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440 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
taf, ai. Withai. Withe ca” mami” a”ba t i¢dug¢e. Egi¢e mit’ 
will, said They fol- Following _ still walked day the throughout. Atlength sun _ the 
(le). lowed them. them 
i¢éqtci yi, akijii ké. Wei¢e, can’ge-ma wa¢i" akfi té. fi ké ditba. Ha™ 
had gone when, they reached Behold, the horses having they had Lodges the four. Night 
very there again and them reached 
camped. there. 
yi atja™i, ki dgasani a™wa™ ¢iqai. Ujan ge ké anguha a™ma™¢i"i ¢a™ja, 
when we slept, aml the nextday we chased them. Roa the we followed it we walked though, 
an’guq¢a-baji; ci hebadi aja™i. Ci égasdéni a"wa™ ¢ige angd¢ai. Ci an’guq¢a- 
we did not overtake again ontheway weslept. Again thenext we pursued we went. Again we did not over- 
them ; day them 
baji; hebadi aja“i. Aba diba a"wa™ ¢iqai; a” ba wi"déta"hi, mi” ¢uma™ ci 
take on the way we slept. Day four wepursued them; day half the length noon 
them ; arrived, 
té‘di a™na™ cta"l, uwaje¢aqtia” i. A™wa?’¢atai. Ci a*wa” ¢ige anga¢ai. Egi¢e 
at westopped going, we were very tired. We ate. Again wepursuedthem we went. At length 
watcicka ké ujdja ké’ya angaéhii yi, sige ké ujaja baca™ca" ké uha a¢af 
stream the fork atthe wearrived when, the fork winding the aco it had 
ing i 
ké ha. Ki wian’ganase tai-éga", ujaja ¢uta® ké angtiha angd¢ai. gamut 
gone . And we head them off in order that, fork straight the wefollowed we went. Down-hill 
aya” ¢i" anga¢e-hna™i, ki ee gicka™qti a™ma™¢i" angd¢e-hna™ 
we ran we went always, and very fast we walked we went always, 
mi™¢uma"ci hiaji té’di. Hisiee mi” ¢a" hidé’qtci tédihi ana” cta"i. Na™ba 
noon arrived not when. Atlength sun the bottomvery itarrived westopped Two 
at the going. 
wada™be a¢af. Ga'-¢anka-jin’ga yi, agfi. Ugdhanadéze édihi yi, ci 
to see went. They moved a little while when, they were Darkness it arrived when, again 
coming there 
back. 
watefcka ujéja baca™ca™ ké itaxaji¢ica™ ké angdkii. E/di angdkii éga’, 
stream fork winding the towards the head the wecame to There we reached 
it again. itagain 
wada™be na”ba hideaja ¢éa"wanki¢ai. A¢ai éga", égi¢e sabdjiqti Caa™ 
scouts two down-stream we sent them. They went as, atlength very suddenly Dakota 
yf cddena™ba wé¢ai. Ki wada”be amd agfi. Cagi! cdAgi! cagi! ai. 
tent twelve they found And scouts the oe There they there they therethey said 
them. (sub.) coming are, coming are, coming are, coming (some). 
back. back! back! back! 
Anyfa a g¢ihea”¢ai. Egi¢e wada”be am& ag¢fi. Nuda™hangé! wea™ 
Serene! ourselves down to hide. Atlength scouts the had come. O war-chief! we found them. 
qi cddena™ba a¢af ké ha, ai. Watcicka ké uhd a"wa™ha angdgii. Egi¢e 
Tent twelve have gone - said Stream the follow- we followed we were At length 
they. ing it (their trail) coming back. 
Caa” yi cddena”ba ké fi ¢a"™ edi angakii, ¢iidéqti té’di. qéde té 
Dakota tent twelve the had ‘the there we reached sae when. Fire the 
been (past act) on our home- deserted 
pitched ward way, 
ceta™ ziqtcia”. Ha” hébe an’guq¢e tan’ga¢i”. 
so far very yellow. Night apart wepursuethem ae move. 
Caa” ama watcicka ké bas‘i” uhaf, ki Caa™ ucté amd cafi’ge wa¢i" 
Dakotas the stream the upside went and Dakotas the rest horse had them 
(sub.) own along, 
ama wakipai. Ha” té witdétagtiht yi, an’guq¢ai. Hau! nikawasa™, ic‘dge 
the met them. Night the just reached half when, we overtook Ho! warrior, old man 
ones who the distance them. 
