Chas. McKassey, a Kansas, to his son, Edgar, at Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 1, 1883. Paháⁿleji waléze aⁿyák'u chiyé-na blúze ao. paháⁿleji formerly m404 m235 waléze letter m507 m283 aⁿyák'u you gave me m005 m027 m575 m266 chiyé-na caused to come hither m068 m005 m004 m586 m326 blúze I took it m005 m052 m628 ao . m031 I have received the letter which you sent me. gashóⁿ wigínaⁿk'oⁿ. gashóⁿ so m118 wigínaⁿk'oⁿ I have heard of you, my own m547 m131 m337 Well, I have heard from you, my son. Shi wayúlaⁿ wíta yáli shóyeáye ao. Hao. shi again m442 wayúlaⁿ plan m507 m619 m272 wíta my m548 m223 yáli good m005 m581 shóyeáye I send to you m453 m004 m592 m005 m008 m586 ao . m031 hao ¶ m164 Again I send you my decision, which is good. Waléze máⁿzeska shkághe háⁿba wakáⁿdagi dóba háⁿba chiyé-daⁿ hnúze che ohnáge chiyáye anáⁿk'óⁿ. waléze letter m507 m283 máⁿzeska money m308 m005 m473 shkághe you make m005 m446 m107 háⁿba day m157 wakáⁿdagi mysterious m005 m524 dóba four m499 háⁿba chiyé-daⁿ day by day (?) m157 m068 m004 m586 m085 hnúze you receive m005 m178 m628 che the m064 ohnáge chiyáye you sent to tell m372 m005 m178 m577 m004 m068 m005 m575 m586 anáⁿk'óⁿ I have heard it m005 m008 m337 I have heard that which you sent to tell me about your earning so much wages day by day, and what you receive in money at the end of a month. Yegóji gashóⁿ ók'aⁿ pízhi gashóⁿ háⁿba dóba sátaⁿ shkédaⁿ iyáye miⁿkhé ao, háⁿba yé. yegóji here m599 gashóⁿ well m118 ók'aⁿ deed m373 m005 m004 m242 pízhi bad m005 m422 m639 gashóⁿ well m118 háⁿba day m157 dóba four m499 sátaⁿ five m430 shkédaⁿ about m451 iyáye miⁿkhé I have found it m205 m001 m005 m008 m596 m322 ao , m031 háⁿba day m157 yé this m595 Well, here a bad thing has occurred. I have seen it for four or five days. (Wak'ó wíta noⁿbábe ao.) wak'ó woman m528 wíta my m548 m223 noⁿbábe are two m005 m360 m049 ao . m031 (My wives are two.) Gayó míⁿoⁿba noⁿbá yábliⁿ shkédaⁿ John Kickapoo akhá lúzabe zhiⁿgázhiⁿga aⁿgík'u-bázhe ao, ts'ábe ao. gayó and m127 míⁿoⁿba moon m323 noⁿbá two m361 yábliⁿ three m576 shkédaⁿ about m451 John Kickapoo John Kickapoo m003 akhá the (sub.) m024 lúzabe took his back m005 m004 m131 m628 m049 zhiⁿgázhiⁿga infant m642 m005 m641 aⁿgík'u-bázhe they did not give back to me m005 m027 m005 m671 m266 m049 m639 ao . m031 ts'ábe it died m004 m506 m049 ao . m031 For two or three months has John Kickapoo taken one of my wives from me, and he did not restore the child to me. It is dead. Háⁿba yábliⁿ zhaⁿ agháge miⁿkhé. háⁿba day m157 yábliⁿ three m576 zhaⁿ sleep m635 agháge miⁿkhé I have been crying m008 m129 m322 I have been crying for three days. Atábla-mázhe. atábla-mázhe I have not hunted m008 m484 m080 m289 m639 I have not hunted game. Yegóji aⁿmáⁿxpayiⁿ ao, wizhósizhóxciaⁿ! yegóji Now m599 aⁿmáⁿxpayiⁿ I am poor m027 m537 ao . m031 wizhósizhóxciaⁿ my dear little child m548 m000 m669 Now am I poor, my dear little child! Máⁿzeska shkághe che lébla noⁿbá áliⁿ sátaⁿ shkédaⁿ, aⁿyák'u kóⁿbla eyaó. máⁿzeska money m308 m005 m473 shkághe you make m005 m446 m107 che the m064 lébla noⁿbá twenty m280 m361 áliⁿ again m012 m005 m004 m286 sátaⁿ five m430 shkédaⁿ about m451 aⁿyák'u you give me m005 m027 m575 m266 kóⁿbla I wish m005 m238 m139 m052 m573 eyaó indeed m101 m001 m031 I truly wish you to give me about twenty-five dollars of the money that you have earned. Waléze paháⁿle aⁿyák'u chiyé-na éji yalí-daⁿ wigíkoⁿbla ephé-na eshkí anáⁿk'oⁿ kóⁿbla. waléze letter m507 m283 paháⁿle before m404 aⁿyák'u you gave me m005 m027 m575 m266 chiyé-na was caused to come hither m068 m005 m004 m586 m326 éji there m101 m235 yalí you come back m575 m285 -daⁿ when m085 wigíkoⁿbla I wish for you, my own m547 m131 m238 m139 m052 m573 ephé-na what I said m101 m005 m419 m169 m326 eshkí that too m101 m452 anáⁿk'oⁿ I hear it m005 m008 m337 kóⁿbla I wish m005 m238 m139 m052 m573 I also wish to hear about what I said to you with reference to my desire for you to come home, when I sent my reply to the former letter which you sent me. Omáⁿyiⁿka yábliⁿ hí-daⁿ yalí-daⁿ, wigíkoⁿbla eyaó. omáⁿyiⁿka year m385 yábliⁿ three m576 hí arrives m004 m172 -daⁿ when m085 yalí you come back m575 m285 -daⁿ when m085 wigíkoⁿbla I wish you, my own m547 m131 m238 m139 m052 m573 eyaó indeed m101 m001 m031 I wish you to come home when the third year arrives. Ninth text entered, March 2006. -jtm