742 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
TRANSLATION. 
I write to vou to-day about several matters and send to you. When I was there 
with you the Indians whom I accompanied were well pleased, and it was very good 
for me to be with them. I did not accompany them to the land to which I promised 
to go. By the time that I returned to this land I had plenty of work (?). I have a 
strong desire to hear respecting the matter about which you spoke to me. You spoke 
of your desire for skins of animals; act accordingly! I am very anxious to hear about 
them against the time that you acquire them. When this letter reaches you I hope 
that you will promise to give me information on the subject very soon. 
The Indian who owes you a debt thinks of it throughout the day. I think that 
you Shall see it by the day that I see you. 
Tam very well. I hope that you will send me a letter very soon. 
There is a great amount of work here, and the wheat crop is bountiful, therefore I 
am delayed a long time. You wished to acquire skins of animals. All these Indians 
who came to you wish that you would acquire them. The men are usually thinking 
of you. They consider you as their true friend. 
HOMNA TO HEQAKA-MANI, ICTA JAXJAX, AND MASATCEBA 
(sic) YANKTONS. 
Nikaci”ga ¢ab¢i® céna wawidaxti ha. Ca”, nikaci™ ga-macé, ¢wi¢ai, 
Indian three enough Iwrite to you(pl.) . And, O ye Indians, Thave you 
on different sub- for kindred, 
jects 
y ° yy 7 = an ‘S ba 14 ‘| - - , *n/ = 
ki ikAgewi¢e’-cti-ma™i. Ki maja” ké wéahidé’qti pi édega™, i”’teqi éga™ 
and TI also have you for my friends. And land the ata great distance IT had arrived, it ie hard as 
or me 
ag¢i. Nikaci” ga ¢éama edwad¢ée amadi ag¢i, ki i uda™-qti-ma™, i” ¢é-qti 
I returned Persons these Ihavethem totheones Ive- and I wasdoing very well, I was very 
hither. for kinsmen who turned, well pleased 
. G Pies , ols yal re : 1s , rec , Sas 
ma"b¢i" yi, waqe ama a™¢izai. Ki maja” gahi¢a’ya a™agi® aki te’di, 
Iwalked when, white the(pl. they took And land to that (land) out they took me when, 
; people sub.) me. of sight back thither 
, ify & 4 2 / 2 if , / / / =. / 
wage ama a®wa"‘iai, A ¢icta”-bi af édega™, ceta” a™wa"¢a"i, a"wa™ cte 
white the (pl. were talking That they had let they but, so far they hold me, Tam left 
people sub.) about me. me go said 
OS = s ° su , *n/ 4 , , e . Dens 
jin’ga ha’, a™¢icta™-baji. Nikaci™ga ¢éama, Umaha ama cti udwagiya™qti. 
a little 5 they have not re- Person these, Omaha the (pl. too haye given me much 
leased me. sub.) help. 
Ceta” Umaha maja” e}4 ¢an’di baza™ aki-maji, ya”ha ke'di ag¢i. Ki 
So far Omaha land their to the among I have not border tothe Ihave And 
the crowd reached there returned. 
again, 
. . G . ° . , Osos fu vi y 
a” ¢icta’i té’di, ca” nikaci”ga uké¢i® ticka™ jtjuaji ke’ ctéwa™ éska" 
they letme go when, atany Indian common deed badonesof the soever oh that 
rate various kinds 
9 ana™cibe ka"b¢éea™. Ca™ a™ba¢é wisf¢é-qti, wabdg¢eze wawidaxti. 
fo) ? 5 
I take my feet I hope. And to-day I think muoh letter I have written to 
out of (?) about you, you on different 
subjects. 
—_se 
