A BATTLE BETWEEN THE OMAHAS AND THE PONKAS. 401 
NOTES. 
399, 13. muwahegabaji-biama. There was a strong emphasis on the first syllable 
when the story was told. 
399, 13. djubaqtci, pronounced dju+baqtci by the narrator. 
400, 7. ima*cta®-biama. This refers to moving to and fro of the combatants who 
were on foot. 
TRANSLATION OF A*PA*-;ANGA’S VERSION. 
The Omahas had the small-pox, and many died. They migrated, and went on the 
buffalo hunt. They arrived at the place where the Ponkas were. The Ponkas ate 
buffalo meat. And these Omahas, who had now recovered from the small-pox, were 
hungry, and so they were indisposed to make any exertions. ‘‘We go to you that 
you may eat,” said they. “Do not come. You will give us the small-pox,” said the 
Ponkas. ‘Psha! we will eat at any rate, and we shall soon be coming back,” said the 
Omahas. They went thither. ‘Do not come,” said the Ponkas, who threatened to 
shoot at them. And a few of the Omahas arrived there. Many of our Omahas had 
died from the small-pox. “Let us Ponkas die from wounds, when we are not sick. 
Come! Begone and tell them they can come with powder and weapons,” said the 
Ponkas. ‘‘We must die from wounds,” said the Omahas. The Omahas went to the 
Ponka village. (The old man told it a very long time ago.) When the Omahas ap- 
proached, they attacked the Ponkas. Immediately they made the Ponkas abandon 
even the lodges which were there, and the Ponkas left all of their possessions. The 
Omahas shot down a great many of them. A very few Ponkas survived. <A half: 
Omaha was coming back to us, forcing his way through the ranks of the combatants, 
and bringing a pipe. He was coming to make peace. An Omaha had him as a sister’s 
son. The Omaha said as follows: ‘“Sister’s son, it is well that you have come home.” 
When the Ponka extended his hand, as if to give it to him, the Omaha thrust a spear 
at the one who brought the pipe, and killed him. And still they continued fighting 
one another. At length a Ponka was approaching. ‘‘Come! you are going to destroy 
us. Cease it,” said he. ‘He says, indeed, that you are to cease!” said the old man 
who was the crier. They stopped, owing to the act of him who came afterwards with 
the pipe. They ceased. A very few Ponkas remained. 
TRANSLATION OF ASLA-HEBE’S VERSION. 
One who was half-Omaha dwelt with the Ponkas. And when he heard that the 
Omahas were approaching, he said to the Ponkas, ‘‘Do not let them come. Shoot at 
them.” The Omahas heard about him. And when they fonght the Ponkas, they 
made the latter suffer. And the Ponkas were coming to them, face to face, bringing 
a pipe. And the Omahas said as follows: ‘‘When you give us the half-Omaha,” call- 
ing his name, “we shall stop shooting.” But the Ponkas refused. And the Omahas 
fought them again. And he who continued as a refugee among the Ponkas, this half- 
Omaha, was very active. And his own sister’s son met him during the fight. And he 
feared to see his sister’s son. He prayed to him: ‘I wish to live. Pity me.” ‘Have 
you, on the other hand, pitied me?” said his sister’s son. And the latter pierced him 
with a spear, laying him on the ground, pierced through and through. Again the 
Poukas were bringing a pipe to the Omahas. They ceased. 
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