GAHIGE TO CUDE-GAXE. 767 
uwib¢a kega™ uska™ska" taté eb¢éga". Ca” Pan‘ka ama nan‘de wiwija 
T told it to the, in shall be straight on I think it. And Ponka the heart, my own 
you the past (pl. sub.) 
ous . - , . , o. ie , . a 
ehébe ayidaxe, meé'qti a'ckixai. QMag¢ai té ¢ awake. (hégu adi’ ¢anka 
apartof Imakeitfor you cause me great pain. You kave gone it I mean it. Here the ones who sit 
them myself, back 
/ 0 ~ Pies ¥ f 4 5 i , 
‘a” weedxai tédihi yi, ¢and‘a"  taite. Ucka" we¢écka"na té nicta”. 
how they do for bythetime when, you shall hear it. Deed you have wished the you have 
them it arrives for them dropped it. 
{or, if they should] 
Nan‘de ¢a™ ¢idqai ha. 
Heart the you have 
been excelled 
(=lett behind 
or ignored) 
NOTES. 
Gahige was an Omaha chief. Cude-gaxe was a Ponka, then near Niobrara, Nebr. 
767. 3. Ucka" we¢ecka"na té nicta®, ete. Explained thus by G.: “You settled 
on a course of action which you wished the Ponkas to adopt. But they would not 
act as you desired ” (i. e., they would not imitate the behavior of Cude-gaxe. He had 
settled among the Omahas, promising to remain with them, but he lied and went to 
the Yanktons, thereby forfeiting everything which he abandoned. The other Ponkas 
refused to go to the Yanktons, remaining among the Omahas until arrested by the 
white soldiers). 
TRANSLATION. 
O Smoke-maker, they have made it a rule not to give me the wheat which was 
due (you?). They consider that you have abandoned it. I have hesitated through 
fear of failure on account of your probable return here, so I have not speken, though 
they have not given it tome. O ye Ponkas, it makes my heart sad to think of your 
staying yonder. I think that what I told you when I first went to see you will con- 
tinue henceforth, without intermission (?). I regard my heart as being part of the 
Ponkas, so you have hurt me badly. I refer to your starting back to Dakota. Should 
the white people do anything for these (Ponka) who are here, you shall be informed. 
You wished the Ponka refugees to adopt. a certain course of action, but they have not 
regarded your wishes. 
WAQPECA TO UNAJP-SKA. 
October 14, 1879. 
Céya cub¢é ka™b¢a, b¢f‘a. Wa¢ita® waqta uaji gé ¢ita” gingé 
Yonder I go to I wished, I have not Work vegetables Ihave the to work there is 
(to you) you been able. planted (pl. none 
in. ob.) 
cub¢d-maji hi. Beéfcta™ yi, eub¢d téinke ha. Pan‘ka ama maja™ ¢é¢u 
Ido not go to you . I finish it when, Igoto may (?) C Ponka the land here 
you (pl. sub.) 
naji” ti ama. Céya cka™aji najin’-ga ha, Cide-gixe-a’. Cka™aji naji™i-ga 
will be standing. Yonder motionless stand thou ! O Smoke-maker. Motionless stand ye 
