686 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
TRANSLATION. 
(He dwelt at the Skidi village.) I have heard it said that heis dead. Tf it be so, 
I wish to hear very accurately about it. O you who are the (Pawnee) agent, I ask a 
favor of you, I petition to you. O ye who are the Pawnee chiefs, I ask a favor of you; 
get for me all that the deceased owned. If you act uprightly for me in getting my 
own property for me, send hither to tell me abontit. And if you send hither hon- 
estly to tell me about my own, I (will) send to you to petition to you, which is just the 
same as my seeing you (face to face?). Formerly he (the dead man) abandoned this 
land and departed. His land here has been lying altogether idle; but when he was 
yonder where you are he had possessions; and I wish you to send and tell me just 
what he had, whether articles in the lodge, horses, oxen, wagons, or anything else. 
And I wish to learn whether he left a child. Speak first to the chief Recaru kiribaski 
about it. My friend, ask him what he (the deceased) had. My friend, the interpre- 
ter, I petition to you. You are apt to know what he (the dead man) owned. My 
friend, I have not continued to act as a common Indian. As I act like the white peo- 
ple, I wish to improve my own property very honestly by means of what he (the de- 
ceased) owned at the time of his death. If you can settle the affair for me, send to tell 
me about mine very quickly. WhenIhear about my own I will come to a decision. 
HUPE(A TO (1-QKI-DA-WI (E-CA-CU. 
a”, qa¢i-mace, wisi¢é-na"-ma”i. Wija™bai ka*b¢éga™ ¢a™ja, wab¢i- 
Well, O ye Pawnees, T think of yeu occasion- TI see you I hope though, Thave 
ally. 
ta” édega™ i”ta™ b¢icta® yi, wisi¢ai. Nikaci™ ga wija™bai-mace, ana ¢at’ai 
been working, and now Thave fin- if, TI remember Person ye whom I have seen, how youhave 
ished you (pL). any died 
wind‘ai ka” b¢a: iwimaxe cu¢éa¢ée. Nikaci" ga an’ga¢i" wacta™ bai te¢a” 
T hear about I wish: LTask youa Isend to you. Person we aise move you saw us in the 
you question past 
5 5 DEP; yy: re uae / : CMe 
i’ta™ tida® a"¢i”. Maja” ¢an‘di ¢atii té’di wacta”be, maja” ang¢i™i ¢a™ 
now good we are. Land inthe youcame when you saw us, land Wo sitin the 
hither 
wacta™ bai waqe ama ckai bguigagti éga" angaxai. Maja™ sagiqti Tyiga™¢ai 
you saw us white. the(pl. they Sh we do. Land very firm President 
people sub.) stir 
aka wegixai wé¢eqti a*ma™ ¢i" dda” wisi¢ai i ¢a-maji iwimaxe cu¢éad¢é ha. 
the has made for we are very we walk there- I remember Tam sad Lask youa I send to 
(sub.) us glad fore you question you 
NOTES. 
(hiqkidawi ¢eca¢u, the Omaha notation of the Pawnee, Rigkidawi recaru, accord - 
ing to L. Sanssouci. 
686, 2 and 3. ana ¢at’ai wina‘a"i ka™b¢a, others express it more fully: ana ¢at/ai 
éda" eb¢éga? and‘a™ ka" béa (501, 9), and ana ca” ¢at’al Gite wina‘ani ka’ béa (512, 1). 
See, also, 482, 11 (t?é imte ca™ and‘a™ ka™b¢a), and 506, 1 (t’éska™i gina‘a™ ga”’¢al). 
