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their lodges. They shot down a great many. They set fire to the lodges, and the fire 
- burnt right through, killing those within, the lodges being full. They took all the 
horses from them, each Dakota selecting ponies for himself. At length the Pawnees 
abandoned their possessions to the Dakotas, the latter having forced them to leave their 
lodges. They scared them into the water. This Middle Chief died from sheer ex- 
haustion, not having been wounded at all. When the wounded ones died in the water 
one Dakota was constantly hitting them, without any reason but that he wished to be 
very stout-hearted. ‘You have taken hold of enough. Come back,” said his friends. 
The Pawnee boys were very forward in learning to pull the bow. They stood on an 
island. An arrow was coming directly toward the Dakota. It went right to the mark, 
wounding him and killing him in the water. ‘Strange! he did not listen to any one!” 
said the Dakotas. They were caused to suffer, yet they took all the skins and horses 
from the Pawnees. I have seen many Pawnees beyond that place, but since then very 
few of the Teawi have survived. 
HOW JOSEPH LA FLECHE LOST HIS GOODS. 
DICTATED BY JJ[AXE-G¢A™BA. 
Ma¢e yi t‘angaq¢a™ a-fi te. Uma™ha™ ama Bajof ta” wa" tédi g¢i"'i. 
Winter when thefallhunt they came. Omahas the (sub.) Sarpy town at the sat. 
Wi 4é uadne b¢d, gaja. . I¢apaha-maji wénaxi¢ai té, ca” u¢ai té udna‘a”. 
it buf- I hunted I went, to that I knew it I not that they were at- yet they “the LI heard of it. 
falo place. tacked, told it (ob.) 
Gikima A¢uta"gtia”, Nictide baca™ édi, ati-biamd gaq¢a”. Gan’ki Djé aka 3 
Tekamah in that very diree- Missouri bend at, they came,they hunting And Joe the 
tion, River say party. i (sub.) 
di a-fitéha. Bayoiamau¢@wi? i a¢in’ki¢af Djé. Uma ha"-ma gaza”adi 
there heecame . Sarpy the trading house caused tohave Joe. Omahas the among 
(su!>.) it 
yiqti-ha ¢@wi” ma¢in‘ki¢ai té Bayot aka. Egi¢e (likfima dud¢ica™ ugdq¢i 
deer- skin to buy caused him to walk Sarpy the Atlength Tekamah this side of point of 
- (sub.). timber 
ké’ga &'di yfi té ha Uma™ha" amd. LEgi¢e ni ama ‘Abae a¢af té ha. Diba 6 
atthe there camped , Omahas  the(sub.). Atlength man the(sub.) hunting went ° Some 
eti nuda™ a¢ai té; wa‘t, ic‘dge, cin’gajin’ga edabe, waa™¢a a¢at té ha. Dyjd 
_too towar theywent; woman, old man, child also, leaving them they went . Joe 
akdé, Gdeda”-naji®, Ta™’wa"-gaxe, céna uctaf té. Kgi¢e Uma™ha™ nuda” 
the, Hawk- standing, Village- maker, thoseonly remained. At length Omahas to war 
a¢é amd Caa™ sigdé té weéd¢ai té ha. Wa‘t, cin’gajin’ga edabe, wagijadé 9 
those who Dakotas trail the they foundthem . Woman, child also, near to them 
went (their own) 
\ s~ sa (fines ¥ fe *n/ 
g¢ai yi, ki-baji; ccnawa¢ai te Caa™ ama. Ci “Abae-maé yantiya “i g¢af 
they when, they did not exterminated them Dakotas the Avain those who fresh meat earry- they 
went reach again ; (sub.). hunted ing went 
back back 
