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402 THE @EGILA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE OMAHAS AND THE PAWNEE 
LOUPS. 
DICTATED BY A®’PA™-TAN’GA. 
Umar ha® ama nuda” a¢d-biamd wan’ gite. é¢a"ba wada™ be a¢ai te. 
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Omahas the (sub.) to war went, they say all Seven to see went. 
Nuda™hanga aké Cagewadé ijaje agi” té. Nuda*hangd, yf d‘iba dé¢a*ba 
War-chief the (sub.) Ca¢ewa¢é  hisname he had it. O war-chief, lodge some seven 
éd{ té, & u¢& mang¢i”i-gi, 4-biamé Ca¢ewadé aka. Ci ahigi-ma-jdta” 
there the; that to tell begone ye, said, they say Ca¢ewa¢é the (sub.). Again the many from 
ati-biamdé. Niuda™hangd, wagazua™¢a angati ha, 4-biamé. Wada baji- 
they came, they O war-chief, we correct it we have : said they, they Not to see 
say. come say. 
waki¢d-biama vf ké. Ké! ugd mang¢i”i-gi. pi dé¢atbai. Wandq¢iri-ga, 
he caused them, they lodges the Come! to tell it begone ye. Lodge they are seven. Hasten ye, 
say, (line of.). ) 
4-biamé. Ati-biamé 4higi am&é (Uma™ha"™ amd). Ha?-ima™¢i" é’di a¢a- 
said he, they Came, they say many the (sub.) (Omahas the). Night walking at there they 
say. x went 
biamé. di yan’géqtci abi ga™¢a-biama. Céta" ahigi té ukig¢a-baji- 
they say. There very near toarrive, they wished, they So far they were the they had not told 
say- a : many those with them, 
biama; Akinaq¢4-biamé Uma™ha* ama Ediqtei ahi-biama. Egi¢e, fhuyja” 
they say; hid it from their party, Omahas the (sub.). Just there they arrived, they Behold, smoke-holes 
they say. say. ' 
cibe ké ama, hégaji Nuda*hangd, hégaji ama ¢a™ja, angati a"¢icta’l ha. 
distant lay they say, not afew. O war-chief, notafew they though, we have we have 
black are come finished 
Ca” wan’ gaki¢a taf, d-biam& nuda”hafiga Aji ama wi" aka. pi ya™ha 
Atany letuscontend with said, they say war-chief different the one the Lodge border 
rate them, (pl.) (sub.). 
kédiqtci mitdé ad¢d-biama; g¢éba-na™ba ¢a™g¢a™ na"bé ukfg¢a” mindé a¢a- 
iust at the crawling they went, they by twenties hand holdingone crawling they 
say; another went 
biamd. Q¢fiijiqtcia” wag¢dde agd-biama, yina™da® a¢a-biama. Nuda’- 
they say. Very quietly creeping upon they wentthey pushing them-. they went, they War- 
them say, selves with say. 
their feet 
hanea wat¢fixabe a¢i”-biama, Gia™ha-bi ij4je a¢it’-biamdé. Weéti? a¢i’’- 
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chief sacred bag he had it, they say, Giatha-bi his name he had it, theysay. Striking- he had it 
instrument 
. li2 a a yiae ey oi é re F fe 
biamd, wéagq¢ade wéti® gaxe, waqtibe gaxe ¢izi-biamd. fi ¢a" duba” 
they say, war-club with | striking- he sacred thing he he took it, they say. Village the four times 
iron point instrument made it, made it (ob.) 
oa’ -biamé (Acaizi-biam’). Maka" waqttbe gaxe ¢icka-biama duba™. 
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so, they say (he brandished it towards, Medicine sacred thing he he untied, they say ‘four times. 
they say). made it 
x - = f 7 , had v / vl 
qadé téya ¢6¢é gaxé-biama. yadé ey gahi¢ a¢é gaxai te. Maka™ té’ya 
Wind tothe tosend he made it, they Wind its waftingit togo he made it. Medicine to the 
it off say. 
ahi 5 rai’. oisibali Axai té rane oar Laser MES fe a 
ahf yi, waji™ gisi¢aji waxai té, wapé gisi¢aji waxar qa¢i’-ma. Ji 
ar- when, disposition not to he made them, weupons not to he made the Pawnees. Lodge 
rived remember remember them 
