WAHA‘G¢ICIGE AND THE BUFFALO-WOMAN. 141 
ma ci a¢di-biama, gia a¢d-biamé. Ma™xe ké‘ya a¢dé taité, 4-biama Le 
above went they say, flying they went, they say. Upper world to the go shall said, they say Buffalo- 
wat akA ¢é-wa‘i akA nistida bihita: T-t-t-t-t-t, 4-biamdé. Ni-yangaqti 
woman the (sub.). Buffalo-woman the(sub.) horn blew: T-t-t-t-t-t, said, they say. Water very big 
ké'di a-fg¢i"-biama, ya”haqti ké 7¢ ama. H'di ahf-biama. Kgi¢e yf wi" 
atthe they were coming and shore the Buffalo the There he arrived, they It hap- lodge one 
sitting, they say, (ob.) (sub.). say. pened 
ga”-te ama. * * * Hidadi ahi ta ama. Masani Agidg¢e ta Ama (4-biama 
it had stood for a At the they will To the other they pass by will (said, they say 
while, they say. bottom arrive side here 
yé-wa't akd). * * * Ucka™ ké-hna” ga”-ke ama. Sig¢é ctéwa™ wé¢aji- 
Buffalo-woman the). Deed the regularly —_—_ (see note). Trai in the least notdiscovered 
biama. * * * A-ie¢i’-biam4ma * * * Hau! cutf, 4-biama. (hiedq¢a™ 
they say. They had been coming and Why! hehascome said they, Your wife 
sitting, they say. directly hither, they say. 
ug¢ixida-ga, A-biama * * * W'di a-f-biamd niyjifga tan’di. * * *  Ang¢a™- 
seek for your own, said they, they There she was coming, boy to the. You 
say. they say 
cpaha" uf¢iciqti-ja” yi (nya Ama té b¢ickan’g¢e t& minke hé, 4-biama 
know me you unable when (ear the other Imovesuddenly — will I who : said, they say 
ié-wait aka). Nia ama té ¢ickan’g¢a-biama. ***  Jawahég¢e-hna”- 
Buffalo-woman the). Ear the other shemoved suddenly, they say. He peso Dene regularly 
suddenly 
biama jé-ma * * * (axicpagin’geqtia™. Cani’gaxa-ga, a-biama. y,¢é-ma 
they say the Buffaloes. ou push yourselves altogether Stop it, said he, they The Buffa- 
to nothing say. loes 
ro Oye / : . walls oF 0 : , 
gacije g¢i" i¢a™¢a"-biama. yyig¢ibgaze t’Cpi¢ewad¢ée ma ¢i’’-biama. * * * 
falling on sat suddenly and repeatedly, Tearing them- he made them kill he walked they say. 
the knees they say. selves open themselves 
NOTES. 
The translation of this version is fuller than the text, because it was easier to 
keep pace with the narrator by writing in English; and he would not repeat any of 
the original that the collector failed to get. The words of the song are in Lowa, not 
Omaha. 
140, 2. snahni® tai hi, intended for onasni" tai ha, from ¢asni”. 
141, 3-4. égi¢e yi wi" gate ama. The old man at this lodge resembles one who 
figures in the myth of the Snake-woman. He gives similar advice to the hero. 
141, 5. ucka" ké hna™ ga”’-ke am4. If this refers to the buffalo, ké denotes the 
long trail made, or the departure of the herd in a long line. If it refers to the sleeping 
man, ké shows that it was thus each time that he lay down. 
141, 11. gacije g¢i® i¢a™¢a"-biama: gacij i¢a™¢a®, to continue falling down sud- 
denly on the knees. 
y TRANSLATION. 
[The informant being old and deaf, it was impossible to obtain from him a verbatim 
transcript of the original. See the first part of the preceding version. | 
When Waha"¢icige went to the field at the request of his sister, he sang as fol- 
lows: “Sister mine, sister mine, my sister’s husband is bringing home a big deer, sister 
mine.” He then said, “Hu-hu-hti! Come hither, birds, to eat. Ye shall devour this 
field. I am very poor. O all ye birds, be ye coming hither. All ye animals too, of 
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