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770 THE (EGIBA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
ca”ca". Ki wi™ ¢ati, Tcexapa, Tatan’ka-i"yan‘ke. Ta™wa'g¢a" wiwiya 
always. And one you Beats the Drum Running Buffalo. Nation my own 
came @), 
hither, 
nankacé, Thank’ta"wi” nankaécé wazani, wigisi¢é-na"-ma™i ca"ca™-qti-ma™ 1. 
ye who are, Yankton ye who are all, I remember you (pl.) usually I do it always. 
Ca” éskana eddda™ ctécte jijin’ga ¢and‘a" Gitte ca™ iu¢a dada™ ¢and‘a® 
And oh that what soever smallonesof youhearit whether and news what youhear it 
different sorts (or if) 
fon Tea? fhe i ka®betéoa® 
élte iwi" ¢ana ti¢a¢al Kka"b¢ega”. 
whether you tell it to you (pl.) I hope. 
(or if) me send hither 
TRANSLATION. 
O White Shirt, I hope that when the Dakotas come you will bring the horse to 
me, your mother’s brother. The work is still unfinished. [The Omahas are?] con- 
stantly thinking of you, so he says. Those who are working for the Indians are still 
unsuccessful for wantof time. There is a hope thatthe case may be settled by Christmas. 
O Walking Elk, I always think of you. O ye, my kindred, I am ever thinking about 
you. Lremember you, too, ye four men. I also think of you, O Little Policeman, 
and you, too, O Wikuwa. Little Policeman this one, your father’s sister (my Yankton 
wife), is continually weeping, as she has a strong desire to see you. And as tothe 
lodge of the Yankton Smoke-maker (I have spoken as of one lodge)—as we used to sit 
in one lodge, I think of you. I haveastrong desire to see my sister’s daughter, [yuwazi. 
And this Dakota woman, my wife, has a great longing to see her lame daughter, the 
wife of Mawaéepa. O friends, I am continually thinking of you four men. One of 
you, Beats the Drum (?) or Running Buffalo, came to this place. O ye who are my own 
nation, O all ye Yanktons, I am always remembering you! I hope that you will send 
to tell me, if you hear news of any kind whatever. 
BETSY DICK TO WAGIQE-yACI. 
November 15, 1879. 
Te ¢¢ a”ba¢é cug¢éagé. Zani tida*qti ni” ¢tea”i té and‘a™ ka™b¢a. 
Word this to-day I send it to All very good you at deat the I hearit I wish. 
you. are (pl. 2) 
Négiha, igdq¢a* ett ca” ¢ihan’ga ctéwa™ wind‘a" ka”b¢a, cin’gajinga 
O mother’s his wife and your potential even T hear from I wish, child 
brother, . wife you 
cti zani ¢uta™qti, éskana, tiwa¢agina ka"b¢éga”. Gan te wisa"¢a™, 
too all very correctly, oh that, you tell if} to us I hope. my younger 
brother (f. sp.), 
cu¢éwiki¢é. Can’ge waa ¢e i™¢éckaxe té ¢uta” and‘a® ka™b a wisa™¢a™. 
I have sent it to Horse you promised to pay ittome the cor- Thear it I wis 
my younger 
you by some one. for my services as a doctor rectly 
brother (f. sp.). 
Matet-naji® agi ca¢af té wawiue aka udwagib¢a ¢éde feska u¢i¢a-bajii 
Standing Bear he went to you the lawyer the sub. I have told it to but interpre- he did not tell it 
afterhim (when (see note) him ter to you 
