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they, too, reached home after the people had been destroyed. The Dakotas had de- 
prived Joe of all his goods. They had taken all his horses, and all the horses of the 
whole tribe. Standing Hawk and his father were the only survivors of their house- 
hold. Just half of the women and oid men were killed, about forty in number. The 
rest fled into the bushes, carrying the children, and all of these were alive. And I 
reached gizabahe. We men were occupying about ten lodges. The buffaloes were 
very numerous. We killed a great many buffalo#s. There were a great many robes 
and winter robes; therefore we used to pitch our tents at very short intervals. We 
returned to the forks of the river, just this side of the Pawnee towns. There we 
camped and lay down for the night. Behold, when we arose again in the morning, 
all our horses were missing. We followed their trail. We wished to ascertain about 
our horses, to what land they had gone, before there was any snow, which would cover 
the trail. Behold, after stealing them, they had carried them homeward, leaving a trail 
in a long line. We departed, seeking our property. Behold, the Pawnees had taken 
them homeward. The Pawnees dwelt by the soldiers’ town towards the head of the 
Platte River. And there we arrived when seeking them. And when it was night, we 
stole the Pawnees’ horses in like manner. And three Omaha young men were coming 
back again very close to the soldiers’ lodges. At length they met the Pawnees who 
were returning from the war-path. Though the Pawnees were many, the Omaha young 
men killed one. And we who moved were bringing back horses in like manner. When 
we came back home to the village, I heard them say that all of Joe’s goods had been 
taken from him. I heard them say that the Dakotas had destroyed the Omahas. 
BATTLE BETWEEN THE DAKOTAS AND OMAHAS IN 1847. 
TOLD BY YAXE-GA™BA. 
Mé yi, déje é¢a"be xi, égi¢e Caa” ci wénuda® ahfi, ci waéki¢a ahfi. 
Spring when, grass camein when, behold, Dakotas again to war arrived, again to fightus they 
sight against us arrived. 
Waitt wagé g¢iq¢u‘a ahfi. Ki Caa” ama é’di ahfi té. Wénaxi¢ai té 
Woman cache toemptytheirown arrived. And Dakotas the (sub.) there arrived. They attacked them 
wait-ma. Watt aké ¢ab¢i" té na” ¢ankdé Maxéwa¢é aka éduthai té, jinga- 
the women. Woman the three the grown the ones Maxewa¢é the joined, small 
(sub.) who (sub.) 
qtci, iha” ké téki¢at té’di. Ki 4yfi ¢a" wéahide waqé g¢iq¢u‘a-ma 
very, hismother the they killed when. And village the at a distance cache those who emptied 
(ob.) her for him theirs 
eénawa¢a-bi, ai. Wa‘t wi” ni”ya ag¢iaka ¢ u¢ai. Ga™ ednujin’ga ama 
they destroyed at said Woman one alive whocame back that told. And young men the 
it is said, they. (sub.) 
cani‘ge-ma wagika"ta" ci 6/dia¢ai, wa¢ige. Ga™ dahé-de nikaci"ga beigadti 
the owes tied t theirown again there went, chasingthem. And hill when person 
akfi nacta”i. Ki wif hacida™ ag¢é yi, ag¢d-baji-mé ca” 6'di aki. Wa‘t- 
they they stopped And I afterward Iwent when, those who didnot aftera there I came Old 
came + going. homeward go homeward while again to. 
again to 
