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FIGHT BETWEEN THE OMAHAS AND THE DAKOTAS. 499 
Djé aké. Angde¢ai éga® yf ké angijadé angig¢ai. fi ¢a" é¢a*be atigaki 
Joe the Wewenthome- as tent the wewerenear wewenthome- ‘Tents the insightof we got 
(sub.). ward to ward. back 
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yi, égi¢e 4¢ d‘iba wa¢iqai. Angdg¢ai kéya uka™ska wad¢i" a-fi duda. 
when, at length buf- some they chased We wenthome- tothe right inaline having theywere this 
falo them. ward with them coming way. 
ey) om . w , ° o . . 
yan’ge angdki yi, 3¢-ma wabayuwi"xe a¢af. Egi¢e nfaci"ga amd yahawag¢e 
Near we got when, the buffa- wheeling around went. Behold, men the shield 
home loes (sub.) 
a¢i”i té nika¢iqe a¢af. 
had when chasingthefoe went. 
(When Two Crows had dictated this, several Omahas entered the room, 
and he would not tell the rest.) 
NOTES. 
. 
This event occurred in 1849 or 1850, in Nebraska, south of the Niobrara, and near 
the Nigni, a branch of the Loup Fork of the Platte. 
425, 7. wa‘i® ag¢i. This refers to the Omahas, who went after the bodies of the 
two who had been slain. 
425, 9. hegabaji-biama, pronounced he+gabaji-biama. 
425, 9-10. iha® ugine d‘uba, ete. This refers to the Omahas, whom the Dakotas re- 
garded as few, and as separated from “their mothers,” 4. e., the main body of the tribe. 
426, 1-2. E‘arqti - - ¢a¢itce Edi one etede: ‘‘ You who are wishing to go and see what 
is to be done, should have gone thither.” This was said to each head of a husehold. 
426, 3. édi a¢ai ha*i té. Sanssouci preferred to say, “édi a¢ai hati té yi,” making 
“hari té,” it was night; and “yi,” when. 
426, 8-10. ukit‘é - - - Iwidaha* tai mifike. The Ponkas camped so near to the 
Dakotas that Whip could reprove the latter while pretending to scold the former. 
426, 9. Eata™ una"pe it¢eonai 4. A™pa"-yanga said this was equivalent to “ Hata™ 
na™pea™¢aki¢at 1.” Sanssouci said that this should be, “Hata A¢a"pi in¢éona™ Gi"te.” 
He derived “ti¢a"pi i¢éona®” from “a¢a™pi gi¢a™.” 
426, 12. na"za gaxai. Sanssouci said that some of the Omahas made an excavation 
as a shelter for their horses. The embankment was about four feet high. It was in 
the shape of a crescent, and was between the tribal circle and the bluffs. 
427,1. weanaxi¢a cu-ifai, from “wenaxi¢a cu-i¢é.” “Cu-ige” must be distinguished 
from “cu-¢e¢é,” which denotes sudden motion from the place of the speaker and his 
party toward the party of those addressed. 
427, 4. Mactu @ida*. Mr. Reed had come to reside among the Omahas in order 
to study the language, and to assist the principal missionary, Rev. Mr. McKenny. 
427, 5. Ca®-ama denotes a reversal of the previous state after moving awhile. 
427, 7. Ugida-qtiai: ugide is the possessive of ude; “qtia” is added for emphasis, 
showing that the Omahas were driven back so forcibly that they went as far into their 
lodges as they could get- 
427, 12. ‘e¢am¢ai is almost a synonym of u, to wound. 
427,15. jibe ke¢a®. The addition of “¢a"” seems to convey the idea of past action 
or condition. 
427,19. waonuonude ga” wegiti" ¢e¢a-biama. The Omahas mangled the bodies of 
the two Dakotas, one of them being that of Kipazo’s son, the murderer of A"pa™ qanga’s 
