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380 THE ¢@EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS, 
nase-hna™ ca™ca". Egi¢e Caa™ d‘iba ati ami. Ki &@di angéhii. Ki 
the regu- always. Atlength Dakota some caine the And there we arrived. And 
herds larly (sub.). 
Pan’ka am& wandce waxai. Wandce amd nikagahi edabe ukikiai té. 
Ponka the (sub.) police made them. Police the (sub.) chief also they talked 
together. 
x * Ps ’ su : 
Hau! ca” ha, af. Gat aé-ma iénaxi¢ai. Mitiwahéga-baji. Ga’ Caa™ ama 
Ho! enough . they And the buffa- they attacked. They shot down a great And Dakota the 
said. loes many. (sub.) 
*n/ rs iss onl) gra ce a ° 
eddbe wandse. Wati™ akfi éga", cka™ji g¢i” té'di, égi¢e, Ca-i cangag¢i" 
also surrounded Carrying reached having, motionless they when, behold, Yonder riding a horse 
the herd. them home sat 3 he comes 
wi” hau, af. Egi¢e fbaha"-hna™i. U¢ati-bi ¢ aka hau, af. Ati hi. 
one ! they <Atlength they all knew him. Poursmuch bs itis ul they Hecame 
said. water from his said. 
mouth into (something) 
Ga” Waii"-qtide amajita®. Q@éxe-gayi akd édi ahi; éki¢e aké A™wa'’- 
‘And Waii"’-qude from them. Drum the there arrived; the two were We snr- 
> (sub.) related. 
. Y . . , . vl s = . 
nasai, af U¢dti-bi aké. ye-niga g¢éba-na™ba ki 6di na” ba wan’ ganasai, 
rounded said U¢d'1-bi the Buffalo bull ten two and there two we surrounded them, 
them, (sub.). 
éde cénaa®wa™ ¢éqtia™i, af. Ede ddé¢a™baqti-éga™ ye-niga ama t’dawagat, 
but we utterly destroyed them, he But about seven buffalo bull the they killed us, 
said. : (pl. sub.) 
an , i , : tien (a 
af. Ki Hi-b¢éa® ama, Kbé-hna™ itd, e¢éga” éga", wakan‘di¢éga" wand‘a" 
he And Fish-smeller the Who only it may ihey as, impatiently they hear it 
said. (sub.), be, though* 
taité.. Nazandaji t’é¢ai, af. Namn’ge-ti¢e t’é¢ai, af. Na®ba-ma™¢i” t’é¢ai, af 
shall. Seeks-no-refuge is killed, he To-run-he-starts is killed, he Two-walking is killed, he 
said. said. said. 
Miixa-najm té¢ai, af. CaAnugahi t’é¢ai, af. Na™ba uctat ¢a™ja iyaje awd- 
Stuck in he is killed, he Lig-head is killed, he Two remained though his name T re- 
obliquely stands said. said. 
. *% 1s * / ~ ‘sla / : 
si¢a-maji ha. Gai: qa¢i® g¢éba-na”ba ki édi na™ba weanaxi¢ai éde 
member Inot A Hesaid Pawnee tens two and there two they attacked us but 
them as follows: 
, o OEE G n/ *n/ n n/ n] . { ome), *n/ a Ww ba Oe 
cenawa¢eqtia® 1, al. a” ni™ja a®wa" da"bal, zani gini”, wi" ecte ta-baji. 
they were utterly he And alive °* wesaw them, all recovered, even one he died not. 
destroyed, said. 
qi¢i® ama hégaji améga™ wéahidéqti wa¢i" ahfi, cénawa¢a-biama. Na™ba- 
Pawnee the a great they were, to a very great they went after they exterminated them, By 
(sub.) many as distance them, they say. 3 
gamba” oti téwadat té, ukidwata"ta” wiriqtci-¢a"¢a” waq¢i wagi" agai te. 
twos too they killed them, one after another by ones killing them they went after them. 
e ie - ; See 
Ga” wan’gakiji. Waii™’-qide-ma watcigaxe-hna" ca™ca". Wiji¢e aka 
And we came together Waii"’-qude the they danced regularly without My elder the 
again. (pl.) stopping. brother (sub.) 
pehan’ga wi" té¢é aka. Ga wa‘a™ uhé¢ai té: 
a 
: 
tine first one theonewhokilled. And song they carried itaround: 
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