BATTLE BETWEEN OMAHAS AND THE PAWNEE LOUPS. 403 
= fo / = = C , L a , 
ya" ha a-f-ja"-ma ma” wi ¢ida™ ¢éé¢a-biamé. Céta® ugahanadaze ama. 
border those who ap- arrow — one he sent away by they say. So far 
darkness they 
proached and lay pulling (the bow) 
say. 
we / : +. , * tery , 
Ma” ké wa¢fonaji ama. Wacka™ Akig¢aji ati-hna®-biamd, Jie qi yam ha 
Arrow the not visible they To do his commanding they came, they say, whis- Lodge border 
say. best one another pering. 
ké eca™qtci a-ija"-biamd, bispé. Egi¢e aba aké uga™ba amd. Ma™ wi’ 3 
the very near to hey) approached and  crouch- Atlength day the gavelizht they Arrow one 
ay, they say, ing. (sub.) say. 
¢ida” ¢é¢a-biama. Wa¢iona. (éké waqtbe ké duba™ dgaizal té wa‘i?’bat- 
he sent away by they say. Tt was visible. This sacred thing the fourtimes he bran- 
pulling (the bow) = (ob.) (ob.) 
when he gave the 
dished it attacking ery 
towards 
. 1 a . re . , . . , 
biama. Duba” té ba™-bi yi, hau! kida-biama. Waki¢a-bi éga™, wapé 
they say. Fourtimes the he called, when, well! they shot at it, They contended with having, weapon 
é they say they say. them, they say 
‘gtize-ma qa¢i"-ma ja’ t’e-mé eti, ca™ ca" wAq¢i-biama. Wa‘t-ma cti waté 6 
those who took the Pawnees those sound too, without they killed them, 
theirs asleep stopping they say. 
nuya¢i" na*ontide-hna™-biama; ha"éea® tce daha" waté g¢i‘a-hna™i té. yf 
naked slipped off regularly they say; morning they arose clothing they failed to fasten Lodges - 
as they ran regularly. 
ké  wace wa¢i™biamd; Akusande wa¢i?-biama da¢i*-ma. Lyidehi’hingti 
the making they had them, through and they hadthem, the Pawnees (ob.). Just like pillows on 
(line of) them they say ; A beyond they say one another 
abandon 
The women too clothing 
véwa¢a-biama, wapé gisi¢a-baji ega™. Qiqte égih i¢a-biama, tibaaze. 9 
they killed them, weapons they did not because. Canes headlong they went, they they were 
they say, remember say, seared into. 
Ataca" ga” tha-biamdé. fi ¢a44 ci tigidaazd-biamd. Edthi yi, wapé 
Beyond so they passed, they Village tothe again they scared them into their, They 
that say. they say. arrived there 
g¢izai té qa¢i” ama. Edihi yi, t’éwa¢é-hna™i Uma™ha® ma. Djtiba umicte 
took their Pawnees _ the At that when, they killed them the Omahas (ob.). A few 
(sub.) time regularly 
when, weapons 
remained 
from shooting 
ahfi té, waji"-pibajt qga¢i-ma. Ahigi tcki¢ai. Cat¢ewadé égi¢e té¢a- 12 
they when, inabadhumor - the Pawnees. Many they killed Ca¢ewags atlength killed 
arrived one another. him 
biama, qa¢i" amd. Cad¢ewaddé vé¢ai, ai, aga+. Ca™ckaxe taf, ai, a¢a+, 
they say, Pawnees the (sub.). Cag¢ewagé is killed, he says, indeed. Enough you do will, he says, indeed, 
a-biama. Can’gaxd-biamé. Ca™ can’ge, ytha, wa¢ate g¢uibayti, wendace 
said he, they They ceased, they say. Yet horse, tent-skin, food snatching 
say. from them 
. Gay ce 
‘” agi-biama. 15 
car- they were coming 
rying home, they say. 
NOTES. 
» This fight occurred when the father of A"pa"-janga was a boy. 
402, 2. nuda”hatiga, ete. CA¢ewadé was the leader of the seven scouts. 
402, 14. weaq¢ade, a kind of war-club, with an iron point on one side of the lower 
end, and a ball of wood on the other. There are two kinds. The club, with the excep- 
tion of the iron point, is made of some kind of very hard wood. 
402, 14. y1i ¢a".. As the Pawnees do not camp in a eircle, this is probably intended 
for “gii ké.” 
403, 2. akig¢aji. Axyig¢ajimFrank La Fléeche. So he makes uyig¢a®, instead of 
ukig¢a™, 402, 14. 
403, 8. iyidehi@hiqti, a verb from iyidehi", which is derived from the noun ibehi*, 
a pillow. 
