Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, Ausgabe 11U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 |
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áda agent aká ally amá aná‘a anáji atí beúga beúgaqti Big Elk can'di cañ'ge céna ceta child ciñ'gajiñ'ga Commissioner ctewa cub¢é d'úba dáda Dakota deed desire Dorsey e'di eb¢éga ecé edáda éde édega éga ehé elder brother elk hides éskana etéga fore gáxe George Martin GEORGE MILLER Grandfather hope horses i¢ía íe tě Indians iñké Joe Sherman ka"b¢éga ka"bea kab¢a kagéha land letter maja méha miñke năn'de nié níkaci"ga Omaha pahan'ga Pañ'ka paper person Ponka pray reach Sanssouci send hither sent soever soon speak Standing Bear straight tá miñke taí taité talked taté tě'di tědíhi yi Tibbles to-day told TRANSLATION tribe úcka úda úda"qti uké¢i uwíbea various things wa'ú wabágeeze wágazu wágazúqti Wakan'da walk wáqe waqi"'ha wéteqi winter hides wish to hear word write Yankton
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Seite 93 - ... you to come to this place, and so I reserved the horse for you, but it was stolen. Therefore I did not send you a letter. I paid no attention to it. I am paying attention to the affairs of the tribe. (I have been wishing to stud you a letter, and now a man has come who can write for me.
Seite 53 - I do not know how many friends yon have, but I petition to all of them to-day to aid us. I hope that they may receive my special petition. There is no prospect of my improving unless they receive it (and aid me). I hope, my friend, that after so many efforts on your part you may succeed, even though it be on the very last occasion wlicn yon can innkc an attempt.
Seite 109 - As this man, Mr. Dorsey, has been aiding me considerably, 1 shall see the Commissioner very soon. When this letter reaches you, I wish the agent to see it. In that event it will be told correctly. I also wish all the Ponkas to hear it. GEORGE MILLER TO HIS WIFE. SEPTEMBER 27, 1889. In'udan/-qti-man'.
Seite 32 - ... a report, they report to him that we are doing very well : they tell great lies ! And as the President promised in the past to do what was good for us, he thinks that the agents have done so for us. The President thinks, " Though they generally get what is good, they uersist iu saying what is bad.
Seite 97 - They have generally been kind to yon because they remember what you did for them in the past. I tell you because I have a strong desire to tell you that. When I used to spend the winters here, I was usually poor, and you saw me in that condition. But now, since I have been living in the Indian Territory, I think, " I am not poor ! " I have many horses and cattle.
Seite 32 - ... about these things), behold, they do not write for us ! Notwithstanding they say that they have written for us, the agents do not speak the truth. As we wish the President to hear about his servants, we write to you about these things. (Mazi-kide said:)— My friend, throughout all the days that you are traveling (for us), those who are your friends are thinking about you. It is just as if one would cause his father to go on a journey. We think throughout the day,
Seite 18 - When you send and tell me just how afi'airs are, I will come to you with the Indians who are good tanners. I hope that you will tell me whether you acquired (any winter hides?) when you went hunting the larger animals: this you would know by personal experience (rather than by hearsay).
Seite 107 - Ponka to finish his house; it was twenty-four feet long and sixteen feet wide. I was the first one to cultivate the ground, and I broke sixteen acres. The agent saw me and he liked me. He said that I was active and the work was good. So the agent made a proposition to me: "Make a house for Little Warrior, and when you finish it yon shall receive fifteen dollars.
Seite 31 - ... a great trouble ! And when we had trouble, and were without a refuge, we used to go to the President and petition to him. But he made it a rule not to accept our words. At length we learned this by experience. Behold, thought we, he does not regard us as human beings! We...
Seite 5 - ... which is the language spoken by the Omaha and Ponka tribes of North American Indians. One hundred and sixty-one of these letters, with numerous myths, legends, and historical papers, appear in "Contributions to North American Ethnology. Vol.vi. The (fegiha language. Myths, Stories, and Letters;" and it has been decided to publish the rest of the letters in the present form.