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400 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
yibaq¢a agi am4; maja” ida" gdxe a¢i” gf ama. Batefje { amd. Tya’- 
ae to ris he was they land good tomake having ne was they Forcing his he was com- Had 
coming say; it coming say. wayin ing, they say. 
cka¢a-biam4é Uma™ha® aké. Uma™ha® aka ga-biama: jya"ckdha, ¢ag¢i té, 
him for a nephew, Omaha the Omaha the _ said as follows, Sister’s son, you have oe 
they say (sub.). (sub.) they say: come back 
ca™ ha, 4-biamé. Na™bé wabaha ¢é am& yi, Uma™ha® aka niniba a¢i” 
enough . said he, they Hand motioning he they when, Omaha the pipe having 
say. went say (sub.) 
gi ta” man‘dehi fjaha-bi ega™, t’é¢a biama. Ci ca” Akiki¢a ma*¢i”’-biama. 
ae who spear thrust at ene he killed him, they Again still fighting one they walked, they say. 
came with, they say say- another 
Egi¢e Pan‘ka wi” i amd. Keé, cénawa¢a¢é onaf. Can’ gaxdi-gi, 4-biama. 
Atlength Ponka one was they Come, you are going to destroy us. Cease ye, said he, they 
coming say. say. 
Ca™ckaxe te, af a¢a+! 4-biama ivc‘age feki¢é aka. Ninfba haci tita” é 
You are to cease, he says indeed! said,they say old man erier the Pipe later he who that 
(sub.). came, 
fnateta’-biama. Can’gaxd-biamd. Pan‘ka djibaqtci ucté-biama. 
they stopped for, theysay. They Sone they say. Ponkas avery few remained, they say. 
(The following is a version of the latter part of the above paper, which 
was dictated in 1881 by Frank La Fléche, who obtained it from A*ba-hebe, 
the general historian of the Omahas, a man who is over eighty years of 
age, and older than A*pa™-jatiga:) 
Panti/ka amadi Uma™ha-hébe wi” ma™¢i“i té. Ki Uma™ha™ amé4 fi 
Ponkas by the Omaha part one he walked. And Omahas the (pl.) were 
coming 
té wand‘a®-bi yi, [waki¢a-bajfi-ga. Wakfdai-ga, 4-biamé. Ki Uma™ha™ 
the heheardthem, when, Cause ye them not to be Shoot at them, he said, they And Omahas 
they say coming. say. 
ama gind‘ai té Ki waki¢af té’di Pan’ka-ma ‘ag¢awa¢ai té Gan’ki 
the heard it of him. And they fought when Ponkas the they made them suffer. And 
(sub.) them (ob.) 
Pan‘ka am& yibaq¢a niniba a¢i” a-fi té. Ki Uma”ha™ ama gai té: 
Ponkas the face to face pipe having were coming. And Omahas the said as fol- 
(sub.) (sub.) lows: 
Uma™ha"-hébe ¢inké, ijaje ¢adai té, ¢ wa¢ati tédihi yi, mta"¢icta™ tafte, 
Omaha part he who, his they called it, that you give to itoceurs when, we a shoot- shall, 
name us 
af. Ki u¢f‘agaf té Pan’ka ama. Ci piqti Uma™ha™ ama maied te. KY 
they And refused Ponkas the Again anew Omahas the fought them. And 
say. (sub.). (sub.) 
wasisigé-qtia”i ¢é Umaha"-hébe Pan’ka amadi u¢iqé ma*¢i” ama. Ki 
active very this Omaha part Ponkas by the arefugee he walked the one And 
who. 
ya™cka ejd-qti ama agikipaf té. Ki ya™cka ¢i" nan’gipa-biama. Ki 
his sister's his real the he met his. And his sister’s the _ he feared to see his, they 
son (my. sub.) son (my. ob.) say. 
waha"™‘ai te. Ani™ya ka™b¢a. Qatean’gifd-gh, ai te Qi-eja, ¢d‘ea™ ¢a¢- 
he prayed to him. LT live I wish. Pity me, your Tanto he said. You, onthe have you pitied 
s other hand, me 
Ada", af té qa™cka aké. Gan’ki man’‘dehi faha-biama. Kusandé’qti i¢a” 
q said hissister's the And spear he pierced him with, Through and through he 
son (sub.). they say. 
¢ai té. Ci Pan’ka ninf uji a¢i" a-i ama Uma™ha™madi. Ki caii‘gaxai té. 
placed him, Again Ponkas tobacco put having were they Omahas to them. And they ceascd. 
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