Ca : 5 
hs mh al ay 7 \ 
420, THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. : 
s dkiha"™ b¢ figaqti can’ge ‘g¢i® mai, ¢égaxe akikipaf Wa¢ttada wi" 
4 beyond hor = sitting on they sought sroundin they met one Oto one 
: 4 them, ave oe another. 
judwag¢e. Wag¢titada aké walhiita¢i™ agi”; wi ma™ ab¢i”. Gépe ha: , 
he with us. Oto the gun had; I arrow T had. I said as : 
: (sub.) follows 
8 Kag¢ha, qide ¢an‘di &di bispé jai, eb¢éga". U¢dse te ha, ehé. Hau. 
fT 
Friend, grass in the there crouching they I think. You willsetié =. I said. 
- lic, alire 
5 Uma™ha® wi” ag¢ii. Ga™ andji® edita" usé agi” ag¢ai. Ga? unahe 
So Omaha one came back. And we stood thence setting having they went And conflagra- 
oy it wfire it homeward. tion 
a 
ae Amusta dahé e ata” can’ge dg¢i"-maA b¢tiga bayéye naji® i, undhe Amusta 
ae rightabove hill ate how horse those who sat all in groups stood, conflagra- AES abege 
es, it (pl. ob.) far P on tion 
a 6 da™be naji”i, égaxe naji”i. Undhe akaé ndhega-baji, qide aka dae 
y = looking they stood, allaronnd they stood. Conflagra- _— the burnt with much grass the deep 
4, tion (sub.) heat, etc., (sub.) : 
3 éga®. Can’ge dg¢i"-ma cddé-qti-éga" judwag¢e andji" wi cti, uta?’nadi. 
. as. Horse those who saton six atone: I with them I stood I too, apart. 
Rad Egi¢e undhe am4 nfacitga ¢ankddi abfi té. Egi¢e ba” awdna‘a”. Cag¢af $ 
ES Atlength conflagra- the persons to the arrived. Atlength calling I heard side I go home- 
tion (moving) ward to you 
9 ha, hu+! af. Caa™’-ma nde¢a"bewa¢ail. HKei¢e wakide akidg¢ai. 
“ halloo! mee The Dakotas the fire made come out. Atlength shootingat they had come 
sai us and gone. 
Wa‘t ¢aq i ckf Pan’ka hni” ¢i"te u¢d i¢ai-gi, ai IekadAbj ak. Ki 
Woman youkilled youwere Ponkas youare it may to tell send ye ig said — Iekadabi the And 
them coming back be it way, (sub. 
Caa” am fa-baji. Ki Ickadabi aka: Ickadabi wieb¢it’ ha, af té, kikin 
Dakotas the they spoke And Ickadabi the Ickadabi Tam he - hesaid when, fighting 
(sub.) not. (sub.) : 
12 ‘d¢af. A™b i¢dug¢e dkiki¢af. Wadi" a¢af ¢ga" mi“ da*be anaqti-éga™ ahfi 
they Day throughout they contended Having they as hour about how many it ar- 
spoke of. with one another. them went rived 
te, égi¢e Caa™ wi" ti. Egi¢e Caa™ ¢i" wi” wacai, cka”¢i‘al. Ucté ama 
when, at length Dakotas one was Atlength Dakota the one epee he was unable ‘The rest 
q wounded. (mv.) them abandon to move. : 
i him, 
Pay 
3 ag¢al. Kgaxe i¢a™¢ai Uma™ha" amd. Can’ge ta" aa” b¢a. Jtiga-hna® b¢i”. 
“or: went Renan in they placed Omahas the Sate the T left. Body only I was. 
homeward. a circle (sub.). 
15 Cka?-¢i‘d aki man‘dé a¢i™. Wabaaze-hna” ama Uma™ha?-ma, wajr’- 
Unable tomoye the bow had. He geanel then offregn- theysay ~ the Omahas, temper 
(sub.) arly 
pibaji Caa” aké. Hacida™ é’di pi. Edi pf t& ca™ca” i¢dnaxib¢a béé Caa”” 
bad Dakota the Afterward there I ar- There I when without Jattacked him I went Dakota 
= (sub.). rived. arrived es 
inkéd. an’gve pi yi, ankide-hna™i ¢a™ja, ma®™ o& wédaji-hna? ¢é¢6-hna™1. 
¢ yan ge pi xi gar) = y ge¢ 
the one Near at hand Lar- when, heshotatmeregu- though, arrow the elsewhere regularly he sent them 
who. rived larly (pl. ob.) away. 
ele a us & 
18 Ga™ Aq¢i Caa” ¢inké; man’d idti® ha. Aza™ ihed¢t, ki Wa itada aka 
1 
b And LIkilled Dakota the (ob.); bow T hit him J Thit him and knocked and the 
i him with him down, (sub.) 
. . 1 ° . . . . a O 
jahai té. Ga? nfaci"ga ama fkinai. gQadai. qadde ¢icta” yi, a"wa™ ¢ige; 
speared him. And persons the snatchedat Theycuthim Cutting they fin- when, we chased them; 
(sub.) the pieces. up. up ished : 
ucté ama wi¢i" a¢ai. Ci @di angd¢ai. Qé¢abé ctigaqti &’di égihaqti Aki- 
the rest having they Again there we went. ‘Tree very thick there rightheadlong had 
them went. into 
