772 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
when he went after Standing Bear, but the interpreter did not tell you. So therefore 
I now send a letter to you, and I hope that you will send me a very good message. I 
send this to you on Saturday. 1 have heard that your son was dead, and that they 
had killed your elder brother. It is very bad news that I have heard. My heart is 
sad, younger brother, but your being at a distance is a greater cause of sorrow. On 
this very day I have heard the words of Standing Bear; I have seen them in a news- 
paper. All the white people pity you; they have spoken words which have made me 
glad. Still, younger brother, with a sad heart, I sit weeping. Petition either to your 
elder brother or to your sister’s son with reference to the horse. I hope that you will 
send me word what he (or she) says. I have lost Spafford Woodhull’s daughter, whom 
I used to have with me, and you are the cause of her death. Ma¢i-teayi is dead. 
Not even one adult Omaha has died, only that aged Ponka man has died this very day. 
NUDA®-AXA TO CUDE-GAXE. 
November 15, 1879. 
Ca” ¢ijin’ge té¢ai te wage ama cde, ¢¢ama Umadha ama b¢tgaqti 
And your son they the white the(pl. but, these Omaha the (pl. all 
have people sub.) sub.) 
killed 
him 
nin’de gipi-baji, ada® a” ba¢eé hi¢af te’di uwfb¢a cu¢éa¢é. Ki Umaha ama 
heart are sad, thore- to-day they when I tell itto Isend to you. And Omaha the (pl. 
fore bathe you 5 sub.) 
u¢ligig¢e-na”i, can’ge watt te g¢i tédthi, ci ¢ga" tat éska™ e¢éga™ éde 
they are sor- usually, horse they the has by the again 80 shall be they thought but 
rowful for give to come time, 
their relation us back 
hebddi vicka® judji gidxai. (léama Uméaha ama uf¢igig¢ai té nan’de 
before deed inferior made for These Omaha the (pl. they are sor- the heart 
reaching him. sub.) rowful for 
the end ‘ their relation 
igi’ uda®-qti-ma”™. Ucka"™ b¢tigaqti wagaztiqti na‘a”-baji, té¢ai té-ona™ 
mine is very good for me. Deed all very straight they have not they the only 
heard, killed 
him 
ga” nafa™i. Ki dda® ¢éaka ikage aka nan‘de gfpi-baji-qtia”i, ékiga”qti 
so they heard. And there- this one his the heart ~ is very sad for him, just like him 
a fore friend (sub.) 
nin‘de i“ pi-maji. Nan’de i’ pi-méji te ga” égija® eté. E‘a™ daxe taté 
heart Tam sad. Heart Tam sad the so aon do ought. How Ido shall 
that 
¢ingé, ga™ nin’de ¢a"™ ég i¢a”¢a¢é eté. Wagqi”ha a¢ai cka”na yi'cté, 
there is so heart the so youplaceit ought. Paper you give you wish even if, 
none, (cv. ob.) (ev. ob.) to me 
Dyt+) 7 5 
égarqti i¢a-gi. 
justso send hither. 
NOTES. 
772, 1. ¢ijinge, your son, intended for ¢ijande, your daughter's husband, i. e., Big 
Snake, who was murdered by a soldier in the office of the Ponka agent, in Indian Ter- 
ritory. 
772, 6. ikage aka, 7. e., the author. 
