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BATTLE BETWEEN THE DAKOTAS AND OMAHAS IN 1847. 419 
jinga kiu ag¢i ama, é Maxdéwa¢é efa™ ‘ba ni’ja ag¢i. Wawéamaxe: 
woman she was she came the that Maxewa¢é alive came back. I questioned her: 
wounded back (my.sub. ), 
Indéda® ukit‘ai a, wa‘ijinga, ehé. Pan’ka ebééga®. Umat™ha™ ié udwakiat 
What tribe were ry old woman, T said. Ponkas I think. Omaha speech they talked 
they to me 
hé, af wa‘ijinga aka. Ké, angdg¢e tai; a"wa™dabe taf, ehé. Kictawégu 
said old woman the(sub.). Come, let us go homeward; let us see them, I said. Kictawagu 
ki nijinga 4ji wi” céna ¢ab¢i" anga¢ai. Ki ucté amd haci agtfi. H¢a™be 
and boy another one enough three we aaene And the rest after ae Tn sight 
c oming. 
angakii yi, dahdédi niaci"ga wi” @’di naji”. E’di angakii yi, wéahusai 
we got back when, on the hill man one there stood. There we got back when, scolded us 
edge aka. E‘a™ hau, a™¢a™i yi, Ha” ega"tce’qti wa‘i-ma waq¢i. Indéda™ 
old man the What is q we said when; Earlyinthemorning the women they killed What 
(sub.). the matter them. 
hnita" ¢ag¢i"’-bada" wa¢isnindai G"te. ypaciqti dkidg¢ai té, af. Ha™éga™ 
you you sat and you delayed it may be? Long ago they had come he Some inde 
worked at and gone, said. 
téga™ waq¢i icpaha™ stp uhnad ¢aki etéde. Ki wa‘tjinga cka™ ¢i‘Aqti nanka- 
in the they killed vane knew if, you you should have And — old woman totally unable running very 
morn- them tellit reached home. to move swiftly to get 
ing 
piqti ki te, ehnéga" 4, ehé. Gaf: (é¢ankée ha. Wag¢fona ja™i. Gédu 
there reach will, you think it ? I said. He said These are é Visible they lie. In that 
soon home as follows: the ones place 
téwa¢al, af. Gat &di angdg¢ai yi, &'diangdki wa‘t ¢anké. Ma™ oé a®wa'’- 
they killed, le And there wewenthome- when, there were moneda woman the Arrow che we pulled 
them, said. ward again (pl.. ob.). (pl. ob.) 
¢iontidai waii’ eyaf gé aizai-de anigubéta" fhea™¢ai. Egi¢e cangig¢i® 
out of them robe their the we took while we wrapped them we laid At length horseman 
(pl. ob.) in (them) down. 
b¢tigaqti akfi, nfaci"ga g¢ébahiwi"-qti-éga" akfi. Ga™ angd¢a-baji; di 
all reached men hundred about reached And we went not; there 
there again, there again. 
a®wa™ da®be a®ndjiti. Egi¢e nikagahi wi” akfi. [ckaddbi aké. Ké, a®wa'’- 
we looked at them we stood. At length chief one . a eached Ickadabi ee Come, let us 
there again. ne 
¢ige taf ha, al. Niaci®ga b¢tiga, Ahau! af. Sig¢é ké wian’guhai, a"wa™ ¢iqai. 
chase them 5 Men all, Oho! they Trail the we followed them, we chased them. 
pa sae 
Gicka™ qti-baji, i¢api¢i? wéuhe a®ma™¢i"i Jtga-hna® pahan’ga wéuhe 
Not going very fast, slowly © following them we walked. Body only before UO 
them 
amma ¢ii sig¢é ke. Cangdg¢i" amd Agahadi wiuta™ e¢i“i. Egi¢e waticka 
we walked trail the. Riding horses the (sub.) at Phe outside next tous theysat. At length creek 
aké yanga¢éhai; uq¢liqa-bajf; qade ha, ¢iq¢e cktibe baza™ ag¢af ké. Ga™ 
the extented: widein itwasnotahollow; grass 5 canes deep pushing they went And 
(sub.) all directions ; among homeward. 
ag¢an’ka"ha™ undsude ga™ sig¢e tmai. Can’ge Ag¢i"-ma dahé wéahide'qti 
on both sides it had been 0 foot-prints they Horse those who sat hill ata great distance 
pe bare sought them. on 
sig¢e tmega™ nan’ge yiwi"xai. Ki nikaci"ga qide ckube ke’di wiuhe aka 
trail they Sean sree they went And man grass deep inthe followed the 
them, as around. them (sub.) 
(a) f *n/ r *n. 
yan’géqtei ahfi yi, Caa’ ama. bispé jai i¢a”. A” ¢i" wé¢a-ba¢i™ niaci"ga 
very near arrived when, Dakotas the crouching lay suddenly. He came very near finding man 
(sub.) them 
witaqtei akdé, ci yig¢isa"¢a agii. Can’ge tan‘di ag¢i éga" Agig¢i". Ga 
one the again turned about heat was Horse tothe hecame as _ he sat ou his. And 
(sub.), coming back. back 
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