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698 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
,ANGA-GAXE TO ICTA-MA®4E. 
Waqi”ha yaciqti éga" cu¢géwiki¢e’ hifiji yi’eté, wagazu gaéxa-ga. 
Paper avery long timeago I caused to be ithas not even if, straight make it. 
taken to you reached 
there 
Cin’gajin’ga ¢iya nié ¢ingé yi, awana‘a® ka”b¢a. E‘a™ matni”’ té tidaqti 
Child your havenopain if, I nee about I wish. How you walk the very good 
them 
mani” winat‘a® ka™b¢a. Pan’kaja waqi“ha ¢inké é ¢é¢agéea. Pan‘kaja 
you walk [ hear it I wish. To the Ponkas paper the (ev. that have you ? To the Ponkas 
about you ob.) sent it 
waqi”ha ¢a" é ¢ea”¢aki¢é té, fe edaf té wagazu MPwi'¢a gi¢a-ga. 
paper the that youhavesentit the, words what the straight you tell me send back. 
(ev. ob.) away they said 
Awana‘a” ka" b¢a, Pan’ka, wicti. Ta’ wa"g¢a" nankacé, icka"™ e‘a” wagazu 
I ee about I wish, Ponkas, I, too. Nation ye who are, deed how straight 
them 
wind‘a" ka b¢a. Caa™ ¢éama i”tea" g¢ébahiwi® na™ba ati-biama. Ati 
Ihearabout I wish. Dakota these now two hundred have come it is They 
you said. come 
— 
étea” ta ama. A”ba¢e ati taité. Ea wa‘ijinga ¢inké agina‘a™ ka™b¢a, 
will, at some future To-day they shall There old woman the one I hear about I wish, 
time. surely come. who her, my own 
écti nié ¢ineé yi. =Mi"-a"ba-¢i" Awake. Keti nijinga ("b¢itu) cin’gajin’ga 
she, has no pain if. Moon Moving by Imean her. She, boy Blackbird child 
too Day too 
ey ¢anka awdna‘a® ka” b¢a, nié dined yi. Wa‘t e¢a” ¢inké and‘a® ka” b¢a, 
her theones I hear about I wish, hasnopain if. Woman the one whom he Lheit I wish, 
(2) who them has married about her 
y °. 7. a , ~ y , n , ~ , 
écti nié ¢ingé yi. Inddda" wakéga cté a¢in’ge, nié a™¢in’géqti ha’. Géama 
she, has no pain if. What sick soever I mera pain Ihivenoneatall . These 
too noue, 
ta” ware¢a” ama u‘dg¢a tedbai. Gaq¢a” u‘é¢ai bériga, ta” ware¢a™ 
nation the (pl. suffer exceedingly. Migrating have scat- nation. 
sub.) tered 
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I¢Adi¢at ak& ma zéska wa‘i-baji. Waqi™ha cuht té nize yi, uq¢é'tqei 
Agent the money has not given Paper reaches the youre- when, very soon 
(sub.) to them. you ceive it 
ia’ ¢akidé te. Qiya™ cti ¢ijyiga" edabe nié ¢ineé yi, awdéna‘a™ ka™ béa. 
you will send it to Your too your also(more havenopain if, I hear about I wish. 
me. grand- grand- than two) them 
mother father 
Hau. Indéida® wanig¢e wajin’ ga, Rules cti uhiwa¢at gick uhiwa¢a-ga. 
7 What domestic bird, too they raise quickly raise ene 
animal them 
Maja” ¢a™ méidi nigube Akihide ¢iyiba-ga. Waqti da™ecté gick uji 41, 
Land the last you attending plow it! Fruit (or whatever is quickly if, 
spring plowed to it vegetable) planted 
ro 7 . rm f He S . ire 
wa¢ita® vida" ha. Wag¢ita’ udargqtia”. Can’ge da” cté wani" yi, ga” gicka™qti 
to work good 2 Work (is) very good. Hlorse soever youhave if, so very quickly 
them 
