692 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
jinga ijin’ge, Mangé¢-jin’ga; pé-¢ixi" ijin’ge; géde-gahi ijan’ge, ya" ze- 
chicken his son, Small-Breast ; Buttalo Rib his son; Fire Chief his danghter, ya"ze- 
han’ga igdq¢a"; Sfyanga igdq¢a; Man’g¢i¢a" igaq¢a", Ma*tet-xi ijan’ge ; 
hanga his wife; Big Foot his wife; Mang¢i¢a® his wife, Ma*tcuxi his daughter ; 
Wactice ijan’ge na” ké; Watiqtawa¢é igdaq¢a®; Ickaddbi iyicpa; qa-sa"- 
Wacuce his grown the Lover his wife; Ickadabi his grand- Pasa”- 
daughter (reel. child; 
ob.); 
naji" ipicpa; Cage-diba ijan’ge; He-sa”nida ijan’ge ; Kawaha ijan’ge ; 
najia his grand- Cage-duba his daughter; Horn-on-one-side his daughter; Kawaha his daughter ; 
child; 
Ta’ watgaxe i"c'dge iyticpa: Wactce ijin’ge, H’di-d-i-naji"’; ki Pan‘ka 
Village-maker old man his arene Wacuce his son, Edi-a-i-naji"; and Ponka 
child; 
ic‘age, He-xdpa te. lu¢a Aji tia” ¢a™ja, uwib¢a-maji ta minke 
old man, Scabby-Horn dead. News other exists though, "LT will not tell you. 
Wag¢ana‘a" cka™na xf, pi waqi™ha f¢a-ga. Ma"tet-na”ba aké wabaji" 
vou hear about you wish if, anew paper send hither. Two Grizzly bears the message 
them (sub.) 
gts cugé¢ai: Wagi”ha na™ba” cu¢éwiki¢é ¢a™ g¢ia” ¢aki¢aji-na’, dda* 
this sends to you: Paper twice I have sent it to (see you have not sentit usn- there- 
you by some one note) back to me by ally, fore 
some one 
, / , MSs , (P *n/ 
{¢a"ba” ag¢éna‘a™ji taté. Uda"gti ma™b¢i”’. 
& second you shall not listen to it. Very good I walk. 
time (—ever) 
NOTES. 
Louis Sanssouci is the son of an Omaha mother. 
Haftga-cenu was an Omaha staying at the Pawnee Agency. 
691, 3. técti . . . t& cti(F’s reading); but W. gave, ida"qti mani” té/cti ci 
piiji té/eti m@wir’¢anaji. 
692, 7. ¢a", intended for ¢a%ja, though, which makes sense. 
TRANSLATION. 
The letter which you sent me hascome. It is good for me to hear from you. The 
gentes rejoice because you continue alive; they are happy to hear from you. When 
you gave me the news concerning your travels, you did not tell me whether you had 
been very prosperous or unfortunate. You ought to tell me if you are doing well, and 
even if you are not prospering. In that case, I will tell it to these gentes. I will tell 
you the thing about which you asked me. You wish to hear about those (Omahas) 
who have died only during this year. I will tell you. (Their names are as follows:) 
Wacuce, Gahige’s younger brother; Cuya-ma"¢i", Yellow Smoke’s younger brother;, 
Little Elk, Pawnee Chief’s son; Iyuhabi, Waqa-naji’s younger brother; gahe-yap‘é, 
Yellow Smoke’s sister’s son; He-snata, Nemaha’s son, of the Elk gens; I*tcanga¢a, 
Yellow Smoke’s younger brother; Standing Hawk’s brother-in-law, Wac‘aji, of the 
Ictasanda gens, and son of Kidahanu; Prairie Chicken’s son, Small Breast; Buffalo 
Rib’s son; Fire Chief’s daughter, the wife of yyaze hanga (or Henry Blackbird); Big 
Foot’s wife; Maig¢i¢a™’s wife, the daughter of Mateu-xi; Wacuce’s grown daughter; 
Lover's wife; Ickadabi’s grandchild; ga-sa®-naji’s grandchild; Four Hoof’s daughter; 
