734 THE YEGIHAA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
TRANSLATION. 
I work my land, but I think that when I finish planting everything I wiil visit the 
Yankton villages. I also wish to see the various Dakota tribes that dwell beyond the 
Yanktons. Your younger brother, Mandan, had his stable, five horses, his hogs, and 
plows consumed one night by a fire. I send to tell you. I also send to inform you that 
I think of visiting you. There are some men among the Yanktons, young men whom 
we regard as warm friends, with whom I associated when very near their lodges. 
And if I now go to see you it will be as if I entered my own house. Send mea 
letter very soon. ‘Tell me how the people are. Send and tell me the truth. 
HUPE(A TO A. B. MEACHAM. 
Kagéha, ticka™ udwa¢agiona ti¢a¢ai té angaxai. Wag¢ita® e‘a” ckAxai 
My friend, deed you told to us you have the wehave done Work how you (pl.) 
fs sent hither it. 0 it 
gé at¢an’gaska™¢ai, a™¢icta. Nikaci™ ga an’ga¢i™ pahan’ga Wakan‘da 
the we have attempted, we have fin- Person we who are before God 
(pl. ished. 
ir. ob.) 
aka jlit‘a® wixai té edada™ ctéwa™ a®¢a™baha™-baji. Kagéha, wa¢ita™ té 
the ~ made us have the what soever we did not know. My friend, work the 
(sub ) bodies 
a” ba¢e’qtci at¢icta’i té uwib¢a cu¢éagé. Nikaci’ ga uké¢i" an’ga¢i” ucka™ 
this very day we have fin- the I[tell it to I send to you. Indian common we who are deed 
ished you 
¢i¢fja vida" ctéwa™ fbaha"-baji, angt-ona" a*¢a™baha", Uma™ha® an’gata™. 
your good soever they know not, only we we know it we who are Omahas. 
Kag¢éha, nikaci”ga uké¢i" ucté-ma gi ¢a-baji’-qtina” ca™ a”ba i¢aug¢e, 
My friend, Indian common the others are usually very sad yet day throughout, 
kagcha, gi’¢aji-méde anguthaji anga™¢ai. Eskana udwaya" ka™ a®¢a™ ¢ai. 
my friend, those who have we do not fol- we wish. Oh that they help us we hope. 
been sad low 
Nikaci’ga uké¢i" an’ga¢i” wa¢aha angijai gé a¢aha ctéwa” ga” ¢a-baji 
Indian common we who are clothing our the to wear at all they do not wish 
(pl. clothing 
in. ob.) 
wige ami. Ki, waqe-macé, edida™ aoni” gé b¢iiga anga™¢ai. Pahan’ga 
white the (pl. And, O ye white people! what you the all we desire. Form- 
people sub.) have — (pl. 
in. ob.) 
té/di ugdhanadazé’qti anguma™¢i’-na" ca™ea", nikaci”ga uké¢i" a"ma™ ¢i 
erly in great darkness we were always walking, Indian common we walked 
te’di. Ki a™”ba¢e’qtci a™¢ida*baf té’di, a”ba uda"qti wéahidé’qti 
when. And this very day we have seen you when, day very good to a very great 
istance 
12 anegti¢ixiue edwaga™i. Waqe-macé, maja” niu¢uan’da ¢é nikaci”ga 
we look to a dis- We are so. O ye white people! land island this Indian 
tance 
