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MI°XA-SKA TO MAZA-NAP'I*. 719 
MIXXA-SKA TO MAZA-NAP'T, A YANKTON. 
January 25, 1879. 
Negiha, cub¢é tai minke. Ki wijan’ge eti 1 na"ha cti waja™ be ka™ b¢a. 
area I will go to you. And my sister too my mother too Isee them I wish. 
rother, 
A™ba ga™ awa" qpani ga™ wija”be ka” b¢a ga” cub¢é ta minke. TI” na*ha 
Day as Tam poor as I see you I wish as I will go to you. My mother 
té té ceta” itdadi waqpani hada™ wiqa be ka™b¢d-qti-ma™ ha. Hinda, ga” 
died sofar my father poor , there- I see you I have a strong desire Let me see, as 
fore 
miag¢a™ ga™ a™wa™qpani ga” wija” be ka™b¢a-qti-ma™ ha. Ki Wihé cti 
Ihavetakena as I am poor as I see you I have a strong desire z And Fourth too 
wife sister 
i’tea" wa¢ixe ga” éga® ¢and‘a” tii eb¢éga” cu¢éa¢é. Ki ¢atfi téeti edada” 
now has taken as so you willhearit Ithinkit Isend to you. And you inthe what 
a husband came past, too 
ab¢it’-maji hada® ¢i¢in’ge-na” ¢ag¢ai. Ki Uma™ha" Badize cug¢é ta-¢inké, 
Thad not I , there- youwithout usu- you went And Omaha Battiste he is the one who will 
fore any ally back. go to you, 
wawa". Ki @di cub¢é ta minke. Pan‘ka na™ba écti ca¢é ta aka. (Céna 
todancethe And _ there I will go to you. Ponka two they will go of their (Enough 
pipe dance. too own accord 
to you. 
etéga® ha. Céna ta aka.) 
itmay be . Enough it will be.) 
NOTES. 
Mi*xa-skii was formerly called, Waqwata"-¢inge, the Omaha notation of the Oto 
Waqwita"-yin/e, Poor Boy. He was the son of Wasabé-yanga, an Omaha. 
719, 3 and 6, hada®, a peculiar contr. of ha, the oral period, and Ada". 
719, 6. Badize, a man who had a negro father and an Omaha mother. 
719, 7 and 8. (Cena etega” hi, ete.), an observation made to the author, and not 
part of the letter. 
TRANSLATION. 
Mother’s brother, I will go to you. I wish to see my sister and also my mother. 
I wish to see you, as I have been poor for days, so I will go to you. My father is still 
poor because my mother is dead, therefore I have a strong desire to see you. By the 
way, I have a strong desire to see you because 1 am poor through having taken a wife. 
I send to you that you may hear that Fourth-sister has just taken a husband. When 
you came hither in the past you generally went back without anything, because I had 
nothing to give you. The Omaha Battiste is the one who is going to see you for the 
purpose of performing the pipe dance. And then I will go to you. Besides us there 
are two Ponkas who will go to see you. (Zo the author; “Thatisenough! That will 
be sufficient.”) 
