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350 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Hau! a-biamé ¢é aki aké, I"c‘dge na™ba feki¢é ma*¢i™i-gi, 4-biama. 
Ho! said he, they _ this he he who, Old man two to act as walk ye, said he, they 
Bay ee ened criers say. 
ome 
Nikagahi vju ¢inke iyan'de ¢inké gasini é¢apdze te, af a¢a. Ca a®wa™ 
Chier peace ie who his Bon: in- hewho to-morrow you rest will, he indeed. And to what 
says 
waa cté hndjt te, af ae d-biamé. Can’ge wag¢i" akifi ¢anké égasani 
place soever yougo will, he indeed, said they, they Horse riding them they they who the next day 
not says say. reached (ob.) 
ome 
wada™ be wagaji té. Ki uq¢é’qtci wada™be ag¢i-biama. I=¢adi ¢inké gfyai 
toactasscouts he commanded And very soon acting as scouts tet came back, is he who heasked 
them. they say. father of him 
té ma” ze ké igaxai té uq¢é'qtci 4yé hégajiqti waxai te. Wands ‘i¢a-biama. 
the iron the hedid when very soon buf- agreatmany hemadethem, Tosurround he spoke of, they 
(ob.) (ob.) with it falo them say. 
L¢-ma mtiwahega-baji amd. Wandse té édufhe a¢d-biaméa. Wa‘t aka 
The buffa- they killed many of them they Surrounding the to join it he went, they Woman the 
loes who. them Bay. (sub.) 
gi-biamé: Wandse té é@’di waja™”be b¢é ka™b¢a. Lé-ma waja™be tace, 
said as follows, Surrounding the there I see I go I wish. The buffa- I see them must, 
they say: them loes 
d-biamd. T’éwa¢gé yi di etéga, 4-biamaé. J ¢é-ma t’¢éwa¢é-bi ega™, agi- 
she said, they They are when I come apt, said she, they The buffa- they killed them, having, anes was 
say. killed back Say. loes they say = 
ac 
biama; igdq¢a" Cahadi naji”-biama Edi ag¢i-biamé. é t’éawa¢e ¢a™] 
they say ; his wife on the hill she stood, they say. There he fe back, Buffalo I killed them eae 
ey say. 
wadide té ama, 4-biamd. Wandse ama akii té Ci wands ‘i¢ai té. 
they will cut them up, said he, they They who surrounded reached home. Again to sur- he spoke 
say. them round of it. 
Nikagahi iyan’de aka wada™be ¢éwaki¢ ‘i¢ai, d¢a, 4-biama. Ci 4é — ¢a™ 
Chief hisson-in- the toactasscouts to send them hespoke indeed, said he, they Again buf- the (cy. 
law (sub.) of, say. falo herd) 
maja™ ucka™ ¢a® ci éga™qti ati amima. Wandsa-biama. Ci mttwahega- 
Jand where the deed again just so they had been They surrounded them, Again they killed many 
was done coming. they say. 
baji-biamd. Egi¢e nikagahi tju aka ijin’ge akdé égi¢e waji™cte akdma. 
of them, they say. At length chief princi- the his son the behold was in a bad humor, they 
pal (sub.) (sub.) say. 
Nikagahi té wa‘faji ega™, ijan’de gif té ¢ waji™cte, u¢ugit’a¢é akama. 
Chief (-taincy) the hedidnot because, his son-in- he whenthat he wasina he was envious of his (rela- 
(ob.) give to him law gave tohis bad humor about, tion), they say. 
Ki ha™ té can’ge ak4 ug¢d-biamd. Ja-biamd. Dadtfha, nfkaci"ga wit ha™- 
And night when horse ae told of his, they say. He spoke, they O father, person one night 
(sub. say. 
hnan'di t’éawa¢é ga"¢aqtia™ i, d-biama. Ki ha™ té dAgikihide-hna”-biama. 
regularly to kill us he desires very said he, they And night when heattendedto regu- they say. 
when much, say. his own larly 
Egi¢e wandsa-biama égasini yi, maja” ucka™ ¢an‘di. Ci éga™qti y¢é ama 
At length they surrounded them, thenext when, land  ithappened at the. Again just so buf- the 
they say day falo (sub.) 
ati amdma, hégaji.  Egi¢e iy4ha akd 4é ¢a™ natt’éwa¢é ga™¢4-biama. 
they had beencom- a great: Atlength his wife's the buf- the they trample him hewished they say. 
ing, many. brother (sub.) falo (herd) to death 
é-ma wénaxi¢d-biama yi’, waii” ¢a"™ u¢tigahi-biamdé. Baytiwi'xe ca™ @'di 
The buffa- they attacked them, they when, robe the he waved _‘ they say. Turning around still there 
loes (ob.) say (ob.) in his course 
