gA¢I.NA*PAJI TO THE PAWNEE AGENT. 685 
qGAGP-NAXPAJI TO THE PAWNEE AGENT. 
(qa¢itmitha® yi té’di nai.) Té af ana‘a® ha. Ega®™ yi ¢uta®qti 
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Skidi lodge atthe he stood. Dead they Ihave 0 if very straight 
say heard 
, / efits a 3 ite , pale 
ani‘a® ka b¢a. I¢adi¢ai ¢dtateé, wiya hai, wibgaha” ha. qa¢i" nikagabi 
I hear it I wish. You who stand asagent, TIaskafa- . I pray to you é Pawnee chief 
vor of you 
nankace, wiyai, nikaci”ga té ké edida™ agi” té wagazu iv ¢inki¢a-ga. 
ye whoare(st.), Task a fa- person he who what hehad the straight cause it to be for me. 
vor of vou, lies dead (whole) 
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Wagazu igi” dackaxe yi, igi war¢ f¢a-gi. Wagazu igi" war¢ I¢age x, 
Straight you do it for me if, totell me about send hither. Straight totellme of yousend if, 
mine mine hither 
wijabe té ékiga™qti wib¢aha™ cugéa¢é. Maja” ¢ég¢a" aga $e ¢a” cti. 
Isee you the just like it I pray to you Isend to you. Land this Spats he formerly. 
one went 
Maja™ ey ¢a® ca™ cka™aji’gti ga” g¢i” gan’yi cea najit’ té eddda® a¢i”, 
Land his the yet not moving at all so he sat «undthen yonder he stood the what he had, 
mn ieee, ws a= fates y pe Tyas v / , hye ~ 
ca” yf tédi, can’ge, 4yéski cti, ca™ ja*ma’¢i" cti, ca* edida™ wa¢i" gé 
for lodge in the, horse, ox too, and wagon too, and what he had the 
in- them (pl.in 
stance ob.) 
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wagaztiqti igi” war¢ f¢a-gi. Ca” cin’gajin’ga da ete wi" éska™ t‘a™i té 
very Straight to tell me about send And child forexample one perhaps he had the 
mine hither. 
and‘a" ka” b¢a. (Qecagu ki¢ibiski nikagahi ¢ pahan’ga u¢tikid-ga Kage, 
I hear I wish. Recaru kiribaski chief he before pbeat: to him My friend, 
about it. 
edida® agi” t& fmaxi-gi. Kagcha, iéska ninke’ce, wib¢aha™ Edada" 
what hehad the ask him. My friend, you who are interpreter, I pray to you. What 
a¢i” té fepaha" etéga’. Kagcha, nfaci™ ga uké¢i® ma"b¢i" té ca™ca™-maji, 
he had the you know it apt. My triend, Indian common I walked the always I am not, 
wage ticka" axe ga” edida" a™¢a ¢é te wagazliqti i¢igidaxe ka™b¢a. 
white deed Ido as what heaban- he the very straight Imake by means I wish. 
man doned went of my own 
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Wagaztiqti imgi’gaki¢é yi, uq¢e'gtci igi war¢  ifa-ga. Agina‘a” i, 
Very straight you cause it to be if, very soon to tell me about send hither. I hear of my if, 
for me my own own 
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wé¢ig¢a" ayidaxe téinke. 
plan I make for will. 
myself 
NOTES. 
Though the letter does not name the Omaha referred to, the author Jearned that 
he was Sida ma*¢i", a member of ga¢i" na™paji’s sub gens, who had resided with the 
Pawnees for years. After the death of this Omaha his name was assumed by another 
old man, likewise a member of the sub-gens. 
685, 1. The first sentence is explanatory. 
685, 9. Geca¢u ki¢ibaski, the Omaha notation of the Pawnee name, 
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