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ak{-bi ega”, Nu jude¢e b¢é édega™, niaci"ga wi" gaq¢ii kédega™, édiqti 
reached having, Man Iwithhim Iwent but person one was killed helay, but just there 
home, they 
say 
ayfi édega™, na™ pe t’éé hé, a-biaméa. MKegasani yi, nti am’ da™be ahi-bi 
we but fearing he q said she, they The next day when, man the toseehim arrived, 
camped the sight died say. (sub.) they say 
yi, égi¢e t’é ca™ea™ ké ama. 
when, behold, dead without he they 
stopping lay say. 
NOTE. 
Observe the use of “té h&” instead of ‘-biama,” as if the narrator had witnessed 
the adventure here recorded. As he did not, the uniform substitution of ‘-biama” 
would have been consistent. But the text is given just as it was dictated. This 
apparently incorrect use of ‘‘té ha” instead of ‘‘-biama” will be found elsewhere in the 
Historical Papers which follow. 
TRANSLATION 
Some Dakotas camped. One Dakota joined them, who was continually moving 
his tent from place to place. And one wandered away from these Dakotas who had 
camped. And when he met another man who was on the war-path against the 
Dakotas, he killed him. And when it was very late in the evening, this man who was 
fond of moving removed and departed. One woman alone accompanied him. At 
length it was night, very dark, and this one who removed and departed, camped. 
And the woman set up the tent. And the woman said, “Begone to the tent. Make 
a light.” And when the man went to the tent and made a fire, behold, he saw the man 
who lay dead, with all his hair cut off, lyimg killed. As he feared the sight, he said, 
“Oh!” and immediately he became insensible. ‘‘ You went to make alight; have you 
put on the wood?” said the woman. As he did not speak, she went thither and touched 
him. And she made alight. And when she saw him lying insensible, she tied a lariat 
on a horse, and left the tent, going back to the other Dakotas. And having reached 
there again, she said, “I went with the man, but a man lay there killed, and we 
camped just there, and he died from fright on seeing him.” On the next day, when the 
men went thither to see him, behold, he lay dead beyond recovery. 
THE HANDS OF THE DEAD PAWNEE. 
ToLpD By JosEPH LA FLECHE. 
Caa™ d‘iba yf-biama. Ki ga¢i" wi” t’é¢a-biama. qa¢i" ¢inké na™bé 
Dakotas some camped,they say. And Pawnee one they killed, they say. Pawnee the (ob.) hand 
ey té mésa-bi ega”, ubatité¢a-biamda Cahaya wéga"ze na™baqti¢ga™. Ki 
his the cutoff,they having, they hung them up, they at a hill measure about two. And 
tt) say say 
ha”, ugdhanadaze yi, yadésage hégaji amd. Ki nv ama u¢éwi" g¢i™-biama. 
night, dark when, high wind much they And man the _ collecting they sat, they say. 
say. (pl sub.) 
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