746 THE @EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
OR N PRIMEAU TO REV. A. L. RIGGS. 
June 5, 1879. 
A™ba¢é niaci®ga waja™ be, ukikiaf a™ba¢é Umaha amd. Ki Omaha 
To-day people T have seen they have to-day Omaha the (pl. And Omaha 
them, talked together sub.). 
City eyata" niaci” ga wiuki wi” ati, Pan’ka wiuki aké. Te tda®qti nfaci’ ga 
City from it person or advocate one has Ponka advocate theone Spoke very good man 
Indian come, who is he. 
aka wiuki aké. Ma*teti-ndji® nfaci’ga ufya" tedbai, wawiu'é aké, tida?- 
the advocate the Standing Bear person has aided greatly, lawyer theone very 
(sub.) (sub.). him who, 
qti giga"¢at. I’tea"ba¢e fai té uwib¢a ta minke. Ijiga™¢ati ¢inké’ya Pan‘ka 
good desires for This day, now what they I will tell you. Grandfather to the Ponka 
him spoke . 
¢anka ‘iwa¢é ag¢é ‘i¢ai, Isa™yati ¢ankdé cti, Uméha ¢anka cti, Hiyatiga 
the ones to talk to go he has Santee the ones too, Omaha the ones too, Winnebago 
who about them promised, who who 
¢anka cti, dda" ticka" gé b¢tiga wigazu gixe ga’ ¢ai. Ca™ fe ké Ahigi 
the ones too, there- deed the (pl. all straight to make he wishes. And word the many 
who fore in. ob.) 
¢a"ja, djuba daxe, awdna"q¢i" éga". Monday te’di df ha. Ki Wednesday 
though, few I made, I was in haste as. Monday on Iwas . And Wednesday 
coming 
hither 
té’di ati ha, Umaha 4fi ¢an’di. Ki a™ba-waqtbe ¢icta”, Monday té’di 
on Icame . Omaha vil- to the. And Sunday finished, Monday on 
hither lage 
cag¢é ta minke. Qlawini Cani e¢a” ba Pan‘ka wiuki uwd¢agina te. (asi, 
TI will start back to you. David Charles he too Ponka they aid you tell it to will. jorsey, 
; F them : them 
Mr. Hamilton’ cti ya be. Céna. 
Mr. Hamilton too Isaw. Enough. 
NOTES. 
John Primeau had acted as Ponka interpreter for Rev. A. L. Riggs at the Santee 
Agency, Nebr., since 1871, and perhaps for a longer period. 
John Primeau came to the Omaha Agency and visited the Presbyterian Mission 
while Mr. T. H. Tibbles was consulting with the Omaha about the Ponka case. 
TRANSLATION. 
I have seen the Indians to-day; the Omahas have been talking together to-day. 
A lawyer has come from Omaha City, and he is the one who has been helping the 
Ponkas. This advocate spoke very good words. The lawyers have afforded consid- 
erable help to Standing Bear. They desire for him what is very good. I will tell 
you what they spoke about this very day. He has promised to go to the President 
to speak for the Ponkas. And not only for them, but also for the Santees, Omahas, 
Winnebagos, and, in fact, he wishes to rectify the affairs of all of them. And though 
there were many words, I record but a few, as I am in haste. I started hither on 
Monday, and on Wednesday I reached here at the Omaha Agency. On Monday next 
I will start back to you. Please tell Charles and David Le Clere about the man who 
has been aiding the Ponkas. I have seen Messrs. Dorsey and Hamilton. Enough. 
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