688 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
NOTES. 
687, 2. nikaci"ga duba, four persons, Joseph La Fléche, Two Crows, Big Elk, and 
Ta™wa"-gaxe jinga. Hupe¢a, the fifth man, dictated the sentence in which his name 
occurs. 
687, 4. ¢i ega®, emphatic, ¢ieni"’ga", ete. (F.), you truly are the one. W. makes 
¢i ga", ete.,=Uwikie onadkace, a™¢isi¢ai 6ga" cangahi tai’/gata", O ye whom I have 
addressed, since we remember you, we will go to you. 
687, 5. cena-ctéwa*-baji, etc. They did not receive even the slightest attention (F.); 
You (pl.) showed not even the slightest attention (ceonactéwa?-baji?); They did not get any- 
thing at all (W.). The Omaha chiefs went to the Yankton without taking the “young 
men.” The Yankton paid them no attention, so the chiefs thought that it was because 
the Yankton wished the “ young men” to come. 
TRANSLATION. 
Last year you came to visit our tribe. Then you made very fair promises to four 
men, who have not forgotten them. Now they have done their work, and I think that 
they will visit you.. We have had considerable sickness, and our people have died. 
This has made us very sad. Therefore we remember you especially, and we shall 
visit you. When the chiefs went to see you you did not pay them much attention, so 
they coneluded that it was because you thought of us, the members of the progressive 
party, and they said so on their return tous; therefore we are going to visit you. Joe 
gave you a horse when you came, but he did not go to you (with the chiefs); and now 
he remembers his friend. Two Crows gave you a horse when you came (to see us), 
and now he remembers his friend. Big Elk gave you a horse ie you came, and 
now he remembers his friend. When you came, 1 Hupe¢a gave you a horse, and 
now, my friend, I remember it. Only we write our names and send to you. All your 
other friends to whom you gave (i. é., promised) horses will go to you in order to see 
their own (horses). I, Ta"wa"-gaxe jinga, wish you to tell my adopted children among 
the Yanktons that I have been sick, and that I came very near dying. If I live I will 
remember them, and I desire to see them. 
TAYNWAXGAXE-JINGA TO MIXGABU, A YANKTON. 
Céjazita", nistha, can’ge a™¢ai4-ma wan ‘gige’ qti ¢ingaf. Ga™ wigija"be 
From your my child, hor: ay those which are gone. And(so) Isee you, 
place, you gave me my own 
i , o ay , r . ree v , 
ka“ b¢a. Ada” edida™ ctéctéwa", nisiha, fe uda™qti a¢a‘i ti¢age katb¢éga™ 
I wish. There- what soever, my child, word very good you give you send I hope. 
fore to me hither 
Wagi" ‘ha uq¢é’qtei gian’ki¢a-ga. 
Paper very soon Shoal back to me. 
TRANSLATION. 
My child, all those horses which you gave me at your place, and which I brought 
away, are gone! So I wish to see you. Therefore, my child, 1 hope that you will 
send and give me very good words of any kind whatsoever. Send back a letter very 
auickly. 
