WAHAGICIGE AND THE BUFFALO-WOMAN, 145 
angukiji ma™tanaha i¢¢-ga" a™¢an’gi¢a-baji éga" uwidg¢aqtia” an’gata™. 
we are related to a lone place hehad as we could not find him as we are suffering very much. 
to him gone 
Wa¢ahide ¢jida" eha"™+, d-biama. Na! yangéhai, wieb¢i" ha, A-biama 
Toridicule us it is unnecessary ! said she, they say. Indeed! O sister, Iam he . said he, they say. 
Kei an’ oe akA ieti ¢a® oidicucuda-bi eoa™ oia™ be oa” lone GN 
gi¢e ange aka icta ¢a" gidiguguda-bi ega"™ gija™be ga” ¢é¢a- 3 
Atlength hissister the(sub.) eye the (ob.) rubbed holes in repeat- having tosee herown so sent it 
edly, they say (vision) 
. i 8 / . rie , Of} . . . 
biama. Igidaha”-biama. Hé! wisa"¢a"+! in’e¢i he, -biama. (higdha® 
they say. She knew herown, they say. Heigho! my dear younger has come ' said she, they say. Your wife’s 
brother! back to me brother 
wo . , Ch . / . 7 =n Ye . ~] 
e¢i hé, a-biamd, ni ¢inké ¢ispa”-bi ega”. angcéha, ¢iciya™ @Atédi 
has re- 5 said she, they man the (st.ob.) pulled at, they having. O sister, your brother's in that 
turned say, say wife place 
eh on SAzG Rey f Se sete 5 — : 
g¢i’. (higicka édi agi” g¢i”. Hi’di agima*¢in’-ga, 4-biamd Waha'¢icige 6 
sits. Your brother’s there having she sits. There walk for her, — said, they say Orphan 
child him 
aka. A¢i” aki-biama. A¢i” aki-bi ega”, wanija b¢tiigaqti ci qag¢a 
the Having her reached home, Having her reached home, having, animals every one again back 
(sub.). they say. they say again 
5 ; Suetee 4 6 hoy Petes i ae ar ree 
agi-biama. Ci aha" aka ci iqtaqti t’¢wa¢a-biama. Hgi¢e igan’ge aka 
were coming, Again hissister’s the again at pleasure killed them, they say. Atlength his sister the 
they say. husband  (sub.) (sub.) 
¥ : , a / 
i’ta" uckuda™-biama  Ceta™. i) 
now kind they say. So far. 
NOTES. 
qa¢i'-na*paj’s variation from the first version begins after the meeting of the 
Orphan and the Buffalo-woman in the white tent on the prairie. In the morning he 
found himself lying on the grass, the woman and tent having disappeared. He fol- 
lowed her all day, and overtook her at night. This was repeated three times. 
142, 3. ¢e¢u ece-qti ¢a®, “ Here, just as you said in the past,” or, “here, just in the . 
place that you said.” 
144, 12-15. magqpi ké atataqti a¢a-biama. The Omahas imagine that the upper world 
is like stone, and that ground is there. The ground rests on the stone. The Orphan 
pushed his way through both stone and ground, when he pursued his wife. 
144, 19. waqpaniqtia® ¢inke ama “She had been sitting very poor”; equivalent to 
waqpaniqtia" akama; the state or act continued till the arrival of the Orphan, as the 
classifier implies. 
145, 2. ejida™ conveys the idea that the act referred to is superfluous, unnecessary : 
“There is no necessity for making us suffer by your ridiculing us, for we are great 
sufferers already.” 
145, 7. From the time that the Orphan left his sister till his return, his brother 
in-law had no success in hunting. 
145, 7. b¢ugaqti, pronounced b¢u+gaqti by ga¢i™-na*paji. 
TRANSLATION. 
On the fourth night the woman said as follows: ‘“‘Though I go home, please 
continue to follow me. When I reach home on the other side of the water, please come 
hither. Say as follows, when you stand on the shore: ‘Well, my wife, here, just as 
you said, I will be going to you.? When you say it, close your eyes and make a stride 
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