712 THE (@EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Edi yi, Wakan’da aka ¢a‘é¢i¢e taf, ki eddda™ ctécté ida" ¢igaxe taf. Ca™ 
In that case, God the will pity you, and what soever good will do for you. And 
awa" ¢akié wabag¢eze ti¢agé té nan’de i”ud éga", éskana tida*qti ma*ni™ 
you spoke to me letter you sont the heart fot as, oh that very good you walk 
hither or me 
ka"b¢éga". Nikaci”ga cé¢anka g¢adimaja a¢é ga’ ¢a ¢anka égi¢a®-bajfi-ga. 
I hope. Person those across _ togo theones who wishit do not say anything 
to (them) 
FA aleny p pase , mised sre w, / fe te s. Us / 
Kegi¢éga® égice tai. Kgi¢a®-bajfi-ga. Ca wicti a"wa™qpani ¢a™ja, ca” 
Beware you say lest. Say it not to (them). And I too Iam poor though, yet 
to 
wa¢ita’ té ¢é uda™ ha. Ké, céna uwib¢a cu¢éagai. 
towork the that good Come, enough Itell you Isend to you. 
NOTE. 
710, 5. Wena®ju ax ewa"i: ak a contraction of aka. 
TRANSLATION. 
I have received to-day the letter that yousent me. It made me very glad. Among 
the men who have been threshing there is one who has been severely injured by the 
machine, but he is still alive. Ido not know whether he must die, or whether he can 
live. He is the younger brother of Kicke, and his name is Ma*tcu-da. His whole 
body is in a shocking condition. It was caused by the threshing-machine. 
O ye chiefs, and you interpreter! I hope that you may make an effort, therefore 
I wish you to exert yourselves in doing good actions. 
When I say that you should persevere I refer to what I said about your causing 
your children to be educated. As many men as there are among you I exhort: Per- 
severe in working the ground! I mean that when I say, ‘“‘ Persevere.” I hope that 
you will let your agent see this letter. I hope that the letter may aid you, and I wish 
him (the agent) to persevere. 
No matter what those other Indians say, do not speak, do not look at them. The 
man who passed yonder where you are on his way back hither (I mean), the Ponka 
chief, has returned here. I was sad when I saw him after his return, but I have not 
yet had a chance to talk to him. When the Omaha agent and the chiefs shall have 
made a decision in his favor you shall hear it, O ye chiefs, ye Otos, and you also, O 
interpreter ! 
You shall hear of my acts and of my plans. I do not regard the majority of Indians 
as my friends; I have none but you for my friends. 
The Yanktons came here, but I did not speak to them. They went back without 
my speaking to them. I have said that I did not regard them as my friends. The 
old men, the chiefs, are to blame for this; therefore I did not regard them as friends 
I did not speak to them. The old men wished to be the only ones to have them for 
friends; they alone are chiefs. I regard as my friends all these white people who 
occupy the land. And what very good deeds I have done for myself from the first, I 
strongly wish you to imitate. If anything should be bad I would not wish you to do 
it. Pity (7.e., be kind to, or do what is for the good of) your children, and persevere 
in working. In that case God will be kind to you and will do for you something or 
