NUDAXAXA’S ACCOUNT OF HIS FIRST WAR PARTY. 379 
o_ s ~ 7 [1a | G ~ se s Lue re y Pie , 
ingixai ha. Edi aja” ha. I"dadi aka wagate ati ha  Qé¢inké Nudat’- 
madeforme  . There Islept . My father the food gavetome . This one Nuda’- 
= ie f , a + pt L y 4 ° = 
axa ugdca" hi cde i¢inge té g¢i. Dal be i-ga, al. Indadi aka can’ge 
axa traveling arrived but tired to death he has To see him becom. he My father the horse 
there come home. ing, said. (sub.) 
/ rey at ach serif 1 . , 1 , ® Ee OH By one AS 
r wi “i td, waii®’, uta”, hitbé, ca” b¢tiga ime‘age giba’i ¢inké ‘i té. B 
one he gave, robe, leggings, moccasins, in fact all” old man he was the one he gave 
called who to him. 
NOTES. 
372, 9. yyii—_Nuda”-axa. yyitl, to wound himself ; but yiu, to be wounded; wounded— 
Frank La Fléche. 
372, 11. ugahanadazéqti, pronounced ugathanadazeéqti by the narrator. 
373, 10. wa¢ata-bajiqtia’l, pronounced wa¢at+ta-bajiqtia'l. 
373, 12. winegi aka. This was Wasabe-jan/ga (Big Black bear) or Tuka¢a. 
373, 19. dede ké, said of much fire, as in a long line. 
378, 19. wa¢i® ca-i ha. Said by those who peeped over the hill. 
374, 1. wa¢it Ediqti wi? Vedai te. This was Waha-jan/ga (Big Hide). 
374, 2. atatadi ci wi" u¢ari té. This was He-jaja (Forked Horns). 
374, 2. ganki...eduata™. This was Uha"-na"ba (Two Boilings or Two Kettles), 
a name borrowed, perhaps, from the Dakota Oohe-no"pa (Oohe-noypa). 
374, 13. Niub¢ada kéja. It was where Westermann’s store now stands in the town 
of Niobrara, Neb. 
374, 15, gasi-¢inge, or Wegasapi (Whip) was the father of White Eagle, the pres- 
ent head-chief of the Ponkas. 
374, 16. wijit¢e. This elder brother was Ubi-ski, sometimes called Wacka"/-ma- 
¢iv (He who makes an effort in walking), the second head-chief, who shared the power 
with Wegasapi. ; 
PLAN OF THE BATTLE AND FLIGHT. 
A.—Blnff near the Pawnee village, which some of the Ponkas ascended to view the fight. 
B.—Ponka camp, where Nuda®axa and the other non-combatants were nearly surrounded. 
C.—The route by which most of the Ponkas fled. 
D.—The route by which Nuda”’-axa fled. 
