424 THE (@EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
man who had been left. I left my horse, and went afoot. The man who could not go 
rapidly had a bow. The Dakota was desperate, and he was constantly searing back 
the Omahas. Larrived there later. When I reached there, forthwith I went to attack 
the Dakota. When I got near, though he shot at me repeatedly, he always sent the 
arrows elsewhere. And I killed the Dakota; I hit him with the bow, and felled him; 
and the Oto speared him. Then the men snatched for pieces of the body. They cut it 
up. When they finished cutting it up, we chased the foe; the rest had gone in pursuit. 
And we went thither. The Dakotas had gone headlong into a very dense forest. 
And the chief that I said had arrived, even Ickadabi, said as follows: “Ho! cease ye. 
Come back and rest yourselves awhile from panting. After some little time you may 
contend with them again.” ‘Ho! so let it be,” said they. All sat together at the 
hill. They also caused their horses to rest. The Dakotas were sitting together in the 
forest; they sat singing and making a great uproar. The party of Dakotas were 
depending upon the forest. They kept on saying, “Come ye! let us contend together,” 
as they thought that we would draw back through fear of them. ‘ Hold! sit and wait. 
After some little time, of course, we shall contend together,” said Ickadabi. 
At length the Otos arrived. We dwelt near to them; therefore some went thither 
to tell them of the fight. The Otos came to chase the foe. They came when we had 
scared the Dakotas into the forest. And the chief said as follows: “Hold! wait. When 
some little time shall have elapsed, of course we shall contend with them.” And the 
Otos stopped going. We all sat for a long time, say, for a little more than an hour. The 
chief stood erect and proclaimed: ‘Ho! it isended. Come! contend with them.” And 
all said, ‘‘Oho!” The forest was a curvilinear one. ‘Surround them. Goto the other 
side and be coming back,” said the chief. And they fought them. They did not kill 
one another for a long time. At length it was said that an Omaha was killed; but 
when I arrived there, behold, it was not so; he was but slightly wounded. When he sat 
aiming at the foe, a Dakota was the first to shoot at him, wounding him in the arm. 
Again, when some time had elapsed, an Oto was wounded and was killed outright. 
At length one of the Dakotas was killed by the Omahas. And the Dakotas killed an 
Oto. We drew back from the Dakotas for a long time, and they continued killing our 
men. ‘Leap ye into the forest at all hazards,” said Ickadabi. ‘‘ Beware lest they con- 
tinue killing some of you, if you draw back from them,” said he. And all the men 
jumped into the woods at all hazards. When we had gone half-way through, we 
faltered and stopped. Again, after a little while, Ickadabi said as follows: ‘‘Jump in 
at all hazards. If you falter before them, beware lest they continue killing you.” We 
brought two of them out of the timber, capturing both of them alive. The foe had 
killed an Omaha; and not recognizing him in the excitement, we dismembered him 
as well as the Oto, our ally. When I attacked a Dakota, he fell into the water. As 
he Jet his gun drop, it fell right into the stream. I leaped into the water, and as he 
came again to the surface, 1 caught hold of him by both arms. Having made him 
stand, I caused the Omahas to sealp him. The Omahas met the other Dakotas who 
fled together across the stream. © As these Dakotas had no loads in their guns, they 
were killed. They shot at one another even till night. Whew the sun had fully set, 
the Dakotas were destroyed. 
