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below the hill, kindling a fire at the stream. At last they came close upon us, getting 
us into a tight place. The Omahas joined the Pawnees. The Ponkas fled, being 
seared off. They raised a dust with their feet. Just as the foe went down hill after the 
Ponkas, one of the latter was killed. Beyond that the Pawnees captured another. 
Next they killed Uha*-na"ba, and an Omaha woman, ya-saba-wi'’, was captured. At 
lergth my mother’s brother brought back my horse, having followed me. ‘Do your 
best. The people are very many,” said he. [:e went homeward on foot, leaving me 
_ alone. I put the saddle on my horse, and mounted him. Ags Iwent down a steep hill, 
I loosened my hold on the lariat, giving him full rein. At length I arrived at a great 
distance from the foe. “Sit behind,” said I to my mother’s brother; but he refused. 
The paths stood so thick that they were without spaces between them. I went a little 
distance by another way, joining the rest after making a detour. When we reached the 
other side of a stream, the Pawnees let us go without further pursuit. At length one 
was brought to us, yaxe-jil’ga (Little Crow), whom a Pawnee had wounded in two 
places on the shoulder and in the upper part of the cheek. The arrow-head stuck in 
the cheek, so they pulled it out for him. We took him along homeward. We walked 
throughout the night, and when it was day we walked till night. We walked four 
nights after that, and until broad daylight. On the fifth day we reached home at 
Niobrara. The foremost were ten men. Having said, “It is enough,” they went to 
their respective homes. At Jength four of the people from the lodges came in sight. 
The first one who came home was qasi-¢inge, and my mother’s brother was the next in 
vank. All the people kissed them. Me alone did they not kiss. When I reached 
‘home, my father said as follows to me, as if in reproof: “Why! Go! You have seen 
the three men who were killed, and you ought to die there. I am unwilling for you 
to come back to this lodge. You desired that. It would be good for you even to die 
from hunger in some lone place.” I came home very lean. My mother made a good 
couch forme. I slept there. My father gave me food. He said, “This Nuda?/-axa 
went traveling, but he has come home tired to death. Come to see him.” My father 
gave a horse, a robe, leggings, and moccasins to the old man who was called. 
THE DEFEAT OF THE PAWNEES BY THE PONKAS IN 1855. 
qAGE: WAQGL TE. 
PAWNEE THEY WERE THE. 
KILLED 
DictaTeD BY NuDA"-AXa. 
digi" ama ifdug¢e'qti wenuda™ ca”ea". Ki ¢é¢i" Agaha-ma ¢i? ie%ige 
Pawnee the throughout made war on always. And thisone Over (them) he walks old man 
(sub.) us 
CLE pe L Ce oat Pai f Ee Vein ee 2 D/ AD olf f 7 ‘ 
nan'ge éde nig¢e ¢izaf qa¢i" ama. Ki Agaha-ma’¢i" ak& ga” gija™’be 
his sister but acaptive tookher Pawnee the And A gaha-marei? the (an ex- to see his 
(sub.). (sub.) pletive) 
s / _ x/ WY ¥ we ye erp, , Tie 
ca™ ga” é 4¢a-biama. Ha™egated’qtei xi, ¢inga-bitéam’. Ki-hna” ea” 8 
at any rate to he spoke of, they Early inthe morning when, he was missing, they And only (exple 
die my. say. tive) 
