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ga-biama: Hata" wa¢ate ¢ingé yi épaze téi"te, A-biamd. Egi¢e wage diiba 
they said as fol- Why food without when stopto should? said they, Atlength white four 
lows, they say: rest they say. man 
édi ahi-biamé. Wage dba atfi ha, 4-biamé nijinga ama. U¢éwi" GasigE 
there arrived, they say. Whiteman four they 5 said, they say boy the. You geren le your- 
have come selves 
te, af ada, u+! d-biama, Waha™ ¢icige aké éga’ gaxe Agaji-bi ega™ 
will, he indeed, halloo! said (the crier), Orphan to do commanded, eine 
says they say, they say 
Nikagahi ¢inké yig¢ita® wAgaji-biamé, gfitba. Edada® gfiba fit “S¢ai Ada, 
Chief the one to adorn commanded them, to give they indeed, 
who themselves they say, you promise 
u+! Paxiggita® te, af a¢a, u+! Ma™zeski wirdqtci tjuqti wi” gixe 
halloo! ou adorn your- will, he indeed, halloo! Silver one really one to make 
selves says principal him 
‘f¢ai té. Egi¢e waqe ama é¢a"be ati-biama égasini yi. Gacthaja 
they promised. At length white the in sight had come, they the morrow when. Outside 
man say 
Ja’ma”’¢i" ati naji”-biama. Wage tju aké pahan’ga g¢i”-biamd. Ki 
wagon having stood they say. White  princi- the before sat they say. And 
come man pal 
nikaci"ga gptiba gacibe ahi-biama, qa¢i". Ga™ wage ama @di a-{-biamé, 
people out of arrived, they Pawnees. And white the there were coming, 
say, man (pl.) they say, 
diba. Ki ju aké gé-biamd wage aka: Nikaci"ga angax ‘ia ¢ai ¢in’ke¢a™ 
four. And prin- the saidasfollows, white the: we make we promised he who was 
cipal they say man him the one 
u¢ixide mam¢i™i-gi, d-biamd. Ca™ ¢éké wada™be u¢ixide ma"¢i’-biamé 
seeking him walk ye, said he, they And adie looking at them se ane walked they say 
say. him 
wage ama. Nuda”hanga ¢inké’ya aki-biama. Na! nida*hanga, a®¢a™ ¢a- 
white the War-chief to the they arrived again, Why! O war- chit? we did not 
man (pl.). they say. 
baji, 4-biama. Na! pahan’gaqtci cta”bai té fepaha™ dite, A-biamaé. Hau! 
find him, said they, Fie! at the very first yesaw him as ons eo probably, said he, they Ho! 
they say. say. 
ké, ci u¢ixide ma¢i”i-gi, 4-biama wage nuda" ieee aka, 
ane again seeking him walk ye, said, they say white war-chief the. 
man 
Ki Waha" ¢icige aka waii™ ¢a" gii’-biamé. Man/de ké edibe ag¢adi®. 
And Orphan the robe the put on his, they Bow the also he had his. 
say. 
Nijinga ama gazaadi naji"-biama., GAké wada™be ¢icta-bi yi nijinga- 
Boy the among he stood, they say. That they saw them they finished, when towards the 
(pl.) (line) they say 
jA¢ica” Udixide a¢d-biama. Egi¢e i¢a-biamd. Qéaké aka ha, af té ug¢a 
boys looking they went, they At length they found him, This one is he C said when to tell 
among them say. they say. they it 
ag¢a-biama. Waha™¢icige da”bai yi u¢d agd¢af ha. FE eb¢éga™, d-biama. 
they went back, Orphan they saw when to theywent . That I think, said (one), 
they say. him tellit back they say. 
Hau! nidathangd, édedi-aki, ¢ ug¢d aki-biama. Waqe ama @'di a¢é- 
Ho! O war-chief, he is there, that to tell they arrived again, White the there went 
they say. man (pl.) 
biamaé wan i site, dg¢i™ g¢i”-bi ega™; ma™zeska ¢a™ cti a¢i™i té, waii™ ca™ 
they say sitting on  sat,they because; silver the too they had, robe the 
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