A PONKA GHOST STORY. 359 
TRANSLATION, 
A Doe was with her Fawn. The Fawn discovered the presence of enemies. 
“O mother, these are men,” said the Fawn. ‘No, they are crows. They are not men,” 
said the Doe. And the Fawn said again, ‘‘O mother, these are men.” ‘No, they are 
not men; they are crows,” said the Doe. Again he said, ““O mother, these are men.” 
“No, they are not men; they are crows,” said the Doe. At length the men shot at 
her. The Fawn fled. (When he returned to the place, he found that the men had cut 
up his mother, and had put her liver on the fire. So he sang this lament:) “O 
mother, I said that they were men; you said that they were crows; your liver is 
sizzling on the fire.” 
A PONKA GHOST STORY. 
ToLp BY FRANK LA FLECHE. 
Nuda”™ a¢d-biam4 nfa¢i"ga dhigi. Pan’ka-biamé. Ki a¢d4-b ega™ 
To war went, they say persons many. Ponkas, they say. And went, having 
they say 
a-f{-yi-biamé. Né¢a-biamé. Hada" amd. Ki né¢éqti g¢i”-biamé; déde 
they camped for the They kindled a fire, Night time theysay. And kindlinga - they sat, they say; fire 
night, they say. they say. bright fire 
té ndhegaji’qti g4xa-biamé. Gi¢éqti wa¢dte g¢i’-biamd. Sabdéjiqti nfa- 
the to burn very they made it, they Rejoicing eating they sat,they say. Very suddenly _per- 
(ob.) brightly say. much 
ciga wi™ wa‘a”-biama. Q¢faji, 4-biam4. Qéde cété aba‘ti-gi. Q¢fiijt 
son one sang they say. Speechless, ra (one) Fire yonder cover with oe Speechless 
ey say. 
man‘de g¢izai-gi. Ki wari gi¢e man‘de g¢iza-biama. Ki égaxe i¢a™ 
bow take ye yours. And bow took their, they say. to surround him 
a¢d-biama. Egaxe i¢a™¢a-bi ga” ubfsande a¢i™ ftiAga-biamA, Ki ga” 
they went, they They surrounded him, so in close quar- they had theybeganatonce, And still 
say. they say ters him they say. 
wa‘a™ naji”-biama; cé¢ectéwa" ji. Egi¢e q¢abé té'di yan’ge a¢a-biama. 
singing he stood, theysay; hedidnotheedatall. Atlength tree by the near they went, they 
say. 
Ki yan’géqtci ahi-biam4 yi, ¢acta’’-biama wa‘a” aka. Ki q¢abé té‘di 
And very near they arrived, when, hestopped singing, he sang hewho. And tree by the 
they say they say 
ahi-bi y1, wahi té ga”te amd. Q¢abé hidé té’di wahf té édedf-te ama, 
theyar- when, bone the had lain there some Tree the bot- bythe bone the they were there, 
rived, (ob.) time, they say. tom they say, 
they say 
. 2 a1: . . 
nfaci*ga wahi té. Caa™ amd ubatihéwa¢é-hna”-biamd niaci"ga tai xi. 
human bone the. Dakota the they hang upthe  regn- they say persons they when. 
(sub.) bodies larly die 
