“as 
HOW MAWADA‘¢I® WENT ALONE ON THE WAR-PATH. 433 
fba-t‘a® gahaé akfja™i t8. Ki akf¢a ja t’ai yi, 4ma gaq¢i ga” ¢ai té (Mawa- 
handleithad upon they lay to- And bot! sound when, the to kill wished (Man- 
gether. asleep one him 
da™¢i" aka). Tgapigi"’qtei &ya a¢ai té. K’di ahi-bi yi, 4ma aka dagaha™i 
den the). ery carefully thither he went. There hearrived, when, the the raised his head 
he said other (sub.) 
te, nackf ¢a"™ sdbajiqti ma™zepe-jin’ga {ti™-biamé. Ama aké dadha* 
when, head the very suddenly ax little he hit with it, he said. Theone the(sub.) to arise 
Atid¢ai té ha. Ki ¢iqaf té ha. A™ha-biamd MawAdat¢i akd. (igé 
started : And theychasedhim . Fed he said Mandan the (sub.). Chasing 
him 
ma"¢i”-bi yi, ba” ma¢i”-biamd Qa¢i"-jin’ga amd. yi ama b¢tigadti 
walked, he said when, hallooing walked he said Pawnee young tho(sub.). Lodge the (sub.) all 
¢iqd-biama, wat amd cté, cfinuda™ ama cté. Ci ¢i‘d-biamad. Ci aba xi, 
chasedhim,hesaid woman the even, dog the even. Again he failed, hesaid. Again day when, 
ja”’-biamd, utcfje mate. Ci ha” yi, di a¢d-biaméa. A™ba yan‘géqtci 
D: 
he slept, he said, _‘ thicket within. Again night when, there he went, he said. uy very near 
, =f) OO . a . / ° = : ° 
yi, cani’ge yf wi” ¢icibai té ha. Can’ge wi” ka™ta"-biamd. Ki Aci ag¢a-bi 
when, horse lodge one hepulledopen . Horse one he tied ha said. And out hewent home- 
ward, he said 
ega™, yjebe é¢a*be aki-qti-bi xi, qa¢i® wi” akipé-biam4 uhfacka. Ki 
having, door emerging hehadjustreached when, Pawnee one he met him, he said close by. And 
from again, he said 
da¢i*® ak4 na™pai té Mawdda"¢i*. Ki Mawdda’¢i" aka can’ge ta” ¢icta”- 
Pawnee the feared to see him Mandan. And Mandan the (sub.) horse the(ob.) not letting 
baji ¢isnt ag¢4-biamd, ya” ¢i". Ki ga¢i akd &di éga™qti ba” ¢ahégabaji- 
- him go pulling went homeward, running. And Pawnee the just then halloo- wasmaking a great 
him along he said, (sub.) ing 
hna”-biama. Ki Mawdda"¢i® aké can’ge ta” ag¢i™ if¢a™i té, yig¢itutis‘a 
noise by calling, he And Mandan the horse the sat on him sud- when, bucking repeatedly 
said. (sub.) (ob.) denly 
efi-biama, ki a™¢ ieee pias: (Pab¢ita” an¢ igé¢ai yiji, za‘ai ama; 
it carried him, and threw him off, he said. Three times it threw him off when, they nade aaaD 
roar, he said; 
na¢uhaqtei ati-biama. Cinuda™ ama cti, wa‘i ama cti, ni ama ctl, b¢uga 
all 
very nearly they came to him, Dog the too, woman the too, man the too, 
he said. (sub.) (sub.) (sub.) 
¢iqai té. Can’ge ¢i" ca™ca™ Ag¢i® akidg¢a-biama. 
chased hin). Horse the without sittingon he had gone again, he 
(my.) stopping said. 
NOTES. 
Mawada"¢i" told his story to Frank La Fléche, from whom the collector obtained 
it, in November, 1881. The event occurred when Mawada”¢i" was very young, say about 
thirty-five years ago. 
432, 1-2. yii ¢andi ahi-bi yi. As the Pawnees camped in a rectilinear inclosure or 
line, the proper phrase would have been, ‘‘gii kédi,” ete. “ Tii ¢a®” refers to a curvi- 
linear encampment, such as the Omahas and cognate tribes use. 
432, 6. ja" wagi¢é, synonym, ja™ wéadai té. 
432, 8.433, 1. ma™¢i"-ti yijebe iba-t‘a". The shape of the earth-lodge, including 
the covered way leading to the inner door, resembles that of a frying-pan. The lodge 
is the pan, and the covered way represents the handle. The two young Pawnees lay 
on top of the covered way. 
VOL VL 28 
12 
15 
