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[EJEBAZE TO WAJINGAgA. 765 
{E-JE-BALE TO WAJINGA-gA 
September, 1879. 
Ceta™ wi¢itaqtia’i. Wag¢ita" a®wa™cka™i tedbe éde ceta™ a”¢ifal. 
So far they have altogether Work we have exerted very but, so far we have 
failed in the work ourselves (hard) not finished 
on our account. it. 
, ey , ¢ , , s ~ . v , u 
Cani-a, Qawina méga", ¢iziga" ¢a‘e¢ai-ga. Giwacka™i-et.  Wagate 
O Charles, David likewise, your pity ye him! Do ye make an effort Food 
grandfather for him ! 
ee mae) es Fibeute Pee ey Pcs 9 
cin'gajin’ga ¢anka ¢atetki¢ai-ga. Nikaci”ga cé¢inke, kagcéha, wib¢aha", % 
child the ones p ity ye him through. Person that seen st. my friend, I pray to you, 
who one, 
os , 4 , y , *n/ © aw . 
Wajin’ ga-tida™. » (haté¢age ka"b¢éga" ha, nikaci”ga ¢inké. Ca™ eddda™ wi" 
Good Bird. You pity him I hope 4 person the (st. And what one 
ob.). 
=“ “ oe f owl s f an . 
gikéja wad¢acka™ te ¢inge. Usni @/di hi. Ki endqtci wa¢icka™ ka"b¢éga" 
at that youmake an will there is Cold it has And it only you make an I hope 
(place ?) effort none. reached effort 
there. 
y © 4» Fo ~/ Oey 4 . . 
eé¢uadi’qti te. Ka Awaké’ja wa¢acka" te ¢ingé. . . . Ceta” waqi”ha 6 
just yonder by the. And atwhatplace you make an will there is So far paper 
you effort none. 
. trae / Oe . . 
tia ¢aki¢aji. . . . Ma* a-teéba igdq¢a" wahi¢age giya™be ga gai éga”, 
you have not sent Mawaéepa his wife lame to seo his he wishes as, 
hither to me. own 
Eapeh ei « ; a+} es , 
an’giti ka"b¢éga". Man¢i"’-teayi ietage 'é také.. 
he comes I hope. Man¢is teayi old man will surely 
for me die as he 
reclines. 
NOTES. 
Wajiiiga-da is addressed in line 1; Charles and David Le Clere, in 2 and 3; Rev. 
A. L. Riggs in 4.and 5; Charles Le Clere, from 6 to the end. Two sentences (Ki 
enaqtei, ete.,) in 5 and 6 are intended for Wajinga-da. 
765, 8. Man¢ir-teayi, @. &., Jabe-skii or Wa¢acpe. See 476. 
TRANSLATION. 
They have not yet met with any success in the work which they undertook for 
us. We have persevered to the utmost in the work, but we have not yet accomplished 
it. O Charles and David! pity your grandfather! Make an effort in his behalf! 
Think of his children, and treat him kindly by giving him food for them! I petition 
to that man near you: My friend, Good Bird, I petition to you. I hope that you 
will pity him (i. e., Wajinga-da, or else all the Ponkas with him). There is nothing 
that you can do for them elsewhere. Winter is at hand. I hope that you (O 
Wajinga-da) will do your best just where you are, as it is the only place where you can 
doanything. Nothing can be done elsewhere. (Recorded only in English: Crazy 
Bear’s wife, child, and horse were taken from him. Send me soon what news you 
have to tell. People who are relations hear from one another.) You have not yet 
sent me a letter. (Recorded only in English: O Charles, my wife wishes to see her 
Yankton relations.) As she desires to see Mawaétepa’s lame wife, I hope that he may 
come forme, The aged man, Ma*¢i"-teayi, will surely die. 
