WAHA‘GICIGE AND THE BUFFALO-WOMAN. 135 
Gan‘ki dahé ké kig¢é ke’di ahi-bi yi ci pe-niga jin’ga, ygaqti, 
And hill the bottomof at the arrived, when again Buffalo-bull young, very new, 
(ob.) they say 
wie. , yv . , vi . . Yew ~ , ce 
jingé, hé ké pa-iqti améga™ é@di g¢i” akama. Ki je-niga jin’ga aka 
“ small, horn the very sharp like them there was sitting, they say. And  Buffalo-bull young the 
(ob.) (sub.) 
ga-biama: Kagé, ¢iha” ¢é TY’ tea"-qtci agi” agai, 4-biamé. gahé céhi¢eké 
said as follows, Thirdson, your this now just having they said, they say. Hill that yonder 
they say: mother (way) her went, 
kig¢aja agi” Aid¢ai, a-biamd. Cudemahatqti ga” i¢ama™oni® ond tatd 
to the foot having they have said he, they say. A very thick fog so you walk in it you go shall 
her gone 
ha, 4-biama. Gan’‘ki je-jin’ga ama ¢é yi cudemaha*gti fma™¢i" ad¢d- 
said he, they say. And Buffalo- calt the (sub.) went when a very thick fog walked in went 
biamaé. Gan‘ki dahé ké kig¢é ké'di ahi-bi yi égi¢e [é ama hégabaji 
they say. And hill the the tootof at the arrived, when behold Buf the a great many 
(ob.) they say falo (pl. sub.) 
édf amdma, égaxe g¢i”-bi yi iha” ¢inké fda*be g¢in’ki¢a-biama. Ki, 
they were there, around in they sat, they when hia the (ob.) in the they made her they say. And, 
it is said, a circle say mother center sit 
Huhi! cin’gajinga ¢i? é¢a"be ti ha, d-biama. Uiqpa¢ai té fyidaha™i 
5 ’ 
Oho! child the in sight has c said, they say (What it lost it knew for 
(my. ob.) come itself 
dda" ca-{ té) Ki égi¢e e-mi’ga wa‘t-jingaqti dixéqti, waqpaniqti wi™ 
there- it was coming And behold Female- buffalo very old woman very scabby, very poor one 
fore to you.) 
Lejin’ga { ¢in‘di uska™skaqti pe-jin’ga eya ¢inké jugig¢e g¢i” akama. 
Bufialo- calf com- from the in a very straight Buffalo-c alt her the (ob.) she with her was sitting, they say. 
ing one (my.) line with own own 
Ki gan’ki pe-sa” jinga ama je-wa‘tjinga édi ahi-bi ega™ mazé-i"- 
And then White- y young the Buffalo-old-woman there arrived, having sucked the 
buffalo (my.sub.) they say breasts 
biamé, na"™péhitqtci ega”. Gan‘ki, pe diba, ¢éa ¢inké agiti¢di-oa 
they say, very hungry being. And, Buffalo four, this one the (ob.) pass on for him. 
behind 
GAé¢u mazé-i" ha, 4-biama. Angd¢igi-angatii ha. (hha aka ¢éa 
There he sucks the said he, they say. We have come for you Your the this one 
breasts mother (sub.) behind 
akéi ha, 4-biama. Ki je-jin’ga aka u¢i‘aga-biama. A¢i” ag¢é ga™ ¢a- 
it is she . said he, they say. And Buftfalo-calf the (sub.) wasun- they say. Having to go they 
willing him homeward wished 
bi yi ¢i‘d-biamé. Ki diba ag¢a-biama. Aki-bi yi, Nuda*hangi! 
they when they they say. And four went they say. Reached they when, O leader! 
Bay failed homeward home say 
a'¢itai, d-biamd. THe-bazabaji, é’di ti¢a-da® watiinga t’é¢a-ga, 4-biama. 
we failed, said they,they Unsplintered-horns, there pass on and old woman kill her, said he, they 
say. say. 
Ki é’di ahi-bi ega” t’é¢a-biamd. Gan‘ki ye-sa™ jin’ga a¢i™” ag¢a-bi yf, 
And there arrived, having killed they say. And White- young having went,they when, 
they say her buffalo him say 
ci u¢t‘aga-biama. (hihar’ ¢éja ¢inké, angag¢e te ha, a-biama. Ca™ 
again he wasun- they say. Yourmother this the (ob.) let us go homeward . said he, they say. Yet 
walling one behind 
Lejin’ga u¢f‘aga-biama. Ki ci ¢i aki-biama. Nuda™hatigd, a¢f‘ai_ ci, 
Buttalo-calf was cats they say. And again failed reached home, Leader, we have again, 
they say. failed 
‘-biama. Gan‘ki, Diba é’di ti¢4-ba [e-mi" ga ¢ingé’qti gaxdi-gi, 4-biama. 
said he, they say. And, Four there pass on and TPemale-buft ‘lo nothing at a = make rai said he, they say. 
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