MA*TCU-NA*BA TO PANYI-NAQPAOI. 689 
MAXTCU-NAXYBA TO PANYI-NAQPAOI. 
arckaha, wiyiepa méga", waqi“ha ga™ cu¢éwiki¢é. Ca™ nikaci” ga 
My sister's son, my grand- likewise, paper 2 I cause to be taken And person 
child how to you. 
d‘tiba ta™ wate: qn i¢Mal oa qn’ £ oa hay at Aba Sq, fort} 
Q aro¢a™ ¢i¢ijal gag¢a™ ¢e ga” ¢al al, ana‘a", ede iwimaxe 
some nation your migrating to go wish they T have but Task you 
say, heard, 
cu¢éagé. Ki dna né-baji dite ci and‘a" ka™b¢a, wagaziqti ana‘a® 
Isend to you. And how yon donot perhaps again I hear it I wish, very straight T hear it 
many go 
ka™b¢a. Ki gan’yi nikagahi nankacé, ci dna na-baji cite ci wagazu 
I wish. And S58 then ange ye who are, again how you do not perhaps again _ str, San 
many go : 
wind‘ai ka™b¢a. Gan’yi angi ¢é¢uta" té wakéga té wagini anga¢ai 
I hear from I wish And then we from this the Biss the we recover we go 
you (time) 
hi. Usni té ékita® ¢ined taté. Neé tai té i”¢a-maji. Maja” ¢a® imaka 
Cold the as far as none shall You will go the IT am sad. Land the cheap 
(be). 
ckaxe ¢aa™nai té i”¢@a-maji. Gan’yi maja” ¢a" uda™ pahan’ga 1"ta® 
youmake youabandonit the Tam sad. And then land the good first now 
i¢apaha™. I?’ta® maja™ ¢a® wda” pahan’ga té i¢apaha", ada™ maja” ¢a* 
I knowit. Now land the good first the I know it, there- land the 
tore 
téqidgi¢e. Imc‘dge ut’af ¢a® wind‘a’i ka” b¢a. Ada™ uq¢é’qtci daze hcbe 
I prize mine. Old man en the T hear of you I wish. EHD very soon evening part 
died in ore 
nize yi, f¢age te. 
you when, you will please 
receive ‘send it hither. 
: NOTES. 
This letter was sent to Panyi-naqpaoi and his son, who were Otos. 
689, 9. I*c‘age ut’ai ¢a", ete. An appeal to the patriotism of the Otos. “I wish 
to hear from you concerning the place where your old men (ancestors) have died (and 
where their bones lie).”. Do you prize it? Or have you lost all love for the land and 
its associations ? 
TRANSLATION 
My sister’s son and my grandchild, I have sent you a letter at any rate. I have 
heard that some persons of your nation wish to migrate to another country, and I send 
to you to ask you about it. I wish to hear how many of you are not going; I wish to 
hear the facts. And I wish to hear from you, O ye chiefs, how many of you are not 
going. And we, from this time forward, are progressing towards recovery from the 
sickness. By the time that the cold weather is over there will be none of it. Iam 
sad on account of your contemplated departure. I am displeased because you set lit- 
tle value on the land which you are abandoning. But I, for my part, now know that 
the land is the chief good thing (for us). I know now that the land is the best thing 
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