THE DEFEAT OF THE PAWNEES BY THE PONKAS IN 1855. 381 
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cté he+ - -wa-qtcike+, Cu-e¢e-¢i-ji a-he+, Gan’-ki na"-wa-pe+, 
The any first, He did not send him And they fear us, 
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Cé-na-wa- oe a-he+. Ciide-gixe ijin’ge 6’di efi" abi-bi ega® 9 lagi 
They were exterminated. Cide-gaxe hisson there carrying shearrived, taeiie Pawnee 
¢ : him they say 
wi” tdé¢ai ké gahd dAtanki¢ai té. Ci wi” gahd atanki¢ai te. Na™ba 3 
one lie was the upon he caused him to Again one “upon he caused him to Two 
killed (ob.) a tread on. tread on. 
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Atanki¢ai té. Ga Na*bé-wata™ yaje a¢in’ki¢at te. , 
he caused him to And Two-he-trod-on-them hisname he caused him to 
tread on. have it. 
NOTES. 
Sanssouci says that this occurred in the summer, and he thinks that it was earlier 
than 1855. 
378, 6. b¢ugaqti, pronounced b¢u+gaqti by the narrator. 
378, 16. ega®qti a¢it akama. He sat between two men, who held him. Each of 
them had one hand on a knife, to kitl him if he stirred. 
378, 16. Amaha-u¢ici is another name of Agaha-ma?¢i7, meaning, “He who is un- 
willing to share his lodge with another.” See “amahe” and “ wamahe” in the Dictionary. 
379, 7-8. ji ama sakiba"wa™¢ai. The camps of the two parties of Ponkas, the Waiir- 
qude and the Hu-b¢a*, were placed side by side. The Hu-b¢a™ chief sent two messen- 
gers to Ubiski, to put him and the Waii®-qude on their guard. As the two camps 
were close together, it was very easy for Nuda®/-axa, who belonged to the Hu-b¢a*, to 
hear what the criers proclaimed. 
379, 8. MactcinNge was a brother of Hidiga (Myth-teller), A*haji (Flees not), or 
aa¢i®-wa‘u (Pawnee woman) of the Wacabe gens.” 
379, 16. 631 té/9a—Nuda*-axa; e ii té’49a.—Frank La Fléche. 
380, 1. Caa" d‘uba. These were about forty lodges of Yanktons, with whom the 
Hu-b¢a® camped. 
380, 5. U¢ati-bi or Ma*tcu-Kina"papi was a member of the Wajaje or Reptile gens. 
380, 7. By “buffalo bulls” he meant the Pawnees. 
380, 16. wangakiji, from wakiji, refers to the two parties of the same tribe. When 
two tribes come together again and camp, and then travel together, akikiji is used. 
Sanssouci says that when the Omahas were on the Platte River, in 1855, the 
Ponkas and Yanktons attacked the Pawnee:, some of whom were opposite Fremont, 
Neb., the others being about five or six miles distant. The former were the gé¢i"- 
maha and the Pitah4wirataé. Several Omaha messengers were there at the time of 
the attack. The Omahas had sent word to the Pawnees to come in on a friendly visit. 
Indé-snede (Long-Face) killed an Omaha Wéji"cte woman who was among the Ponkas; 
and Black Crow, the head of the Ponka Nika-daona gens, was wounded. Two Omanes, 
