740 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
NOTES. 
Ma™e-gahi was a Ponka. Louis Roy, a half-blood Ponka, was then staying on 
the Yankton reservation, Dakota. 
739, 10. Dega®. W. substitutes, “‘Ga",” And. G. agrees with the author in giving 
a reading of equal value (both sentences being connected): Uq¢eqtci wigatbe ta minke 
etega"™ ¢aja, wabaxu ¢:a", ete. i.e., Though I shall probably see you very soon, please send 
me a letter very quickly after you receive this one. 
TRANSLATION, 
I have come*back as far as the Omaha reservation. These Omahas, my elder 
brothers, and my mother’s brothers also, have treated me with the greatest considera- 
tion, so I continue to prosper. The land (in the south ?) is very bad, it contains many 
things that tend to shorten life, and it is always very warm. I always have a strong 
desire to see you. I always think of you. Your wives have been very kind, there- 
fore I have always remembered them. They usually made moccasins for me, so I am 
generally thinking about them. You and I were raised together on the food which 
your father acquired, therefore I am usually thinking of you. But I continue in great 
distress because I do not see you. Antoine (your brother) has been just as if he was 
not related to me at all, therefore I started back hither without even seeing his house. 
Your brother-in-law said that I was to bring back to the Omaha reservation the horse 
which he had given you, but it escaped my memory altogether, I came hither travel- 
ing by night. It is probable that I shall see you very soon. When you get this 
letter, please send one back to me very soon. If you say anything I will come to you. 
I have been planting potatoes and corn, but I have not yet finished my work. When 
I finish it I will probably come to you. I hope that your wife will put some mocca- 
sins aside for me. 
TWO CROWS AND OTHERS TO JOSEPH LA FLECHE, AT 
OMAHA. 
May 28, 1879. 
Cé-ma ukikie wécpaha® yi wackan’-ga. Ca™ Sawa¢é-na™i gé éskana 
Those talking you know when make an effort! And they are usually the oh that 
whom you together them talking about us (pl. 
see * in ob.) 
. 3 / WED aoe ~~! Te 
pi ie uda’qti, éskana ckaxe ka” a™¢a™ ¢ai. Wa¢acka™ ka” a™¢a™ ¢ai. 
anew word very good, oh that you we hope. _ You make an we hope. 
make it attempt 
NOTES. 
Joseph La Fleche went with his daughter Susette to the Indian Territory, to visit 
his younger brother, Frank, a Ponka chief. 
Two Crows said that when the letter was received La Fléche would think 
“Wacka™ ‘i¢ai tena,” 7. e. “they talk of nothing but perseverance !” G., (1889) gave what is 
plainer to the author: Wacka™ té - na - qti ‘i¢ai a. 
Persevere the only very they ! ~ 
speak 
of 
