MASTCU-NASBA TO WIYAKOL*. 697 
a"wa” waja a¢at wédaha"-maji. Ca™ ukie a¢a-baji, ci yé und cti aga-baji. 
whether they T do not know about And totalk theydidnot and tohunt too they did not 
- have them. to them £0, buffalo go. 
gone 
2 s 4 , . Ye peepee . , . NSP . 
Wad¢ita® ugine a¢ai, wage amadi. Ahigi t’ai niaci ga. Ga¢a™ waqi™ha, 
Work to seek have white among Many have people. That (cv. paper, 
their own gone, people them. died ob.) 
, , c Sf Oe ih Oe 3 re ce ¢ , 
yatckaha, nize yi, uq¢e’qtei ian’ki¢da-ga. Ki A™pa"-wada™ be ¢inké 6'dedi 
sister’s son, youre- when, very soon send to me. And He who sits looking at the Elk (pl.) he is 
ceive it there 
yi, iwi™¢a gi¢a-ga, wana q¢irqti. Wigaq¢a® aka é¢ai. Iu¢a ji*yin'ga 
1 to tell me send back, very hastily. My wife the has him News small ones 
(sub.) fora re- of various 
lation. kinds 
/ Oe fe 
Cat a Sl wi'¢a of¢a-ga. Cub¢d-maji yi’, wigaq¢a™ cu¢é taté. Cud¢d 
you have if, to tell me send be Se Ido not go to you if, my wife shail go to you. To goto 
you 
, pear ate Aes sine r n/ . 
ga"¢ éga", iwimaxe cu¢éa¢é. Ca” fuga ¢ingé’qti eg, ita® waqi™ ha 
as she desires it, Task you TIsend to you. And news there is none a now paper 
a qnestion at all 
Let 
cu¢ea¢e. 
I send to you- 
NOTES. 
696, 2. niinde i¢agisa-maji anga®. Without anga™, the phrase would mean, “Iam 
uneasy about my own nation.” Used with anga*, it refers to the pleasure which he 
would feel if the Omahas gave many horses and other presents to their Yankton vis- 
itors. Waapani b¢i", used (fide W.) as well as a"wa™qpani (see line 1). 
696, 3. Ada® nugeddi wija"bai yi, etc. yi generally has a future reference, but 
it can refer to the past. A fuller reading is, Ada™ nugéidi wija™bai tédi, ajawa 
ckaxai té agisi¢é te’, nan’de i/uda™-na®-ma” (W.). 
696, 5. ¢inkéite, contr. fr. ¢inké é@te. So gar¢ éga®, for ga™¢a éga®, in line 697, 6. 
TRANSLATION. 
Sister’s son, I have no news at all! Sister’s son, I am poor. It has ever been 
with me as you saw me. I cannot be made glad by the generosity of my own nation. 
Iam poor; I feel glad when I think of the abundance of good things which you made 
when I saw you last summer. 
Send and tell me whether He-who-sits-looking-at-the-elk is with the Yanktons. I 
refer to the younger brother of Iron Necklace, who came here to the Omahas last win- 
ter. It is said that some Ponkas are coming back, but they have not yet come. One, 
whom you know very well, is named Smoke Maker. It has now been five weeks 
since some Omahas went to the Ponkas. We have not yet heard about (the arrival of 
the party ?). Ido not know positively whither these Omahas went. They did not go 
to pay afriendly visit, nor did they go to hunt the buffalo. They went to seek work 
among the white people. Many Indians have died. Sister’s son, when you receive that 
letter, send to me very soon. Send back to tell me very hastily whether He-who-sits- 
looking-at-the-elk is there. My wife has him fora kinsman. If you have small news 
items of different kinds, send back and tell me. If I do not go to you, my wife shall 
go. I send toask you a question, because she wishes to go to you. There is hardly 
any news at all (when) I send you this letter. 
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