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132, 2. wajiiga-mace we ¢ate gii-gi. See next version. If the field was the home 
of the birds, gii-g&% was appropriate; if not, ii-ga should have been used. 
132, 4. wa"ete waci"qti hebe b¢ate ta minke, in poiwere, iya*ha™ wacinqtei he Atei 
hniye ke.—Sanssouci. 
182, 5. uba® ¢a”, is defined as, “jeaza™tasi ¢a" waci® ubeta® ¢a", the fat wrapped 
around the kidneys;” in goiwere, aona"tce-uyraiie naiia.—Sanssouci. 
132, 10. uda®qti, pronounced u+daqti by the narrator. 
132, 11-12. eata™ - - - onateete yi. See English translation. In full, Kata” waci"qti 
¢egé e hebe onate ete yI onataji a: literally, “ Why, very fat (meat), these inanimate 
objects, they, a part, you eat, ought, when, you eat not? ” Or, Waci'qti ¢egé e hebe 
onate ete yi. Eata" onataji a: “You ought to eat a piece of those (pieces of) fat meat. 
Why do you not eat it?” 
182, 15. niaci"ga witaqtei - - - maga®-biama: in goiwere, wa cike iyan’/ki ruteé 
inackéqtci dacwe anye ke. 
132, 20. dazéqtci, pronounced da+zéqtci. 
133, 3. aqta® a%¢a"b¢a" eteda®. Sanssouci gives as the yoiwere: tata hi"prai/e 
ke! but I suspect that instead of “ke,” he should have said “ihatayi".” 
133, 5. inandeqtia®-biama, pronounced i+nandeqtia®-biama. 
133, 13. eata® aja" 4: “What are you doing?” “ What are you about?” or “How 
do you do?” 
133, 14. wiyucpaji®qtci¢e (said to both males and females) ; but in goiwere, hi*ta- 
ywa-mniyine (to a female), and hi"taywa-yine (to a male). 
133, 14. nixa i*nie ta®-ana (said by a male); nixa imnie ta®-ena+ (by a female): My 
relation’s stomach is aching her (as she stands). So they can say, hi innie ¢i2-ana: My 
relation’s teeth ache him (as he moves), my relation’s teeth are aching him. The final 
“ana” is the exclamation sign used with dative verbs implying relationship, ete.; 
but an ordinary exclamation would require dha" (for males) or eha"+ (for females). 
133, 18. ti¢e ¢a®, refers to the actual birth, which was unseen by Ictinike. See 
Dakota hiyu. As to her own act, the woman could have said, ¢iguepa ti¢eagi¢é he, “1 
have caused your grandchild, my own son, to come forth.” 
134, 1. weahideqti, pronounced we+ahideqti. 
134, 4. haha ga*bada", ete. In yoiwere, haha kaku u" kira-na ci” u” tei tee- 
yii’e piqtci wayice 4nye ké—Sanssouci. This latter, when rendered literally, is ‘‘ Haha! 
in that manner, to do, wished-having, thus, did, because, ‘buffalo-calf, good-very, from 
us has been snatched, they say.” Ictinike langhs when he thinks how people will talk 
of his strategy: ‘Because I have done as I wished, they say, ‘A very fine Buffalo-calf 
has been taken from us.” ~Ga®bada” is said to be equivalent to ga’ ga™¢a éga". 
134, 15. naji® wir¢a¢a"qti (uqpa¢é) ga" ma"oni” one tate. Said of scattering rain, 
occasional drops, not a steady shower. 
135, 5. cudemaha". There may have been a fourth trial of the young buffalo, 
but it has not been learned. 
135, 6. hegabaji, pronounced he+gabaji. 
135, 16. he-bazabaji, from he, horn: and bazabe, to thrust at with a horn and 
splinter off a piece (of the horn). 
136, 4. hegaji, pronounced he+gaji. 
