428 THE ¢EGIHNA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
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Li jangaqti té’di Mawdda"¢i" watcigaxd-biama. U¢iza™ té we n’gi¢e e¢in- 
a 
Tent very large atthe Mandan they danced they say. Middle . the caused 
waki¢d-biamaé Caa™ t’e-mi. acdge & t& u¢a™waki¢d-bi ega”, wa‘a™ 
them to sit, they say Dakotas the dead ones. Deer-claws arm the made them hold, they say having, singing 
e¢i’ waki¢a-biamé. Wa‘a” jawag¢e g¢i’-biaméa. ji té wan’gi¢e ca™ 
they made them sit, they say. Singing with them they sat, they say. Tent the all> in fact 
e¢i’ waki¢a-biama t’é gan’ka. pf té a¢idza té ca™ca™ nan’de ké ma*¢in’k 
madethem sit theysay dead _ the ones Tent the they when without sides the earth (sods) 
who. opened and stopping 
put it on the poles 
Agaspa-biama. i té ¢icta’-bi yi, a”he ag¢é-biamé. Uma™ha™-ma ati te, 
they weighted, they say. Tent the they finished, when, fleeing they went home- The Omahas come will, 
they say ward, they say. 
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af, Ada™ a”he ag¢d-biam&é Caa™” amd. Ki Uma™ha"-madi t’éwa¢ai-ma 
they there- fleeing went homeward, Dakotas the And among the Omahas the dead ones (ob.) 
said, fore they say (sub.). 
wagigai. Hé-janka-jan’ga dahi-qti ‘é¢a™¢ai, ?é¢ai. Wanikige si té ‘é¢a”- 
they buried Horn forked large right in the they put it on, they killed Wanukige foot the they put 
their own. (of fawn) neck him. 
¢ai. Agaha-wactiee ‘é¢a%¢ai, ¢ té¢éqtia”i. Pc‘ige-wahi¢e wi jibe 
it on. Agaha-wacuce they putit on, that they killed outright. Iec‘age-wahi¢e they _ lower 
wounded le; 
ke¢a”. qa¢i"-gahige da ¢a™ ‘é¢a™¢ai. ; 
the. 
da¢i®-gahige head the they put it on. 
(The following is an incomplete account of the same occurrence, which 
Two Crows gave:) 
Nugé gdq¢a™ atigd¢ai Uma™ha"-maé. Sia™¢ai: Qa¢i"-ma jiwag¢a-baji; 
Summer onthe hunt we went the Omahas. — They were the Pawnees were not with them; 
alone: 
Uma™ha?-ma-hna”™ oaq¢ai. Ga” Wajé ké gdké angtha anga¢ai.. Djd 
The Omahas only wereonthehunt. And Elkhorn the that we followed we went. Joe 
aka é/di nikagahi i¢ig¢a"-ma éduihe ma*¢i"i. Anga¢ai dga™ 4é wéa¢ai. 
the there chief those who ruled joining walked. We went as _ buffalo we found them. 
é-ma hégaji t’éa"wa"¢ai, égaxe ga™ t’éa*wa™¢ atig¢i™i; ca™ ahigia™ qti 
The buffaloes nota few we killed them, allaronnd so we killed them we sat; infact very many times 
awa"nas ang¢i™i. Ca™ niaci"ga wi"aqtei yé-ma g¢éba cti, ag¢i™satii”- 
we surrounded we sat. In fact man only one the buffa- ten too, by 
them loes 
¢a'¢a”, g¢éba-na™ ba-¢a™¢a™ cti, téwa¢é-hna™i, Ga" wandse té angt¢i‘age 
fifteens, by twenties too, killed them regularly. And tosurround them we were unwilling 
éga" ang¢i”i, wedb¢ati. ¢é-ma wea™4" ga” éga™ ang¢i“i. Hgi¢e ha’- 
some- we sat, we had our fill. The buffa- _—_— we carried and so we sat. At length early 
what loes them 
ega"tcé’qtci mi” é¢a™baji’qtci, ja” agidaha” yi, égi¢e yé ama ackaqtci didma. 
in the morning sun hadnotrisenatall sleep Irose from when, behold, buf- the very close were coming. 
falo (sub.) 
Wiragtci Djé aka t’é¢a-baji ca” bayliwi"xe a¢i™i, ca™ weéahide a¢i™ aga; 
Only one Joe the(sub.) did not killit yet turning around’ hehadit, yet far off he took it; 
tikiza ké’ya adi” a¢af. Ki can’ge ta® a®wa™‘i Djé aka. Ga™ 4é ¢i" Peds 
no one to the e took it. And horse the loanedtome Joe the And buf the tokillit 
there (sub.). falo (my. ob.) 
. ens 1 en/® 
aref, ada™ téagé-ga” at™didai. Ju ké wi aii”, ga” jahanuya sfa™¢é 41 
asked there- Ikilledit and wecutitup. Body the I Icarried, and green hide alone carried 
me, fore it 
