406 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTUHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
BATTLE BETWEEN THE OMAHAS AND THE DAKOTAS. 
DICTATED BY A™PA”-LANGA. 
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A%jin’oa t0/di 46 wandse tyawaqti e¢i”i té Uma™ba® amd. Egite 
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Me small when buffalo surrounding .verypleas- . 8: Omahas the (sub.). At length 
them antly : 
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nuda” a¢é-bi, ai awdna‘a™, Caa™ ta” wang¢a" Adé¢a"baha, hégabaji. qa¢i? 
to war went, they Iheard them, Dakotas tribe | in seven places, not a few. Pawnees 
said 
waki¢a ahti té, uktt fb¢arqti agfi té, u‘é¢a aghi té bayéje ama. Ki d‘tiba 
to contend they arrived, foe veryfullof they were  scatter- they were gentes the And some 
with them i . coming back, ing coming back (sub.). 
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uhé éawadat ag¢i amd wa¢ate ga” ¢ai, wa¢ate ‘i¢a-biama. Uma™ha™ gaqé 
they passed directly they who re- food they desired, food they spoke of, Omahas turning 
toward us, when on turned to us they say. aside | 
their way 
hii té ¢Ab¢inqti-cea”. T’éwa¢a-baji ga ¢ai té, wande uti” te. Wapé wékida- 
arrived about three. Not to kill them they desired, they hitthemassoldiers. Weapons they did not 
Ce . sie / . Ae eee 
baji; ¢é¢uta"-ma éwayi‘a’i té, Uma™ha” wakida-biama. Waki¢ai te Uma™ha" 
shootat those from this they brought it on Omahas shot at them, they say. Contended with Omabas 
them with; place themselves, them 
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ama; t’éki¢ai té. Caa™ wabaaze adaf, djuba-ma ga”. Ucté kée4a ukig¢a 
the they killed one Dakotas were scared they thosewhowere as. Therest tothe to tell one 
(sub.); another. went, few ~ another 
ag¢d-biama. Ati-biama e¢ubaqti. (he Gahige-jin’ga Caa” fe ¢api. A™wa™- 
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they went back, They came, they all. This Gahige-jinga Dakota speech talked We 
they say. say well. 
¢ate tai-éga™ angdgii, & i¢a-biamd’ Caa™ ama. Ukit‘é te wedb¢a” angag¢ii, 
eat in order to we were tosay sent hither, Dakotas the Foreigners the we are sa- we have come 
coming back, they say (sub.). tiated with back, 
. - ° ee . ys a 
é f¢a-biamd. Ca” ¢iga”¢a-baji éga%i ¢a™ja, wawad¢akihna cka™hnai, 
tosay they sent hither, In fact not desiring you itwasso though, you contend with us you wisb, 
they say. 
d-biamd. Gahige-jin’ga aké ga-biamd: Ma"ciatahd mang¢i"i-ga, 4-biama. 
said they, they Gahige-jinga the said as follows, Further off begone ye, said he, they 
say. (sub.) they say: say. 
iicely. . Fo) , . . . I y . a 
Akidg¢ai ha, nfkaciga Ahigi. Caa™ amd, Uma™ha™ djiba éga®, a“he wa¢i" 
Theyhad gone , men many. Dakotas the Omahas few as, fleeing they had 
back again (sub.), them 
. a . us . ee inal 
ag¢at wéahide, wactankai éga.. pf té wéahide gia” ¢ai Uma™ha® ama. 
they went far away, tempting them like. Lodge the far away left theirs Omahas - the 
back ci (sub.). 
Kgi¢e dhigi ati-biamd, Caa” amaé ta” wang¢a" cade ama 6'di ahi-biama. 
Atlength many came,they say, Dakotas the tribe six the(pl.) there arrived, they say. 
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Wénaxi¢d-biama Uma™ha?-ma. fi ¢a%4 a™ha-bi ¢a™ja weki¢ib¢a™-biama, 
They attacked them, they the Omahas (ob.). Village tothe they fled, though they were mixed with one 
say they say another, they say, 
ray Wa - ec . 7 = 
dhigi Ataca". Ga™ hégaji t’éwa¢d-biam’ Uma”ha™-ma. Catigdxe-ba cka’- 
many more than. And notafew they killedthem, they'say the Omahas (ob.). They ceased and motion- 
