LOUIS SANSSOUCI TO WILLIAM PARRY. 715 
LOUIS SANSSOUCI TO WILLIAM PARRY. 
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Waqi”ha widaxe te ehé té fe égarqti agidaxe ka™b¢a. Ta™ wa'g¢a" 
Paper Imake to will I the word just so I make my I wish. Nation 
you said own 
zaniqti nie wa¢in’gai. Ki nie wa¢in’gai ca eté e¢éwa¢e.  Lug¢a an¢in’ oe 
all we have no pain. And we have no pain as a may reasonable. News Ihave none 
shoul 
be 
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¢a”ja, ca” fe ewigehé té éga® agidaxe ka”b¢a. Aguthage ¢é¢u fat té, 3 
though, yet word Isaidthat the so I make my I wish. Last here you the, 
s 
to you own care 
ither 
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“Téski té ana™cta® ta minke,” ehé, eb¢éga. Ki éga” dixe ¢a™ja, nikagahi 
Inter- the I will stop walking, Isaid, I think it. And so 1 Daye though, chief 
preter done 
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ama gica-qti-baji eb¢éga" ¢a™ja, wi edta” dma” taté ar¢in’ge eb¢éga", 
the (pl. were not Baty, satis- I thought though, I how I shall do I have none T thought, 
sub.) e¢ 
ana’ cta" ha. E/di uwédi-maji. Angfya"¢at yi, i¢ddi¢at ¢inké udtkie tai, 6 
I stopped 5 There Tam not in it. They wish me, if, agent the (ob.) let them talk 
walking their own with him about it, 
= la) vl ous y Toye 1 Oh Leia |O / Os f 
angfyam¢a-baji yi’cté, ct égi¢a™ tai. Wiminke'di e‘a™ ¢inge. Gahie 
they do not want me, evenif, again let them say it to With reference to there is no cause Council 
their own him. me for complaint 
(against them) 
yan’ga wi" angdxai. I¢adi¢at ginké a™wa™ci éga™, éga" édaxe, éde gahi 
great one we have made. Agent the st. asked (0 em- as, so I did for but council 
f one ployed) me him, 
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ié ticka® ga™¢ai té éga%qti anigdxai. Cé’ya cub¢é ka™b¢éde efa™ taté ite. 9 
word deed they the just so we made it. Yonder I goto I wish, but how it shall be is 
wished you uncertain. 
. Eee eT va. aot Oy . 
Icté ¢é¢a™ zea™ dai éga® cub¢é ka” b¢a. Wage angtyai ama i'win’ka® ga” ¢ai 
Eye this they prac- so I go to I wish. White peo- our the (pl. to help me wish 
tice on me you ple sub.) 
ha. Nikaci’ga ¢i¢fja amd wage ama i*win’ka"i té éga" ta-bité eonéga” 
. Person your the(pl. white the(pl. they helped the sothattheyshall youthink 
sub.) people sub.) me (past be it 
act) A 
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x. Ikdgewi¢af éska*b¢éga™ dda" fe té égipe ha. Ug¢e'qtci fe te qa¢a 12 
2 Lhave you (pl.) I thiuk so there- word the Ihave 5 Very soon word the back 
for friends fore said it again 
(what pre- 
cedes) 
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tind’ ¢aki¢é ka"b¢éga", kagcha. (likage-ma tiwagi¢é-gi, Myce cti. 
you will cause some I hope, my friend. Your friends tell it to them, Star too. 
one to bene my own 
ither 
NOTE. 
Sanssouci was the blind interpreter at the Omaha Agency. He dictated the fol- 
lowing translation as far as the end of the last question. What follows that question 
was translated from the original Omaha text by the author. Sanssouci’s words are 
given verbatim, although not always inthe best English. His successor as interpreter 
was an Iowa, Charles P. Morgan, who had been interpreter for the Ponkas. Mr, 
Parry’s home was in Richmond, Indiana. 
