716 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
TRANSLATION. 
I promised to write to you, and I want to fulfill my promises. We are all well 
and doivg as well as might be expected. I have not much news to write, but still I 
wish to fulfill my promise this time. When you were here last I told you that I was 
going to resign my office. I have done so, and the chiefs were not very well satisfied 
about it. But I can not help it. Iamout of it now. If they want me, they can say 
so to their agent; and if they do not want me, they can say so. It will be all right 
with me. We have had a great council here. The agent asked meto interpret for 
him, so I did so, and got the thing worked out very nicely. I wish to go east to visit 
you if I can and to have my eyes attended to. The people here are trying to raise 
the money to send me. Do you think that your people will help me as well as my 
people (i. e., the white people) here? I consider you my friends, so I have said what 
Ihave. My friend, I hope that you will send me word back very soon. Tell your 
friends, William Starr and others. 
ICTAQABI TO CUNyIQOWE. 
January 14, 1879. 
ahaha, nikaci”’ ga ¢i¢ija ¢anka wija™be ka™b¢a. Nikaci™ ga jiwa¢a- 
Brother-in-law, people your the ones I see you I wish. People you with 
who (sing.) 
g¢e ¢anka wiya™be ka” b¢a. Petigéqti ci yi, edida™ iwidaxe ka™b¢a ha. 
them the ones I see you I wish. Very oldman you when, what Imakeforyou I wish 
who (sing.) reach by means of 
Nikagahi Ma"tet-na™ba aka ingdxai ha, ada" cub¢é ka™b¢a, nikaci’ga 
Chief Ma*teu-na"ba the hasdonefor . there- I go to 1 wish, people 
(sub.) me fore you 
. = , . , vl = ive , , ~~] / 
¢i¢ga ¢anka wija”be ka™b¢a ¢é uq¢e'qtci. Wacaka¢tide ée ha, ya™be 
your the ones I see you I wish this very soon. Wagakarutce itis . IT see him 
who he 
ka™b¢a ¢inké: e ya”be taf ha, nikagahi aké. Gan’yi uq¢éeqtci ga¢a® 
I wish theone him I see will 0 chief the And then very soon that (ev. 
who: (sub.). ob.) 
s = . . Cee ILO wv . . wv 
cta”be yi, jaha”ha, waqi™ha wi" tian’ki¢a-ga. Ayig¢icta™-qti-ma™ ha. 
yousee when, O brother-in- paper one send hither to me. Ihave fully prepared myself 
LENT for it 
\ fs r 5 On itatOaD , , re Ss Oe a y 1 
Nikaci’ga ‘a’ ak& wabdxuki¢a¢ii aka ¢ baxti té, wi™ b¢izé-na’-ma™, 
Indian how the he whom they have as their he write when, one I usually receive it. 
(sub.) amanuensis 
NOTES. 
Ciinyiqowé (Pegiha, Cage i¢a‘é¢e), He who has mysterious interviews with a Horse 
(or, Wolf), the name of the Oto head chief. 
716, 1, 2, and 4. wija™be ka*b¢a, used for the pl., wiza™bai ka™b¢a. 
716, 7. Nikaci"ga ‘a" aka, etc. A better reading suggested by G.: ERSTE 
ndian 
efa” wabaxuki¢ai ti¢ai ctéwar’ wi” b¢izé-na™ ma”. 
how they cause him he sends  soever one Lusually receive it. 
to write it hither 
