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384 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
OMAHA HISTORICAL TEXTS. 
HISTORY OF ICIBAJI. 
OBTAINED FROM JOSEPH LA FLECHR. 
Ca™ niaci"ga wi” wa‘t wi” min’g¢i" yi, ci’gajin’ga widaqtci a¢i™ 
And man one woman one married her when, ehild only one he had. 
Ki ntyinga aka ‘Abaa-baji’-ctéa™, ugdca"-baji’-ctéa™, ca" edada" gdxa-baji’- 
And boy  the(sub.) hunted not at all, he traveled not at all, indeed’ what he did not 
ctéa”; wa‘u-hna"qti igqtawa¢é twakié-hna™ ca”ca™. Ki niaci"ga dji ama 
at all; woman only loving them he talked regu- always. And people differ- the 
to them larly ent (oh ) 
iqaqa ¢ahide-hna™ ca*ca™ biama; i” cte mune wé¢igga” ¢ingé’qti éga™ 
evening, always ridiculed him they say; as it were without any like 
at 
¢ahide-hna® ca"ea’-biamd. I¢adi aka endqtci ¢a‘égi¢éqtia’-biama. Ca™ 
they always ridiculed him they say- His father the healone pitied his own very much, they say. And 
niyinga ni na” gti éga"-biamd. Ci man’dé cté ¢ingé-hna" ca"ca™-biama. 
boy male fullygrown like theysay. Again bow even he was always without it they say. 
Ca” wapé ¢ingé-hna® ca"ca”-biama. Ki nujinga aka ja"-wéti" wi” gaxd- 
Indeed weapon he was always without it they say. And boy the wood to hit one made 
(sub.) with it 
biamdé, baxtixt dtibaha gaxd-biamaé. Ki ja™-wéti ké  a¢i™-hna® ca®ea"- 
they say, ridges in four places hemade it, theysay. And war-club the(ob.) hehad regularly always 
biamd. Ki niaciga amd da*baé-bi yi, ¢ahide-hna™ ca"ca”-biama, ja®-w¢ti" 
they say. And people the sawit,theysay when, they always ridiculed him they sway, war-club 
a¢i” té. Ki niacinga ukit‘é ucté ama nuda”’-hna® ca*ca”-biamaé. Ki ¢é 
he had as. And people nation the rest made war regularly always they say. And this 
Icibaji nuda” adé-baji-hna"™ ca™ca"-biama; tbaha®-baji-biama. Ci ¢gi¢e 
Ieibaji to war never went they say; heknewit not theysay. Again at length 
maca™ na“ba i beziga méca™ waqube gaxa-biama; a¢i” té ébé ctéwa™ 
feather two yellow-tailed feather sacred thing -he made them,they hehad the who soever 
hawk say; them 
ibaha?-baji-biamA; ma™a™ gaxd-biamé. Egi¢e nfacitga nuda” a¢é ‘i¢e 
knew it not they say; by stealth he made them, they At length people to war togo spoke 
say. of 
na‘a”i hai Teibdjt aka. Ma®¢a™ ukikie aké yi, wand‘a™biamé Teibaji aka. 
heardit , Teibaji the By stealth they were talking when, heard them, they say Teibaji the 
(sub.). to each other (sub.). 
Ki Icibaji ak4, E’di béé ti minkd, e¢éga™-biamaé. Ki &ébé ctéwa™ ufda- 
And Icibaji the(sub.), There Igo will Iwho, thought they say. And who soever hetold him 
baji-biamé Tha” ¢inké af té’di ¢ingé té yi’, maca™ ké g¢izai yi, add- 
not theysay. Hismother theone lodge at the was not ie feather the hetook. when, he 
who (ob.) his went 
biama. Ha” yi nuda” ¢é ga™¢a ¢anka wakihidéqti ma™¢i"’-biama Teibaji 
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they say. Night when to war to go Sach who wished wate ning em very walked they say — Teibaji 
closely 
ew / =) e 5 / . , 1 / , . ye & 
aki. Egi¢e a“ba yan’ge yi, nuda” a¢a-biama. Ga wéahide ahi yi, 
the At length day near when, to war they went, they And at a distance they when, 
(sub.). say. arrived 
