BETSY DICK TO WAG@IQH-yACI. 771 
té hé, wisa™¢a”. Ga™-adia" ga”adi wabag¢eze cu¢éa¢é ga” éskana ie 
the js my younger So, therefore now letter Isendto you as oh that word 
(fem.), brother (f. sp.)- 
té udatqti it¢éckaxe ti¢a¢é ka™b¢éga". A™ba hi¢af té’di cug¢éade. 
the very good you mike for you send it T hope. Day they bathe on the I send it to 
me hither you. 
(ijin’ge t’é té and‘a” te, gi Ge cti té¢ai té, fuga péji’qti and‘a™ he- 
Your son died the Thave the, yourelder too they the, news very bad I have 5 
heard it brother killed him heard it (fem.) 
Nan‘de i’pi-maji, wisa"¢a”, ¢a™ja wéahide ¢anaji" giteqiwa¢e  ¢¢e. 
Heart bad for me, my younger though at a distance youstand a aie of trouble indeed 
brother (f. ED ys (fem.). 
A’ ba¢e’qtei Mattet-naji® fe ey4 ké and‘a", wabig¢eze giwa ya™be yi. 
’ 
This very day Standing Bear word his the Ihave heard, newspaper Isaw when. 
Wage bgtiga ¢a‘c¢i¢ai fai té, nan’de i "¢iuda™. Ca™, wisa®¢a™, niin’de 
White have pitied have the, heart it is good for Yet my younger heart 
people you (pl.) spoken mine. brother (f. ep.), 
i” pi-maji axdge ag¢i” é¢e. (iyi ¢e da” ctéa”, ¢iga™ cka da” ctéa”, i" ¢aha”’-a, 
is-bad forme I weep Tsit indeed, Your elder either, your sister's or, pray to him ie. 
(fem.). brother son me (fem.), 
can’ge ta™ja. Te té edé te yi, éskana tia™¢aki¢é ka"™b¢éga". Spafford 
horse concerning Word the hewillsay if, oh that you send it hither I hope. Spafford 
the (Glab ob. Me something to me 
Woodhull ijan’ge ab¢i” ¢in’'ke¢a” i’te, ¢i¢warja”. Mar¢ir’-teayf t’éé he. 
Woodhull hisdaughter Ihave theone,inthe dead you have eae Mar¢i"- ee 
her past to me, it. aead (fem.)« 
Uma™ha® cté t’d-baji, endqtei t’éé hé a” ba¢é’qtei. 
Omaha even have not only he this very ae 
died, dead (fem.) 
NOTES. 
For an account of Betsy Dick, see p. 634. 
Watiqe-yaci, who was a Ponka, married a Yankton woman. 
770, 5. eteai (used by an Omaha woman) . . W. (an Omaha man) gave toe 
following as a correct form of the sentence: Zani uda*qti ni”i éimte ana‘an ka™b¢a. 
All very good yon whether I hear I wish, 
(pl. ) 
are 
Perhaps etea” is sometimes used by females as an equivalent of eite. 
770, 6. Negiha, i. ¢., Silas Wood, who was the elder son of Gahige, the chief of 
the Inke-sabé (an Omaha) gens. 
770, 10. Wawiue aka should be wawiue ¢iike, as it refers to the object of an action. 
771, 9. Spafford’s daughter was named, Ahi"-snede, Long Wings. QPiewarja", you 
have caused it, i. e., indirectly. Betsy had to neglect Spafford’s daughter while she was 
attending, as doctor, to some member of the family of Wa¢ige yaci. See 770, 9. 
TRANSLATION. 
[send this word to you to-day. I wish to hear about you at least this: that you are 
all prospering. O mother’s brother, I wish to hear from you, his wife, and your poten- 
tial wife; I hope that you will tell us exactly how all the children are also. O younger 
brother (i. e., Wa¢ige-yaci), Ihave sent a message to you by some one. O younger 
brother, I wish to hear correctly about the horse with which you promised to pay my 
bill for services as your doctor. I told the lawyer (i. e., Mr. T, H. Tibbles) about if, 
