EANGA-GAXE TO ICTA-MA‘SE. 699 
, , s Pi 4 ~ / / = — # , fu ~ 
wat¢itawaki¢a-ga, maja” ¢an’di. Can’ge-ma ¢ihdja ¢éwad¢dji-ga, gaqé 
cause them to work, land on the. The horses do not give them to any one aside 
that comes along, 
¢éwadaji-ga. Ita” wa¢ita™ te e-na™ vida”, gdtéga” uwib¢a cu¢da¢e. Car 
do not send them. Now work the thatonly good, inthatmanner I fell you I send to you. And 
, ay vu , , ey oF) slo ey, carey) 
wabig¢eze nize yi, fe uda™gqtia” ug¢e’qtci ia” ¢aki¢é te. 
letter youre- when, word very good very soon yousend hither will. 
ceive it by some one 
NOTES. 
698, 3. waqi"ha ¢inke, ¢@. e., waqitha ¢a". Nata, in yoiwere, stands for both ¢iike 
and ¢a™, in (fegiha, as the sitting and the curvilinear are undifferentiated in the former 
language. 
698, 6 and 7. Ati etea® taama, a parenthetical expression. 
698, 8. Imb¢itu, parenthetical, the Omaha notation of the Oto Idrinqtu. 
698, 9. Watu g¢ar ¢inke, ete. Amended thus: Wa‘t g¢a” ¢inké nié ¢ingé y. 
anata" ka" b¢a, L wish to hear whether the woman whom he has married is well (W.) 
698, 11. ta"wag¢a® ama and ta®wa?g¢a", the Omaha people. 
TRANSLATION. 
Even if the letter which I sent you a very long time ago has not reached there, 
act fairly! I wish to hear whether your child is well. I wish to hear how you are, 
whether you are doing well. Have you sent the letter to the Ponkas? Send back 
and tell me just what words they say in reply to the letter which you sent them. TI, 
too, wish to hear about the Ponkas. O ye gentes, I wish to hear just how you are 
getting along. Itis said that two hundred of these Dakotas have now come. (If they 
have not arrived, they will come at some future time.) - They shall come to-day. I 
wish to hear about the old woman, my relation, who is there, whether she is well. I 
mean Mi®-a™ba-¢i". I wish to hear about the children of her son, Blackbird. Are 
they well? I wish to hear about the woman whom he has married. Is she well? IL 
have no sickness whatever; I am without any disease. These Omaha gentes have 
suffered exceedingly. All the nation has scattered; the people have removed. The 
agent has not given them money. 
When the letter reaches you please send me one very soon. I wish to hear 
whether your grandparents are well. 
Whatever domestic animals, birds, and hogs the white men raise, do you raise 
quickly! Cultivate the land carefully which you cultivated last spring, It is good 
work to plant vegetables quickly. Work is very good. If you have horses make 
them work the land very quickly. Do not give away the horses to anybody that comes 
along. Do not send them off to another land. I send to you to tell you that work is 
now the only good thing. When you receive the letter please send me very good 
words speedily. 
