“on 
UNAJI-SKA TO WES‘A-7ANGA. 709 
¢af- de i¢&paha®-maji ha. Waniace jan‘ga t’¢ée ha ecai- de i¢apaha"-maji ha. 
back when Ido not know him c Policeman large isdead . yout when Ido not know him 
sail 
As r / w , *n/ , y. , w Al 
E ¢tita” and‘a” ka b¢a ha. Ca” nfaci™ga ¢atiai té ¢ wagazu ti a. EK 
That straight I hear it I wish 4 Now person you neve the that correct has ? That 
died come 
Wanace yan’ga endqtci a¢iqtde ha. Niaci’ga e¢ébahiwi" ki &’di g¢¢éba-sata” 
Policeman large that only not plain 3 Person one hundred and be- fifty 
sides 
Oy ce . / ~ , oe: , A . ms r 
ki &di na”ba ¢at’ai té wagazu i¢dpaha” ag¢i. Agahadi ci ana ¢at’al 
and besides two you died the straight I knew it I came Besides again how you have 
back. many died 
U , SST aae , Ss Sie =: c : 
té cé wa¢awa baxti af if¢di-ga. Ga gdtcega™ ha, We's‘a-yan’ga i¢adi¢ai 
the that counting writing give send to me. And thus it is 2 Big Snake agent 
them to me 
e¢a” ba. 
he too. £ : 
NOTES. 
Wési-janga or Uhaiige-ja® (see 638) was then on the Ponka reservation in the 
Indian Territory. 
708, 3. Ega" nécti. F. said that it should be, “ Bga®-na™ cti.” The author in- 
ferred from analogy that the full form was “ Hga"-na® écti,” only in that manner those 
too (obj. of some action), confirmed by W. The idea is that the Ponkas, by contin- 
uing divided, not only brought trouble on themselves, but in that very course of ac- 
tion they made the neighboring tribes of Indian sad. 
708, 6. tait eb¢ega*, in full, taite eb¢ega”. 
708, 11. niacitga-ma eé hi (=egi¢ari ha, fide W., but prob. needs modification), 
where we would expect to find, “ niaci“ga ama ai ha.” fo 
708, 12. Hé ha, may be intended for ‘That is it.” Otherwise its connection with 
the rest of the text is not clear. 
708, 13. Wa¢ack, in full, wa¢acka®”, as in line 14. 
708, 15. Indad, in full, Indada*. 
708, 18. ¢ana‘a" t eb¢ega”, 7. e. ¢apa‘a™ te eb¢ega”. 
709, 1 Wanace-jatga, his Indian names were Waji*agahiga (Bird Chief) and 
Agitcita (a Ponka modification of the Dakota, Aki¢ita, Soldier or Policeman. On the 
agency roll he was recorded as “ Big Soldier,” of which Wanace janga is the translation. 
TRANSLATION. 
On this day I have seen the Yanktons at the Omaha village. “When they saw me 
they pitied me exceedingly, and condoled with me, as I was very sad. These said to 
me, “ Your departure to another place has made us very anxious and has caused 
us to weep, just as if we were children.” ButI said, ‘O policemen, you are to 
blame for this trouble which I have. O ye policemen, you have caused these youngest 
ones (or, children) to be sorrowful.” Yet they, being like me, were very sad when 
they heard the things which I had suffered and had treasured up in my heart. The 
Omahas have hearts just like those of the Yanktons, but we do not yet know how it 
shall result (i. e., what the Omahas and their agent shall decide with reference to us). 
I send to tell you that. Let all of you make up your minds for this once, at least, to 
do but one thing. You have been making the nations sad by the course which you 
