THE SECOND FIGHT WITH THE PONKAS. 405 
THE SECOND FIGHT WITH THE PONKAS. 
RELATED BY A™PA"-LANGA. 
Akikijf-biamé. Uma™ha” ama cti gaq¢a™ a¢d-biama, Pan‘ka ama cti 
Two tribes came together, Omahas the too movingina went, they say, Ponkas the too 
they say. . (sub.) body (sub.) 
gaq¢a™ a¢d-biamd, Ni-ub¢d¢a kéya. péga kiya ba-bi ega™’, watcigaxd- 
movingina went, they say, Niobrara at the. New they saw one because, they danced 
body another, they say 
° , kad ° Sey eee Ie . ; : ; 5 
biamé. Pan’ka wi wande uti”-biamd. Pan‘ka wi” wandca-biami. Uti? 
they say. Ponka one asa police- hit him, they say. Ponka one was a policeman, they Hit 
man say. 
ama Akiki¢a-biamaé. Pan’ka ama éwa™ ga”, Uma™ha® ama wénaxi¢a-biama. 
they contended they say. The Ponkas being the as, Omahas the attacked them they say. 
who together cause (sub.) 
i ké, can’ge cti, edida® a¢i™i, ca” b¢iigaqti waca-biama. Ci wa¢istube 
Lodge the _— ponies too, what they had, in fact all they made them Again to spread the 
(col.), abandon, they say. hands before them 
: - a * . =, ° 
agi-biama yfbaq¢a. Ki Wactce i¢ddi aki Pan’ka améya ahi-bi ega™, nag¢e 
they were com- face to face. And Wacuce his the Ponka at the arrived, having, a captive 
ing, they say father (sub.) they say 
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¢izat té. Ci wa¢istube a¢i” a-f-biam&é Uma™ha™ ¢ankaja. Ga™ maja” 
he was taken. Again tospreadthe having they were com- Omahas to the. And land 
hands before them him ing, they say 
tida® gaxd-biama. 
good they made it, they 
say. n 
NOTE. 
A*pa"-yanga said that this occurred before his birth, 7. e., before 1830. Wacuce 
was an old man when he died in 1878; and it was his father, Gahige-jinga, who was 
captured by the Ponkas at the beginning of this battle. Gahige-jitga was then very 
young: A"pa™qaiga said that it occurred when the former was a “‘cenujinga-qtci,” a 
very young man; Sanssouci said that Gahige-jiiga was a small boy. He was playing 
on the side of the Ponka camp at the commencement of the fight, and so was captured 
by the Ponkas. The messengers brought a pipe as well as Gahige-jiNga, who was 
restored to his people. 
TRANSLATION. 
The Omahas and Ponkas came together, and traveled together when going on the 
hunt along the Niobrara River. They danced because they saw one another anew after 
a separation. A Ponka, who acted as a policeman, hit an Omaha. The Ponka was a 
policeman. They who struck contended together. The Ponkas being the cause, the 
Omahas attacked them, forcing them to abandon their lodges, ponies, and, in fact, all 
which they had. And the Ponkas were coming with their faces towards our people, to 
petition to them. And the father of Wacuce having arrived at the Ponka camp, he was 
taken captive. And they were bringing him to the Omahas to petition for peace. And 
they made peace. - 
