TAYWA'-GAXBE-JINGA TO MAWATA®NA. 733 
TAYWA®-GAXE-JINGA TO MAWATA®NA. 
Ca® ga” maja” ¢a™ b¢ita" éde eddda® b¢tiga udji b¢icta™ yi, Thank’- 
At any rate land the I have but what all Iplant Ifinish when, Yank- 
{ob.) worked them 
ta®wi™ fi ya be té, eb¢éga". Ca™ Thank’ta"wi yf gua¢ica” Caa™ aji- 
ton vil- I will see it, I think it. And Yankton vil- beyond Dakota dif 
lage lage 
¢at¢a” waja™be ka™b¢a. Ca” ¢isan'ga, Ugq¢ etéga", can’ge yiuji ca” 
ferent ones I see them I wish. And your younger ‘To over- a horse honseful in fact 
brother, take (a foe) 
hada" can’ge sita” gina¢in’ge, wé5", kikusf cti, beuga gina¢in ge. 
at night horse five he lost by fire, plow, hog too, he lost by fire. 
(fand‘a® téga" uwib¢a cu¢éa¢e. Ca™ ga™-na" cupi te eb¢éga” uwib¢a 
You hear it in onder Itellitto Isend to you. And at any rate I will reach I think it T tell you 
that you (4) you 
cu¢éa¢é. Ca™ niaci’ga d‘tiba nujiniga wagaztiqti Thank’ta"wi” ikagea®- 
I send to you. And sence some boy very ae Yankton we have them 
wa™¢ai wagijapé qti judwag¢e. A™cté-na” yi wiwija udgidé cug¢é. 
for friends being very near to IT was with them. Usually, asit house my own I enter my I return 
them, my kindred were own to you. 
Ug¢e'qti waqiMha g@ wit’ ian‘ki¢a-ga. Niaci”ga-ma e‘ai yi, wi" ¢a-ga 
Very soon paper the (pl. one send hither to The manate how they if, tell me. 
in. ob.) me! are 
Wagaziiqti iwi" ¢a f¢a-ga. 
Very straight totellme send hither! 
NOTES. 
733, 3. Ugq¢ etega" (Uq¢e etega"), a war or bravery name, “Apt to overtake the 
foe,” a name of Mandan (Mawada¢i"), the Omaha, half-brother of the Yankton Man- 
dan (Mawata™na). : 
733, 5. Ca" ga"-na*, ete., said by W. to be bad Omaha. He gave other readings: 
Ca® ga” cub¢é etéga”, Tipit be apt to go to you at any rate; or, Ca® ga*’qti cub¢e etéga”, 
T will be apt to go to you, no matter what happens! Or, Edada" dakipa ctéctéwa™, cupi 
te eb¢éga®, ete., I think that TI shall reach your land in spite of anything that I may 
encounter, ete. Or, I™ba®-baji etéctéwa", ca’ (wiewaji®) cupi te eb¢éga", Even though 
T should not be invited (to your land), still, I (of my own accord) think that I shall reach 
your land. 
733, 7. A™cte-na®, etc. A™cte 4i wiwija udgidé égatqti cub¢é, I go to you just as 
if I was entering my own house. (G.) W.and Ta®wa"-gaxejinga agree in the use 
of cug¢e. A” cte-na" qi wiwiya-qti udagidé cug¢e éga® ha (W.) differs from the text 
only in the use of the emphatic ending, -qti, very, and ega®, so, like. 
