MA*’TCU-NASBA TO WIYAKOL. 731 
ka’ b¢a. Ca™ edaida” uwib¢a té ¢ingé éga" hi. Ca™ fu¢a ¢ingé cti 
I wish. And what Itell you the there is ‘80 , And news none too 
none 
anaji®. Pan‘ka ¢é Mattet-naji® g¢i éde wanace ama agiati ¢ga", 
I stand. Ponka this Standing Grizzly came but soldier the (pl. came for as, 
bear back sub.) him 
U n/} BY Their ad tet at li ~eheD f Ki ban! a Amecleyt 1+ qn! 
ma”ha® ta’ warg¢a® ¢an'di wa¢i" ag¢al. i e‘a” giaxal taite ceta 
Omaha city tothe they took them back. And how they shall do to them so far 
i¢Apaha"-maji: agi taité cti i¢dpaha’-maji, ci Pan’ka maja” ¢aya 
I do not know: they shall be re- too I do not know, again Ponka land to the 
turning 
wa¢i" hi taité cti i¢Apaha"-maji. Ki, “Mwin’yan-ga,” ji éga", uéya?-maji: 
they shalltake them too I do not know. And, Help me! as he did not I did not help 
thither say, him: 
é i¢a-maji te. Lu¢a uwib¢a cugéa¢e Uma™ha®™ yi dé¢a"ba gaq¢a™” 
that Iam sad for the. News I tell you I send to you. Omaha lodge seven migrating 
psu / . J 
a¢ai éde, ag¢i-baji ca”ea". qa¢idja diiba gaq¢a” agai éde ceta™ 
went but, they have not always. To the Paw- some migrating went but so far 
returned nees 
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agti-baji. Tuga pfiiji’qti ivtea™ and‘a®. Hidedja Wagutida 4fi ¢a™ 
they have not News very bad now I have heard. Down the Oto the village 
returned. stream 
gua¢ica™ya dixe wakéga éga’-bi; juga q¢iq¢i, ahigi t’4-biama. (hiadi 
beyond it is said that they have the small-pox; body broken out many have died, it is Your 
: in running said. father 
sores, 
maka” iwat’xekifa-gi, waqe améadi. Zc¢i¢ai yi, dixe ¢¢iga™-baji_ taf. 
medicine cause him to ask about it, among the white They pre- if, you will not have the small-pox. 
people. scribe for you 
An fate U n/] n Es xfs n = / n ak n/ n —/—* n/ the n 
ngtctiy Uma™ha" ama eawaga” tan’gata", maka™ a"¢an yiwa" xe tan gata”, 
We too Omaha the (pl. we will be so, medicine we will ask about it for ourselves. 
sub.) 
Pan‘ka iec‘ige wi” abd¢i” éde téé ha. Wasabe-q¢a iaje agi”. Cude- 
Ponka old man one Thad but heis 7 Black bear lean his he had. Smoke- 
dead name 
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gixe uf¢a-@i. Ci fe eddda” uwib¢a ké ¢iita"qti uwfb¢a cug¢éage. 
maker tellittohim! Again word what Itellto you the verycorrectly I tell it to I send to you. 
you 
Wagi’ha gé¢a" nizé ki, ugq¢é gian’ki¢a-ga. 
Paper that youre- when, soon send it back. 
ceive it 
NOTES. 
730, 4. wiyucpa, Walking Elk. Ma"tcu-na"ba expected a great many good words 
from Walking Elk whenever (in future) the latter should ‘“‘untie” him. (L.) 
731, 8 and 9. Wa¢utada qii ¢a" gua¢ica’ya, ¢. e., near Vinita, Indian Territory. 
TRANSLATION. 
Sister’s son, I will send to you to complain of my own (people?). I have told you 
often that I was poor. Yet Walking Elk came at any rate last winter to visit us; and, 
as I had said that I was poor, he returned to you without any presents. And then, VU 
sister’s son, as he returned to you, Walking Elk placed restrictions on me. So I will 
continue to think, ‘On what day will my grandchild untie me?” 1 have sent you 
enough words of complaint about my own (people), O sister’s son! 
