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WAQPECA TO UNAJI’-SKA. 745 
WAQPECA TO UNAJI®-SKA. 
June 3, 1879. 
Ca” wind‘a™ ka”b¢a, ki a”ba dhigi wind‘a"-méji hi. Winégi 
And LT hear from I wish, and day many T have not heard 4 My mother's 
you from you brother 
giaméde, g¢iiji, Cahid¢a. Cé’ya ¢andji", negtha, i’ ¢éqti-ma™. Wisi¢é-na® 
isreturning he has not Cheyenne. Yonder youstand, mother’s Iam very glad. IT think of usu- 
they say, but, returned, brother, you ally 
ca”ca". Wabag¢eze nizé yi, uq¢e’qti ti¢age ka*b¢éga". Djé aké Pan‘ka 
always. Letter youre- when, very soon you send I hope. Joe the Ponka 
ceive it it hither (sub.) 
Ay) ° . . . my ho . w 
ahi éde, ag¢i uq¢é’qtci. Winégi cuki cite eta”be yi, mwi™¢and f¢a¢ée 
reached but, he re- very soon. My mother’s re- if yousee when, youtellittome yousend 
there turned brother turned him hither 
hither there to 
you 
Ss . wi ye: ef ~ 
te hi’, und‘a"a"¢aki¢e té, cta”be té‘di. Pan‘ka cé¢u g¢i té ceta™ 
will 3 you cause me to hear will, you see when. Ponka yonder has the so far 
about it him come 
back 
wagazu-baji, Ebécté tbaha™ ji. 
is not straight, whoever does not know 
it. 
NOTES. 
745, 1. Winegi, 7. e., Cheyenne. In line 2, Negiha refers to Unaji®-ski, son of 
Cheyenne. Note that Waqpeca calls both father and son his “mother’s brothers.” 
See Omaha Sociology, §75, in 3d An. Rept. Bureau of Ethnology, 1885. 
745, 2. giamede, in full, gi ama ede. 
745, 5. una‘atar¢aki¢e te ctabe tédi, equivalent to the two preceding phrases. 
TRANSLATION. 
I have wished to hear from you, but for many days I have not heard from you. 
It is said that my mother’s brother, Cheyenne, is coming back, but he has not yet 
returned. I am delighted, mother’s brother, that you are staying there where you are. _ 
Tam always thinking of you. I hope that when you receive this letter you will send 
one hither very soon. Joseph La Fléeche went down to see the Ponkas in the Indian 
Territory, but he will return very soon. If my mother’s brother (your father) has 
reached the Yankton reservation, please send and tell me when you see him. Please 
let me hear about him when you see him. It is still uncertain whether the Ponkas will 
return to their old reservation (in Dakota). No one knows about it. 
