326 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTBHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
mang¢in’-gi, 4-biamd, nuda”hanga Ama ¢inké é waké-bi ega”. Uwagi¢d 
begone, said he, they war-chief the other the that hemeant, having. To tell them 
say, one who they say 
akf-biamé. Nuda”hanega ¢i¢ija tyjawa gixe, 4-biamdé. _Hau! nitda"hangé, 
he arrived again, War-chief — your pleasant has said he, they Ho! O war-chief, 
they say. made, say. 
4-biamé wan ‘gidegti. Ga™ &'di aki-biamé. .Ahat! 4-biama. Camn’ge cé-ma 
said, they say And there he arrived again, Oho! said he, they Horse those 
they say. Say. 
waka"ta’i-ga, 4-biama, bgugaqti. Can’ge waka"ta’-biamdé. Ga™ wabasf- 
tie them, said he, they Horses they tied them, they say. And they drove 
say, them before 
them 
biamaé bgiiga. Ga” ja”-hna"l té wa¢i? ag¢af té& pi a™¢a a-fi ¢an‘di 
they say And they slept when having they went the. Lodge abandon- they at the 
regularly them homeward ing were 
coming 
akf-biamé. Ga can’ge wa¢i" akfi-ma wa‘i, i"c‘d4ge edabe wa‘i-biama, 
they arrived home And horse those that they took woman, old man also they gave to fen 
again, they say. home Z ey say, 
b¢ugaqti Can 
in fact. 
NOTES. 
324, 3. egaxe ja"-biama. If this refer to the logs, it means that two logs lay 
parallel, and one at the end went across, forming a partial inclosure. If it refer to the 
men, it means that they lay around the fire, inside this inclosure. 
324, 6. ukig¢a™.... Kig¢idindi. Frank La Fléche makes these “uyig¢a®” and 
“srig¢idindi",” which seems to confound the sociative in “ki” with the reflexive 
in cc yi.” 
325, 6. ana akii-ma, ete. As many as reached the other side of the Snake that lay 
across their path, encouraged those remaining to jump over. 
325, 7. naji® ta" abag¢a-biama. As the verb is preceded by the classifier ta”, read 
“Aabag¢é amaé.”—Frank La Fléche. 
325,10. gaha kig¢é¢é. Frank La Fléche says that the Omahas say, “gahé kig¢é¢é,” 
and the Ponkas, “ gahé kig¢é¢é.” See “bah4i¢é¢é” and “ bahé i¢é¢é” in the Dictionary. 
325, 19. gatama, etc. After the two war chiefs had moved a while on their way 
back to their comrades, they arrived again (ga¢uadi) at that place (unseen by the 
narrator) where their comrades were.. But before they arrived in sight of the camp, 
one ordered the other to go ahead and tell the news. 
TRANSLATION. 
Some men on the war-path reached the place of their destination. They slept on 
their homeward way. At length they returned to the land where they were going to 
sleep. Behold, large logs were lying there. This was a very good place to sleep in. 
The logs were three. They lay around. At length, when it was day, there was a 
high wind. The war-chief looked around. Behold, the logs were three immense 
Snakes. ‘Ho, servants! It is very bad. Arise,” said he. All the serpents were 
lying with their mouths gaping wide. And the men took a firm hold of one another. 
And the high wind continued to blow the men along towards the mouths of the Snakes. 
