722 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
CUDE-GAXE, TO LOUIS ROY AND MA®*TCU-PC‘AGE. 
February 6, 1879. 
Cub¢é ha. Awanatg¢i’qti cub¢é ha. Wiya’be ta minke, dadtha. 
lam going . ITaminagreathurry Iam going 5 I will see you, O father. 
to you to you 
A™ba¢é, dadiha, iwi’ ¢aya” te ha’. A™wa™qpani’qti ag¢i™. Nikaci™ ga 
To-day, O father, you will please help me . Tam very poor People 
3 ¢i¢iga ¢a” bgtiga waja”be ka™b¢a. Nikagahi dé¢a"ba nankacé, wib¢aha™ 
your the I see them I wish. Chief seven ye whoare, I pray to you 
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cu¢éa¢ai. Wandce nuda™hanga diba nankacé, wib¢aha” cu¢éa¢ai. 
I send toy you. Captain of police four youwhoare, Ipraytoyon Isend ay you 
(pl). (pl 
NOTES. 
Matteu-i"c‘age, Venerable-man Grizzly-bear, a name of Padani-apapi, Struck-by-the- 
Ree, the head chief of the Yanktons. Louis Roy, a half-breed Ponka, son of the former 
interpreter, Frank Roy. Louis married a Yankton woman before 1571; so he had a 
right to dwell on the Yankton reservation. Louis’s mother was the wife of Cude-gaxe 
when this letter was written. Cude-gaxe was a Ponka. 
Only the first and second sentences in line 1 are addressed to Louis Roy. The 
rest is intended for Padani-apapi, whom Cude-gaxe calls Grandfather. 
722, 3. ¢a" refers to the Yankton tribal circle. We may, however, substitute 
¢anka, the ones who. 
722, 3. Nikagahi de¢a"ba, the chiefs of the seven Yankton gentes (excluding the 
half-breed gens). 
722, 4. Wanace nudathatga duba, the four captains of police. See Omaha 
Sociology, § 195, in 3d Ann, Rept. Bur. Ethnology 
TRANSLATION. 
Iam going to you. Iam going to you in a great hurry. O father, I will see you. 
O father, you will please aid me to-day. I dwell in great poverty. I wish to see all of 
your people. O ye seven chiefs, J send to you to petition to you. O ye four captains 
of policemen, I send to you to petition to you. 
