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CA®TA’.JINGA TO T. L. GILLINGHAM. 693 
Horn-on-one-side’s daughter; Kawaha’s daughter; the grandchild of the elder Village- 
maker; Wacuce’s son, Edi-ai-naji®; and the Ponka old man, Hexapa. There is other 
news, but I will not tell you. If you wish to hear it, send a letter again. Yellow 
Smoke sends you this message: I have sent you two letters, but you have not replied; 
therefore you shall not hear from me again. Iam doing very well. 
CA®TA*®-JINGA TO T. L. GILLINGHAM. 
Ca” ta*-jin'ga wa¢ita™ ¢écka"na té wa¢ita’qti. Na™za te ¢a™ cti 
Little Wolf to work you wished for the he has worked Fence field the too 
him very hard. 
~ Te § E ie 7s ae, , 
dnasé. Ki éga™ tida" ¢écka"na téga™ gixe. Ki éga" gaxe éde ¢éama 
he has And so good you wished like the he has And 80 hehas but these 
fenced in. for him done. done (sub.) 
, eet ;, . / ’; . ww « . a € 
Uma™ha™ ama piaji-na" gidxai-na™ ca” ca". U'e-i¢dnasé ¢icé¢ati; can’- 3 
Omahas the (pl. bad only havedone  usn- always. Fence of a field they have the 
sub.) to him ally pulled to 
pieces ; 
OFZ TAA TG = Y . tL 4 . =; of . 
ge-ma ¢atéwaki¢e-na”i te eya ¢an’di. Gan’ yi wawéci ‘{-baji-na™i, 7’ ¢aji qti- 
horses they havecaused usu- field his inthe. And then - pay they have contin- very sad he 
them to eat ally not given ually, (has been) 
. 4 rie Shay . aay es oF, fe / Zaye Ce oe r , as 
na”i. Kskana fe ¢i¢fja wi ¢aka" f¢age ka” b¢a. IR¢adi ¢inké ui¢ f¢a-ga. 
usu- Oh that word your youhelpme yousend I wish. His the one to tell send 
ally. hither father who tohim hither. 
eas , ys Orr 2a [0 , rye Oy, . . pee A 
Gan’yi dahucige ¢a™ja i¢adi¢ai aka wa¢ita"-baji-na™i, Ada® i’ ¢a-maji-na’- 6 
Andthen Tinsistonit though agent the does not deal with usn- there- Tam sad usu- 
(sub.) them (as offenders) ally, fore ally 
k . . . aq Nao S L , ] 9 
ma”. Ada” fe ¢i¢fja wi" ¢aka" i¢a¢é ka” b¢a. Gan’yi, kagéha, “ Wandg¢e 
Tam. There- word your youhelpme yousend I wish. And then, my friend, Domestic ani- 
fore hither mal 
wa¢in-ga,” ecé ga” éga® daixe éde, g¢éba-cadé wab¢i" éde, ¢éama i” ma?- 
keep them, you as 30 IT have but, sixty Ihadthem but, these they stole 
said it done (sub.) 
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¢a™i, cénawaki¢af. Ci’ hacida" g¢éba-cad@ ci’ i” ma ga™i. Na*ba”kig¢e 9 
from _ have made an end Again afterwards sixty again _ they stole from On two occasions 
me, of them. me, - 
wanag¢e b¢tiga t’ean’ki¢e-na“i. Kagcha, ja” can’ge-yi dixe yi'cté, 
ui 7 
domestic ani- a they have killed usu- My friend, wood _ horse-house I made even 
mal for me ally. when, 
Oy; ye 
1” mar¢a"-na™ 1. 
they have usu- 
stolen from me ally. 
Hau. Gan'yi, kagcha, Ga¢i"-na"paji ijin’ge can’ge ta" i’mama™i ha. 12 
7 And then, my triend, Pad¢ie-naspasi his son horse the he has stolen 5 
(std.ob.) from me 
I™baxu g¢i” aka, i¢adi¢af cti, waqe ucté ama eti, can’ge ta" ibaha”i. 
To write for hesits the one agent too, white the others (pl. too, horse the they know 
me who, people sub.) (std. ob.) him. 
A , . any Ie ee jams ey) : sippy te ap ae 
Kskana, kagéha, iwi" ¢aka" ka*bééga®. Ca™ éga" gidxai wad¢agaji etdéde. 
Oh that, my friend, you help me I hope. And so to do to you should have com- 
him manded them. 
= joie en . pee gt © A n/ ay . , . RS Ania 
Gan yi yinai, tea” ¢é ga” gai. A™hucigai. Dada? wiwija té waqpa¢ in’gatdat. 15 
And then they tokillme- they They spoke sau- What mine the to lose (?) they wished 
fought, wished. eily to me. for me. 
