Lakota letter from Leeds at the turn of the century

[CATCHES VIOLET]

Itxo, ate' le anpetu
kin wowapi chic'u kte lo
na eya, mish taku na (ni) (perhaps, takuni)
ota achiciya (echiciya)
un kte shni tkxa
itxo ptelyela (ptelyela)
wochiciyakin kte lo
(letuya) wa-un tkxa
taku shica wa-yun shni yelo
lila tanyan wa-un welo
Iho. Hechetu welo

This is the version in the way I write with the Txakini-Iya Wowapi.
Violet Catches, miye

>Ito ate le anpetu
>kin wowape cicu
>kte lo
na (eya) mis^
>taku na ota-aciciya
>un^ kte s^ni tka
>itoptelye la wocici
>ya kin kte lo (letuya)
>waon tka taku
>s^ica wa ons^niyelo
>lila tanyan waon
>welo iho hecetu
>we lo
>
>I take this to be
>Ito ate le anpetu kin wowapi cic'u kte lo na (eya) mis^ takuna ota aciciya
>uN kte s^ni tka itoptelyela wociciyakin kte lo.  Letuya wauN tka taku s^ica
>wauN s^ni yelo.  Lila taNyaN wauN welo.  Iho hecetu welo.
>Does anyone have any comments.  I wish I could send it as a photocopy.  The
>sentence that floors me is takuna ota aciciya uN kte s^ni tka, also the use
>of itoptelyela which I suppose is an alternative to optoptelya meaning 'for
>  a while'
>
>Any ideas
>Bruce
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