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TOO THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTEKS, 
LENUGA-WAJI® TO WAJISSKA, AN OTO. 
fe djtibaqtci wabég¢eze widaxe cu¢éa¢é. Ca™ ticka® ea” yi, wind‘a® 
Word ~ very few letter Imaketo Isend to you. And deed how if, Ihear from 
you you 
ka" b¢a. Wicti iida®gti anaji® ¢é¢u. Cea nugéidi cup te’di fe wit wi‘ 
I wish. I too very good I stand here. Yonder last summer I when word one Igave 
reached you 
you 
pi éska® b¢éga®. Eata™ ¢atiiiji, Céya Gahige-wada¢inge cuht te¢an’di fe 
I I thought that. Why you have Yonder Saucy Chief reached inthe past word 
nes not come. you 
there 
wi” i’ ¢i" e¢i Edada® té wiwia ga” wiba™ ga” a”ba aakihidéqti ag¢i™. 
one he brought back What the my as Iecalled as day I watched it very T sat. 
to me. you closely 
Ki Gahige-wadi¢inge fe wi’ a¢i” e¢i: ihu¢aji’qti ¢ati yi, im uda"qti-ma™ té. 
And Scy Chief word ope IOREKe it youdidnotcon- you if, it would have been good 
back: sult me at all had for me. 
come 
Ki aba wib¢ade té Akiha" hi éga™, ¢atiiiji te ha. Ca” ¢iha™ ¢iadi céna 
And day Imentioned the beyond reached as, you did not A And your your those 
to you come mother father only 
awasi¢é-na"-ma™, i”uda™qti-ma™. Ca™ edada® wi'f té ¢atiiji te G¢aepag¢a 
Iremember usu- Ido, it (is) very good for me. Now what Igave the youdidnot you hesitated on 
them ally you come account of it 
cfiiji té), i’ ¢a-maji tedbe. A cte ¢f im¢i’¢a‘in’ge ga”. Ki edada® ar¢a‘ia ji 
you were not lam sad very. Asif you youdespised mine so. And what you did not 
coming, give me 
té i¢dcpag¢a cfiiji. te. Ki céya cupi té’di edada™cté ayidaxa-maji, 
the you hesitated you were not And yonder Ireached when whatsoever I did not make for 
on account of it coming you myself, 
wab¢ita’-maji. Ki ag¢i yi, wab¢ita"-qti-ma™. Ca” wamuské, nu cti, 
I did not work. And Ihave when, Ihave worked very hard. And wheat, potato too, 
returned 
wahiba cti, angujii, éga" ¢ayickaxe ka" béega”. Maja™ ¢an‘di waxyig¢ita® 
corn too, we Seca i you do for your- I hope. Land in the to work for him- 
planted, self self 
lida™gtia’i. Maja” ¢an‘di wétig¢a” gixa-ga. Nikaci™ ga wayig¢ita™ cta™ be 
is very good. Land in the make it Person works tor himself ven see 
him 
Fi, ‘he ¢égima® ti minke,” e¢égan-ga. Ki ¢ tida® eb¢éga", maja” ¢an‘di 
when, ‘This Ido this I will, think that! And that good. I think that, land in the 
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wayig¢ita” te. Céna uwib¢a cu¢éag¢é. Wabag¢eze in¢énai éga*, cu¢éagé. 
to work for him- the. Enough I[tellyou Isend to you. Latter you (pl. ?) 25, I send it to 
self hana berged you. 
of me 
Eskana enéga™ yi, fe daéda®cté wind‘a® ka"b¢éga*, fe tda™qti. Nugéidi 
ga, ge 
Ohthat y ou think if, word whatsoever I hear from I hope, word very good. Last summer 
that you 
pi té’di dtiba ja” yi ag¢i. 
I when four ‘slee p when Icame 
was back. 
there 
