768 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
ha aki¢a. Pan‘ka ama wag¢ita" ¢a¢uhdqtci wa¢icta” agai. Wii’ ¢é te. 
f both. Ponka the to work almost tolet them they have Myelder dead 
(pl. sub.) go gone. brother 
, Brplete , , Oa ow , . eee 
yiixe-sibé. A™ba-waqtbe dma té’di té Kata” wabag¢eze g¢ia™ ¢aki¢aji 
Black Crow. Mysterious day the onthe dead. Why letter you have not sent 
other one -back to me 
ca”ca™ ¢iita’gti wi" ¢a gi¢a-ga ha, negiha. Ma"tet-na™ba ceta™ giniiiji, 
always very correctly to tell it to send back ! O mother’s Two Grizzly bears sofar has not re- 
me hither brother, covered. 
"é taté, eb¢éga”. 
He shall die, I think it. 
NOTES. 
767, 5. ka™b¢a, b¢ita, used; but ka™bééde (7. e., ka™/ b¢a éde) b¢ita is better. 
I wish but Ihave 
jailed 
767, 5. Watita™, etc. Read, Wa¢ita™ 6, waqta uadji gé, ¢ita™’ ¢ingéga™, cub¢a- 
Work the vege- Isow the towork as there I goto 
differ- table (pl. in. is none you 
ent kinds, ob.}, 
maji ha; or, Wa¢ita® ge’, waqta uaji ge’, ¢ita” ¢ingé ha, 4da® cub¢a-maji ha. 
I not. Work the vege- Isow the to work there a there- Ido not go to 
differ- table (pl. in. is none fore you 
entkinds, ob.), 
TRANSLATION. 
I have wished to visit you, but I have not been able for want of time. I have not 
gone to you because there is no one to cultivate the vegetables, etc., which I have 
planted. When I finish (this work), I will go to (see) you. The Ponkas will remain 
in this country. O Smoke-maker, remain there where you are! Both of you remain 
there! The Ponka affair is progressing; they have almost reached a point where the 
prisoners shall be released (?). My elder brother, Black Crow, is dead. He died last 
week. O mother’s brother, send and tell me just why you have continued to send me 
no letters. Yellow Smoke has not yet recovered. I think that he must die. 
NA*ZANDAJI TO T. M. MESSICK. 
November 6, 1879. 
Ca" wagixe éwib¢i” té i¢dugd¢ée’qti asi¢é. Cu¢cadé taté eb¢éga”, 
And debt I have tor the continually I remem- I shall send it to you Thave 
you (ob.) ber it. thought it, 
act , 2 eae > oe / . ; re 
éde maja” wa¢awa @¢ una™cta™ té i¢dpaha"-maji. Uta™nadi uqpa¢é 
but land counting the stopping place the I do not know it. At some lone it be lost 
(pl. in (ob.) place 
ob.) 
inihé eb¢éga™ éga™ cu¢éa¢a-maji. . . . Ca” ma™zéska’ té ¢agit‘a™ etéga™. 
lest I think it as I have not sent it to And money the you have apt. 
you. plenty of 
your own 
Céna. .. . A” patha cka”na yi i"wi™dana i¢agé té ha. 
Enough. Elk skin youdesire if you tell it tome yous please 
sen 
hither 
