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kaliona iyeya yo, eya; e heen iho iyeéen eéon. Unkay maka kiy 
throwing “send thou it, he-said; that so behold in-like-manner he-did. Then earth the 
hdakinyay miniwanéa way iéaga; éankey kuwa au kon eyna hinazin ka 
the-breadth of ocean a grew; meanwhile following came the there stopped and 
heya: Hehehe, suykawakay, oysimada ka akasam ehpemayay yo; ediy 
this‘said: Alas, O horse, pity-me and across throw-thou-me; indeed 
heéanoy kinhay teGihinda kte do, eya. Heéen sunkawakay kin heya: 
that-thou-doest if, T-you-value-much will 4 he said. Thus horse the this‘said 
= ; : ; Pete: Rach e 
Hehehe, tawatenwaye sni ye do, eya. Tka nina kitay e heéen iho mini kiy 
Alas, I willing not ~ Le: nial But much he-urgec  so-that behold water the 
iwankam hiyuidiya, tka heéen mini kin Gokaya hi kin hehan hinhpaye éa 
above he threw himself, but thus water the midst came the then he-telldown and 
heéen mahen iyaya ka minitapi. Heéen hetayhay hoksina koy zaniyay 
so within “welt and were-drowned. Thus from-thence boy the safely 
iyoopta lyayapi. 
beyond went. 
Unkay oyate way wiéoti e en ipi ka hen uypi. Unkay hektatayhay 
Then people a dwellings in came and _ there they were. Then from behind 
natay ahi ka wicakizapi, tka hoksina koy paha kin kaobey iyeye éa paha 
to attack they- and them fought, but boy the head-hair the around turned and — head- 
came hair 
kiy mazaskazi ayuwintapi, ¢aykey ziyena sujkawakay akan iyotanke, 
the gold was-rubbed-over, meanwhile goldenly horse on he-sat, 
ka watakpe ahi koy kalipa iyewiéaya ka tonana owiéakapte ka awiéayustay. 
and to-attack they- those fall-off he-made-théem and few ‘them-spared and them-left. 
came 
Unkay ake takpe ahi tka ake wiéakasota. Hoksina Gankey hetanhay 
And again to-attackthey-camebut again he-destroyed-them. Boy therefore from-that 
yate kin teliindapi. 
oh the much-thought-of. 
Tho mitakuyepi, taku oy hoksina hena heéoy he. Toki ni kta Gin, ka 
Well my-friends, what for boy these  this-did 2 Somewhere live would wished, and 
Wakaytanka ikpi iyonape kta Gin ka ode naéeéa. Iho iyeya uykay 
Spirit-Great bosom in-take-refuge should wished, and sought-him, perhaps. Well he found and 
Wakaysiéa temye widakiye kta Gin. I heéen toki napa naéeéa, he ake ni 
Spirit-Bad toeat up them-cause would desired. And so somewhere hetled perhaps, that again live 
kta Gin ka napa naéeéa. Tka ake takpe ipi e heéen ake wiéakize, ka 
might fee ne fled perhaps. But again toattack they that 80 again them-he-fought, and 
desire came 
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all them-killed — perhaps. This he his purpose tor this-did not perhaps. No one 
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en ayepiéa Sni, seeGeéa, ka tuwena iyaonpepiéa sni. Tka is paha kin 
can be laid to not, as itseems, and no one * can-be-blamed not. But they head the 
his charge (or-hill) 
mazaskazi ayuwinjtapi kin he Gypi, ka heéoypi naceéa. 
gold “covered over the that they desired, and this did perhaps. 
Tatayka Lyotayke he iyeéeéa wadake. 
Bull _ Sitting this is-like L-think. 
owasiy wiéakte nageéa. He ive tawiyukéay on heéoy sni naéeé: 
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NOTES. 
The writer of this is a Yankton Dakota, and this appears in a very marked way 
throughout the story. Notice the “yo,” sign of the imperative, used in various 
instances instead of ‘*wo;” and also the form “ yiy,” as in “ iéalimidi¢iyiy kta,” for 
“iéalimidi¢iye kta.” And also “kd” for “hd,” as in “kda,” to go home; “ kdiéu,” to 
