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438 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Gasani ci wacta™bai yi, ta" uwakiéga"i-gi, ai. A™ja™i. Gan’yi Caa” 
To-morrow again you see them if, now do talk to them, said(one). Weslept. And Dakotas 
afi dubai te. Ha™ té’di g¢éwaki¢af té, wai amd a”hai. Gan’yi ni ama 
tent were four. Night when they sentthemhome- woman the fled. _ And man the 
ward, (pl. sub.) (pl. sub.) 
sfa"¢é wag¢ade a-ii té, angu. Ga” watcicka jin’ga angtyii ké hideaja 
alone creeping up they were us. And stream small wecamped the down-stream 
0 us coming, in 
caii‘ge-ma ¢éa"wa"¢af. Uwa¢ica™i té Caa™ amd, cani’ge-ma tmai té Egi¢e 
the horses (ob.) we sent them. Went aroundus Dakotas the the horses (ob.) sought when. Atlength 
(sub.) them 
can’ge-ma wé¢ai té. Weé¢ai éga", gan’yi wa¢i" agdaf té. A™¢an’gidaha’- 
the horses (ob.) theyfound them. They found as, after a having they went We did not know at all 
them » while them homeward. 
bajiqgti éga", ci ‘abae anga¢ai; yaqti-ma a™wan’kidaf. gaze hi éga™, 
aboutourown as, again hunting we went; the deer we shot at them. Evening arrived as, 
angdg¢ai yi, égi¢e, cin’gajin’ga, wa‘t edabe, dahé ¢égega”™ gé'di Anaji"i, xagé 
we went Onis when, behold, child, woman also, hill like these a them stood on, ae 
war 
za‘é'qti amé. Hata" dda". Can’ge bgtigaqti wat¢i" akidg¢ai ¢a"+, ai té. 
they made a they Wherefore q Horse having they have gone (past they said. 
great uproar’ say. ee seat oan %) 
Qe-i! wad¢iju-baji héga-baji, ai. Ga™ wé¢a-baji ga" ‘ang¢i™ an’ga¢i”. Ahau! 
Alas! they eyed injured not alittle, aay And we sad we sat we whomoved. Oho! 
hey, 
als, Gan ade ga angdg¢e taf. A™wa™ha™ taf. A®wa™ha"i éga *, betigadti 
said And back again let us go homeward. Let us remove the camp. We removed oe 
(one). 
a®war’i@4™i, wa‘tl, cif’ gajin’ga, na”-ma cti, peas Ga” angdg¢ai éga", 
we carried little woman, child, the grown too, And we went home- as, 
packs, ones ward 
wateicka Zandé-btyja é akizi am¢i”. Arja™i éga" a“ba. Ud¢tida"da"béga”- 
stream Zande-buja that were we were. Weslept as day. Do consider ye it 
turned to 
and camped 
i-gi, ai. Ahau! ehé, nikaci” ga ¢ijtibaji yi'ji, éga"wé‘a® ga” ¢awadé eb¢éga”. 
alittle, said Oho! T anid, injuresone when, to ae so in desirable It ae 
(one). return 
Nikaci®ga uké¢i" eka” edwakiga™i, na"bé ‘a™, wakide, ca” wa¢ita™ gé ‘a” 
Indian habits they are like us, hand how to shoot, indeed work : ak how 
pl. ob.) 
cka™ g&’ ctewa™. Ugdhanadaze wag¢dde, can’ge wénacai té é cti éga™ 
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habits the soever. Darkness to crawl up to horse snatching the that too so 
(pl. ob.) them, from them (act) 
a*¢a™baha™ i, eb¢éga". A¢ipii, eb¢éga®. A*¢ige taité, ehé. Sig¢é ké 
we know, T think. We do it well, I think. We chase shall, T said. Trail the 
a™¢an’ouhe taité, ehé. Waqtbe uaha™ ta minke, ehé, wi. 
we follow it shall, I said. fe thing Icook will Iwho, I said, it 
Hau. Waqtbe udha”. Nikaci®ga u¢éwi"awa¢e. Ca® januya yaqti udha™; 
7 Sacred thing I cooked. Man I collected them. fresh meat deer I eeieent 
yanuya té .ma™zeska na™ba fgaxe é-hna™ udha*. Néxe té ma™zeska sata”. 
fresh meat the silver two valued at thatonly Icooked. Kettle the silver five. 
Wat‘a™, wafi® jide, wafi" 44, haqude sabé, undji® b¢éya tigaxe na™ba, b¢ize; 
Goods, blanket red, blanket green, robe black, shirt thin eed two, I took; 
aki¢a wi" b¢tiga ki &’di masdni dixe: u¢ticiaza itéags. Gé wéku-ma, 
both one round (one) and onit halfadollar 1 madeit; in the middle I ye his those anor 
invited, 
