766 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STURIES, AND LETTERS. 
MA®TCU-DAGE’ TO WAGIQE-yACI. 
Wait ¢inké ec¢inke agiya"b¢a-qti-ma™. (hé¢u naji’ te’ di udg¢daji etd. 
Woman the (st. that (st one) Istrongly desire (to have) Here she when she does ought. 
one) near you my own (again). stands not suffer 
Usni hiaji te’di, uq¢é agtya™b¢a wat ¢inké. Ki e‘a™ endéga™ yi, ug¢é’- 
Cold hasnot when, soon Idesire myown woman _ the (st. And how you think if, very 
arrived again one). : it 
3 qtei waqi"ha ¢a" ian‘ki¢a-ga. Unf‘age yi’cté, éskana éga*qti ckaxe 
soon paper the send it hither to You are un- even if, oh that just so yon act 
(ob.) me. willing 
ka"b¢éga". Watt ¢inké igi” ¢ani" cf ka™b¢éga". (Qikage amé ¢éama 
T hope. Woman the (st. you bring mine for me I hope. Your friend the (pl. these 
one) sub.) 
waga’ze ama ma¢é té u¢tag¢e ¢a‘cawa¢ail. Udwai ta ama wage ama. 
teacher the winter the throughout pitied us. They will give rations white the 
(pl. sub.) to us people (pl. sub.). 
6 (@éama fe awadqa ka™béa-maji, dda™ cag¢é ka™ b¢a-maji. 
J) to) 
These word I go be- I do not wish, there- I go back I do not wish. 
youd them fore to you 
NOTES. 
Matteu-da¢i" and Wa¢ige-yaci were Ponkas who had fled from the Indian 
Territory with the famous Standing Bear. 
Mattcu-da¢i? remained with the Omahas, but Wa¢iqe-yaci continued his journey 
till he reached his old home near Niobrara, Nebr. 
TRANSLATION. 
I have a strong desire to recover my wife, who is now with you. There is no 
prospect of her suffering from being here. I wish my wife to return soon, before the 
winter sets in. Send a letter to me very soon, and let me know what you think about 
it. Even if you are unwilling, I hope that you will do just as (I have said). I hope 
that you will bring my wife back to me. Your friends, these missionaries, have 
treated us kindly throughout the winter. The white people will give rations to us. 
I do not wish to transgress the commands of these (persons), therefore I do not wish 
to go back to you. 
GAHIGE TO CUDE-GAXE. 
Ciide-gixe-a’ wamuské té wagixe a™{-baji-na™i. Qaa”na ¢igdxai. 
O Smoke-maker! wheat the debt they have not usu- You have they have 
givenittome ally. abandoned it thought 
about you. 
ye , OIrhs rss , pts Tad 
Ca” ¢é¢u ¢ag¢i taté ayiqib¢a, ada®™ i¢aa-maji, a™i-baji ¢a“ja Ca™ cea 
-And here you shall have Thesitatedtrom there- I have not they have not though. And yonder 
come back tear of failure, fore spoken, given it to me where 
you are 
9 ¢gag¢i’ té, Pan’ka-macé, nan’de i”pi-maji ha. Pahan’ga cupi_ té‘di 
you sit the, O ye Ponkas, heart not good forme A Before Treached when 
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