Iapi Oaye - The Word Carrier (Santee, Nebraska), 1877-12

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Published by the Dakota Mission.
Vol. VI. No. 12.
TAKU  WASTE  OKIYA, TAKU  SICA  KIPAJIN.
Price, Fifty Cents a Year.
DECEMBER,  1877.
ADDKK8S ALFRED L. RIGQS
Santee Agency, Neb.
THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT.-PSIPSICADAN QA TAJUSKA.
PSIPSICADAN QA TAJUSKA.
Iteowapi kin de en winyan nom iteo-
wicawapi. Hena token on kagapi tokeSta sdonyayapi kta.
Wicasta ksapa wan ehanna oka-
kanpi wanji kaga.    Kaketu.
Psipsicadan wan hupahu wasteste;
witantan qa saya ihduza. Mdoketu
os-an wiyuSkinyan dowan. Sina apa.
hdate, qa oinpi, qa paha yumnimni-
japi, qa wacipi oihduze henana awacin.
Woyute ota, qa waniyetu ekta ewacin
Sni.    Hecen takudan kihnake Sni.
Waniyetu hi. Osni qa tehiha. Psipsicadan nina wotektehda, tka oyaptapi Sta onspadan yuhe Sni. Hupahu
SaSa on witantan qa dowan kte cin
wanna kiksuye sni. Hehehe, hehehe,
token ecamon kta hun, eyaya howaya.
Tajuska wan hupahu sasa wanica.
Wowitan sdonye Sni, qa Skatapi ihakta
Sni. Mdoketu maSte esta inajin wanin
woyute mnaye.    Tipi  ohiyu  kte  Sni,
tanyan kaga, qa woyute ota paotins
iyeya.
Waniyetu hi. Wa ska qa tate osni.
Tka Tajjska timahen ocosya, wota
yanka.
Psipsicadan najin hiyaye. Aiciciya
mani, tajuSka ti kin ekta. Tiyopa itokam cancanyan inajin. Canpakinza
tawa yuhoton, ca TajuSka cinca nom
wiciheyata hinanpa.
OnSimakida ye, kitanh cihiyohi ce.
Wanna anpetu topa takudan wate sni,
qa deceh matamaheca,
Psipsicadan eya, qa cuwi
kipazo.
Niye niSnana niwaSte
nakaS den wahi ce.
Makoce kin den wacin-
unniyanpi kta   yaun   oe.
Miye tohini takudan
cicida Sni, tuka anpetu
kin de woyute onSpa
ionSimayakida kta wacin
qa wahi.
TokeSta heoen yacin
kinhan tona mayaqu kin
hena oicage koya tokata
cieu kta ce, Psipsicadan
hecen eya.
Tuka TajuSka nina ksapa, qa woyute dena on
itulitm temnimicjiye hun-
Se, ecin, qa Psipsicadan
heciya:
Mdokehan niS taku ecanon se.
Eya anpa qa hanhepi,
ohini wadowan, tuwe kaeS
hiyaya, ca odowan waSte
wan waqu ce, ayupta.
Elian! Han! Heoetu.
Hena on yani yacin ce;
mdokehan yadowan, dehan wayaci Sni, TajuSka
eye, ca coka hde Si.
Hitunkakanpi kin hee.
Unkan ito, iteowapi he
wanyaka. TajuSka kin
hee, htanipi kihnaka okihi
Sni, iyahdehunska kah hinajin, qa iyuSda wiyeya
otkeya. Taku kaga winyan kin heca. Solomon
Wicoie Wakan 31 en oyake cin he iyececa.
Qa Psipsicadan hee,
paha yulialia, canpakinza
yuha, wacipi ihdus hinajin, qa hinnakaha (nSiya
woda. Iye taku kaga okihi Sni. Psipsicadan eciyapi nakaeS psipsicadan
iyececa. Waihangyapi
okihi, tuka taku kage kta
he okihi Sni. Heoece
nakaeS wotakuniSni en hi.
Wodapi he wowiSteca,
unkan,witantanpi itancan
wodapi en hinhpaya. Mazaska opiye kin token
ojudan eSta, ohini etanhan icupi, qa takudan
ohnakapi sni, kinhan unhanketa ihanke kta.
Oyate ekta nakun wicohan kin he iyececa.
Oyate tukte wowijice ekta ya hwo. Qa tukte wo-
walipanica enkiya ya hwo.
Oyate wanji tokeli tanka
qa wijica, qeyaS takudan
kage Sni, kinhan unhanketa wowahpanica en i kta.
Sina qa minihuha, qa canhanpi qa oinpi, qa kukuSe
qa wakSica owasin opeton
yanke cinba-i,mazaska owasin skepe kt-
a. Oyate tanyan un kta cin kin he taku
iyakicuya kage kta. Aguyapi, wamnaheza, mdo; tatanka, Sunktanka; Sina,
hanpa; canpahmihma, mahiyumdu; wihiyayedan, wakSica; tukte wanji okihi
kinhan, ota kaga qa wiyopeye, cinhan
he on wankankiya ye kta. Tuka nakun kaketu. Oyate wanji taku kaga
qa wiyopeye eSta cistina qa taku opeton
kin he ota, kinhan unhanketa ihdusote
kta. Isantanka oyate kinwaniyetu wan];