TO INSPECTOR J. H. HAMMOND, FROM SEVERAL OMAHAS. 751 
dagi"-na"paji said :—Ji*¢cha, a ba¢é edada® wi" wiya cu¢éa¢é. Can’ ge 
O elder to-day what one Taska_ Tsend it to Horse 
brother, favor of you. 
you 
wa¢ita® wab¢i® té a*jt-maji héga-maji, can’ge wiwija te. Can’ge wage 
to work T have the Iam very unfortunate, horse my the. Horse white 
them people 
eyai ~wacka™janga waka™b¢a. Can’ge-ma mad¢ée ¢ab¢i", dtiba, satan 
their strong I desire them. ‘The horses winter three, four, five 
ceta”-ma é waka™b¢a. Edf yi, maja” ¢a™ b¢ita™ te uf¢a"be b¢é etéga® 
those who that I desire them. In that case, land the Iworkit the up the hill Igo apt. 
are so far 
Tyiga*¢al, eskana uq¢ée’ qtei u¢u¢akié ka™b¢ééea”. 
Grandfather, oh t very soon you speak to I hope. 
‘him about it 
Mawada"¢i” said:—Kagcha, a” ba¢e'qtci edida® ¢ina édega™ éduche 
My friend, this very day what they have begged Ihave 
from you joined it 
ha. Maja” ¢an‘di end edaida" anyfyaxai a™¢i¢aha-na™i é-na™ éé@ ha- 
5 Land in the that what we have done for we pray to usu- it alone that 
alone ourselves you ally is it 
Kdega” edada" daxe té b¢f‘a-na™-ma™ ha, kagé. Ki dda®™ a™ba¢é 
But what Ido the ‘I usually fail to com- c O friend. And there- to-day 
plete fore 
udwa¢aya™ i té a®¢a™ ¢é-qti ha. Ga” ¢é¢anka wandg¢e a™¢a” wacka™ tafte 
you have aided us the wereally thinkit . And these domesiag ani- we shall be strong by means 
mal of them 
é& ha, Ada" uwib¢a cu¢éad¢e. 
that . there- I tell it to I send it to 
is it fore you you. 
pe-uya"ha said :—Kag¢ha, a" ba¢é nikaci” ga ¢éama wa¢ibaxu ta ama ha; 
My friend, to-day person these they wallets will (pl.) 
you on dif- 
ferent subjects 
ki wiji’¢é fe wi" a®{ g¢é e¢éga™ éga® ¢isi¢e éga™ wai™¢ibaxu tan’gata™. 
and myelder word one’ hegave he thonght — hav- remem- fae we write to you we will. 
brother itto started that ing bered vou ing 
me back 
Ca” ma¢adi ¢ati té’di a"wa™¢akié*té, fe té dgisi¢é-na™ ca™ca™. Te té 
And lastwinter you when you spoke tome when, word the Ithink  usu- always. Word the 
came of it ally 
hither 
ab¢i™ te cé ab¢i” ha. Ca™ eddda® angtyji si Jt bguig raqti hi ké tida’, 
Ihave the that Ihave ‘ And what we plant stock the good, 
(coll. 
ob.) 
céhi ké’ cti, ja™ ‘abe bguigaqti tda™. Ki ama a™¢a4 ‘i¢dagé té ub¢at’-ctéwa™- 
apple the too, leaf good. And the you give you the I have in the least 
tree (coll. otber me promised taken hold degree 
ob.) of it 
maji, ja“ be-ctewa™-maji, i¢adi¢at wa‘i-baji, a“ba¢é na®cta™i, Aji ugdi™, 
I—not, I have not even seen it, agent did not give it to-day he has besced an-  sitsin (his 
to us, to walk, other place), 
nikaci™ ga i¢adi¢af aka. Ki yéska-ma é Awake ha Kiyéski-ma é Tyigat¢ai 
Indian agent Bs And thecattle that Imean 5 And thecattle that  Grand- 
sub.). father 
12 
15 
u¢gu¢akié yi, éskana maja” gé’di ag¢ab¢i" ab¢i kab¢éga’. Gat can’ge 18 
you speak to if, oh that land Te the T have my Thave it I hope. And horse 
him about it (pl. in, ob.) own 
