408 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
NOTES. 
Mawada¢i" (Mandan) was a boy at the time of this battle, which occurred about 
A. D. 1846. See A"pa®-jaiiga’s account of the death of Mawadar¢i"s elder brother 
406, 2. de¢a™baha, the seven gentes or “council fires” of the Dakotas, who are 
here spoken of as being “in seven places,” 7. é., in seven parts of the country. 
406, 4-5. Umatha® gaqe hii te, etc. About three of the Dakotas turned aside from 
their homeward path, and came to the Omahas. They met some of the latter, who 
were driving their ponies. Wishing to show the Omahas what they had been doing to 
the Pawnees, the Dakotas hit them with their whips, striking them in soldier fashion. 
They did not wish to kill the Omahas. When they asked for some food, the Omahas 
misunderstood them. An Omaha fired and killed a Dakota. 
406, 8. Ati-biamé g¢ubaqti, 7. ¢., all of that gens. 
406, 9. e i¢a-biama, from “‘e i¢é, to send (the voice) hither in saying,” referring to 
the other party. But “e ¢é¢é,” would refer to the party of the narrator: ‘to send (the 
voice) away in saying.” 
406, 14. ta"waiig¢a™ cade ama, the six remaining Dakota gentes, to whom the mem- 
bers of the other gens fled. 
406, 16. hegaji, pronounced he+gaji by the narrator. 
407, 1. zii ¢a*, the Omaha village. Gijadé refers to the Omaha fugitives, meaning 
that they were at that time near their village, and so did not have to go far in order 
to reach it. See Dictionary for distinction between “acka” and “gadé.” Caa™ ama 
(the Dakotas, understood), is the subject of wa¢i" a-ii; and the object is Uma™ha”-ma, 
the Omahas, including “those Omahas who were not on horseback (Uma*ha® caiige- 
ag¢i®-baji-ma),” and those who were mounted. 
407, 2. u¢ica" nafige, shows that the pursuers were mounted, as naige refers to 
the running of the ponies, not of the men. See “ga7¢i"” in the Dictionary. 
407, 10. Gahige-jiiga. Sanssouci said that he was killed in this fight; but that 
this story is about the death of another Omaha, Wasaapa, the father of Wadjepa. 
He, too, could speak Dakota; and he was of Ponka blood on the mother’s side. 
TRANSLATION. 
When I was a boy the Omahas passed the time very pleasantly in surrounding 
the buffaloes. At length I heard that a great many belonging to the seven tribes of 
the Dakotas had gone on the war-path. They went to contend with the Pawnees, and 
they were returning in scattered detachments or bands, after getting their fill of Kkill- 
ing the foe. Some of those who returned by way of our camp wished to get food, and 
they spoke about food. About three turned aside from the trail, and reached the 
Omahas. As they did not wish to kill the latter, they hit them as soldiers do. They 
did not shoot at them with their guns, and those from this place, the Omahas, bring- 
ing the trouble on themselves, shot at the Dakotas. The Omahas contended with 
them; they killed one another. The Dakotas were scared off, as they were few. They 
weut back to tell the rest. ‘They all came. This Gahige-jitga talked the Dakota 
language well. The Dakotas called to us to speak of what had occurred: “We were 
coming back to eat. We had returned, having our fill of the foe. And though we did 
