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wabaazaf. Ma™ na™cudaf. gamit wa¢i" édiqti wi” t’c¢ai té Pan‘ka ¢anka. 
they were Soil theymadeadust Down-hill having justthere one theykilledhim Ponka the 
A scared off. by running. them (pl. ob.). 
. < ° Cetiien oe aff] me ie *n/ ys qe 49 , 
Atatadi ci wi” u¢a™i te. Gan‘ki ci wi” édi té¢ai té édudta™. Gan’ki 
Far beyond again one they took hold of. And again one there they killedhim the next. And 
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watt wi" ¢izai té, Ta-sdba-wi", Umadha watt. Egi¢e winégi aka can’ge 
woman one they took, Deer-black-female, Omaha woman. Atlength my mother’s the horse 
brother (sub.) 
sateen ihre n / , r i} wy ~ s 
ta" im¢i’ gi? aki, a%¢a" wa"héga". Wackan’-ga ha, ai. Nfaci™ga ama héga- 
the having mine _ he ar- having followed me. Do your best, . he People the a great 
(ob.) forme rivedagain said. (sub.) = 
baji, af. Ga™ a™a™¢a ag¢al. Windqtci a"wa™cte. Canakag¢e dag¢a™ xi 
many, he And leaving me he went T alone me remained. Saddle Iputiton when 
said. homeward. for (the 
cons, horse) 
dag¢i. gamiiqti ag¢é; wéka"ta” u¢iq¢ag¢al b¢icta® g¢éa¢é. HKgi¢e wéahide 
IT sat on it. Down avery I went lariat holding loosely Ilethim Isent him Atlength atadistance 
steep hill homeward; go homeward 
suddenly. 
Ov e , o y s — . 
aki. Sindéhadi Ag¢inga, ehé; éde u¢itagai. Ga” aki, ujan’ge akicuga, 
Ireached By the tail sit on if, Isaid; but hewasunwill And _ Tarrived road standing thick, 
again. ing. again, 
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ukihange ¢ingé. Uta’ na jin’ga té’di tha aki. Ga” céna. Wa¢icta™, masini 
bounds none. Space small bythe follow- I ar- And enough. Theyletus go, the other 
between two ing it rived side 
again. 
nS ee > : . im re race . . 
angikii yi. Egi¢e wi” agi” akii, yaxe-jin’ga. ga¢i® wi” wabdsna™ hiddé 
wereached when. Atlength one they came back Crow- young. Pawnee one scapula bottom 
it again with him, 
te’di wi, ci hfdeayAdi ti; ci ¢éxande pahaci ¢an‘di Wi. u¢as4”, Ga™ 
at the wounded again atthe bottom hewas again cheek above onthe hewas itstueckin. And 
him, wounded; wounded, 
mahi"si gf¢iontide. Ga” angé¢i” angdg¢ai. Ha" i¢aug¢e ama” gi. Ha 
arrow-head he pulled outfor And wehadhim wewenthome- Night throughout we walked. Night 
him ward. ‘ 
¥ O *n? / s. / : aU ni 8: . . 
té ci éga™ i¢dug¢e a®ma” qi. Ca” qti a"na”ha4. Hgi¢e égasdni ditba ja” 
the again so thronghout we walked. We walked even till night. Atlength thenextday four ‘sleep 
ca qti a"na™a*bai. A™ba wésati” té angakii, Niub¢a¢a ké'ya. Kgi¢e nfaci"ga 
wewalked till broad daylight. Day the fifth the ye reached Niobrara atthe. Behold man 
ome, 
pahan’ga amd nfaci"ga g¢éba. Hgi¢éga", Ca” ha, af ega’’, ag¢ai. Egi¢e 
before they who man ten. At length, Enough . said having, they enk At length 
homeward. 
niaciga yajzata" duiba é¢a*be ati. Kegi¢e pahan’ga ag¢i ¢i", qasi-¢ingé. 
person *from the four insight they Behold before heeame the Top-branch- 
lodge came. (my. one), without. 
Wiji’¢e pahan’ga ma?¢i” amd dduata™. Niaci®ga b¢igaqti iwagikig¢e. 
My elder before — he walked the next. People — all kissed them, their 
brother own. 
Windaqtei ian’gikig¢a-baji. Aki te’di mdadi aka gdin¢in‘eai: Wa! ma%¢in’-ga 
Me only they kissed not me, Ireached when my father the said as follows Why! walk 
7 their own, home (sub.) tome: 
a . . , . s ‘ 7s ries & \. 
ha. Nikaciga ¢db¢i" waq¢i-ma wacta™h ci'te, e'di ¢at’é eté yi, af. piadi 
: Men ~ three those whowere you may have seen there youdie ought, he ‘To the 
killed them, said. tent: 
cki té ub¢i‘age, af. HK cka™hna, al. UtaYnadi dgudi na™pchi" ¢at’é 
youhave the Tamunwilling, he That you desire, he Tn some space in what hunery you dic 
come back said. said, place 
~~ . , . , Pee ‘n/t , . 
etéctéwam & vida", ai. A™q¢dgtei aki. I’natha aka umi™je tda™ wi” 
even if that good, he Me very lean LTreached My mother the couch good one 
said. home. (sub.) 
