HOMNA TO HEQAKA-MANI AND OTHERS. 743 
Ki ticka"™ e‘a™ ma®ni™ yi, ca" wagazu éskana Mwi'’¢anaf ka"bééga™ (ca™ 
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And deed how you walk if, yet straight oh that you (pl.) tell it to I hope yet 
me 
, e / *n/ 2 ae , *n/ , , vy , e 
ticka® Aja" e‘a” ma™ni™ yi). Ki nfkaci”’ga dba ¢éama ticka® gé giteqi 
deed youdo how you walk if. And person some these deed the hard for 
it (pl. (them) 
in. ob.) 
, , Oey a aefOea) Bee “I Eas ay ys . 
ama. IkAge¢i¢é’qti xi’j1, ucka™ ge’ giteqi ama ha’ ¢a™ ja, nikaci”ea diba 
the (pl. They have you for when, deed the (pl. hard the (pl. . though, person some 
el.). real friends, in. ob.) for (them) — el.) 
éwa'i, nikagahi- ma wae¢ai, ¢ida™ba-baji ¢ wakaf. Ca™ nikaci™ga 
they chief the (pl. they accuse they did notsee you it they mean. And person 
caused it, in ob.) them 
a Cy ah y , , Fol , = *n/ 8) , ~ Q) *n/ , 
¢e¢inke iaje té epaxu etega". Ki’ wabig¢eze i'¢i’¢izal yi, Mwi'¢a_ ti¢e 
this st. ona his the you write itis proba And letter he receives when, totellme tosend 
name (ob.) it ble. for me at my to me 
request 
etéga". Ditba-ma™¢i" ¢ wagaztiqti nikaci’ga igi" ¢ize ta ¢inkeé, 
he is apt. Duba-ma¢i" he very straight person the one who will receive it 
for me. 
NOTES. 
Homna, Smelling of fish, the Yankton equivalent of the Ponka Hub¢a®. This 
Ponka was also known as yaxe-ni-¢ata™ (see 729, 5), peje-baye, Buffalo Chips, and 
Nudathatiga, War captain. 
Heqaka-mani was Walking Elk. 
743, 1 and 2. (ca" ucka® aja® ea" ma"ni® yf) a parenthetical expression, which can be 
omitted, as it is redundant, being a mere equivalent of what precedes: “that is, how 
you progress with the things which you have undertaken.” 
TRANSLATION. 
I write to you three men on various matters. O ye men, Tregard you as my 
kindred and friends. I arrived at the very distant land, and as it was difficult for 
me to remain, I returned hither. I returned to these Indians, my kindred, and when 
I was doing very well and continued very happy the white people arrested me. And 
when they took me back to Omaha City the white people talked about me (7. e., entered 
suit). They subsequently said that they had let me go, but they still hold me a little 
under restraint; they have not released me. These Omahas have given me much aid. 
I have not yet returned to the Omaha reservation, where I could associate freely with 
the people. I have returned to the border of the reservation. When they release me, 
I hope that I may get my feet out from the various kinds of bad deeds of wild Indians. 
AsI am thinking much about you to-day, I write to you a letter on different subjects. 
I hope that you will tell me fully what things you have been doing (that is to say, how 
you progress with the things which you have undertaken). Some of these people have 
had trouble. When they had you for true friends they got into trouble, and this was 
caused by some persons, that is, the chiefs, whom they accuse of keeping them from 
visiting. you. You may write the name of this Indian sitting here. When he receives 
a letter for me at my request, he will be apt to send and tell me. Duba-ma*¢i" is the 
one who will receive my letters for me, as he is a very upright man. 
Qo 
