again to kill them © they evenif, they usually killed 
at all usually wished them 
Ca” kuikusi cinuda edabe ¢ékiga™qti waxe-na™i, t’éwa¢é té. Ada? 
Tn fact hog dog also BK like usually mented killed them the. There- 
them, fore 
a"wan ga"¢a-baji. Nikaci™ ga uké¢i" ama edada™ piaji gaxai té ¢ pahan’ga 
we do cat waut them. iadiana the (pl. what bad they did the they before 
sub.) 
gixa-baji-na™i ha. Wandce amd ¢€ pahan’ga gAxai ctéwa™, ticka® pfiiji té 
ie usnally did not 6 Soldier the (pl. they before Si aia it even when, deed bad the 
sub.) 
. , ye Voge Tom ee ion , . Pies 
Agig¢aqide-na™i. Agig¢aqidai éga", nikaci”ga uké¢i" ticka™ pfiiji eq 
usually covered their own. ‘They covered their as, Tile deed bad his 
own 
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Tyiga"¢ai ¢inké gibaha-na”i. . . . . (Ki, kagéha, ci fe d‘iba uhéa¢é 
Grandfather the (st. Sent showed it And, my friend, again word some Tadd 
ob.) to him. 
hae Car fe angtiyqai té nivel” gauké¢i" fe eqai, ucté wagaztiqti, win kéqti 
And word our the Indian word their, therest very straight, very true 
lise ha, ¢a’ja fe win’ke ctéwa™ Tyigat¢ai ¢inké wé¢iza-baji éga™, i¢dadi¢al 
ee ‘ though word they speak even when the President does not, as it were, ey agent 
here and truly them from us, 
there 
¢inké fe eq4 enaqtei gi¢izat té, é wéteqi héga-a™¢i"-baji, 6 wedgitégi tyju 
the word his only takesfrom the, it is very an for us, it our own chief 
him troubles (2) 
tée.) Ki fe wi” ci c¢gipe tai minke ¢a™ja, éga"qti égipe tai minke. 
the, it And word one again T will say that though, aa 80 I will say that. 
is. 
Nikaci"”’ga uké¢i-ma maja” Tyiga*¢ai aka weé¢i'wit-ma wa'e g¢i"-ma i cte 
The Indians land President the those who have sold plowing those who as if 
(sub.) continue 
nikaci”ga uké¢i"-ma Caa™ wa¢adaf-ma weata¢at ha. Ki ci nikaci’ga 
the Indians Dakota moses hore they hate us A And again the In- 
called 
uké¢i"-ma bgtigadti etwakiga™qti ska” eonéga™ ha, ddega” edwakiga™-baji 
dians we are Aa alike you think th ae z but we are unlike 
ha. D‘tiba wage amajd¢ica™ ga ¢ai ha, ki d‘iba an‘kabaji ha. FE Caa™ 
Some towards the white men desire 7 and some are not so ° They Dakota 
wa¢adai-ma. Ki ékiga™qti am¢i’’-bi eonéga yi an’ka-a™¢i-baji ha, 
are the ones called. And just alike that we ave you think when we are not so 
ékiga"-a™ ¢i"-baji ha. Ukit‘é aji¢a’¢a™ a¢ivi ha. Ki, waqe-miace, gictt 
we are not alike Nation of different we are A And, Oye white people, youtoo 
sorts 
dji¢a™ ¢a™ oni™i ha, ki angucti dawaga”i ha. Caa™” ama cti weat’a¢af yi, ci 
of various youare . and we too wwe are so 6 Dakota the(pl. too they hateus if, again 
kinds sub.) 
¢icti wed¢at’Aonai yi, eta" a” ¢i? a™ni™ya taba. Ega™ yi, a™ni™ya atiga™ ¢al 
youtoo you (pl.) hate us if, how we are we live shall So if, we live we wish 
possibly (?) (That being 
the case) 
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