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a™na™ hati. Ci a®ja™-baji‘qti, ca” a™na™a"baf. Ci gicka”qti ang¢i™i, ef 
we rode till night. Again we slept not at all, we rode till day. Again very rapidly wosat, again 
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ca™qti a™na”ha"i. HKgasini mi” hidéqtei hi yi, angdkii; wéahide’qtci 
we rode even till night. The next day sun the very it when, wereached a very great distance 
bottom reached home; 
hiv ewe , , = 
a’ma™¢iti, Nuda” ama ag¢i, hu+! Nuda” amd ag¢f, hu! Can’ge 
we walked. Warrior the have halloo! Warrior the have __halloo! Horse 
(pl. sub.) come home, (pl. sub.) come home, 
wa¢i? ag¢i, hu"+! ai ag¢aji amd. Angdkii éga™, atjai. 
bringing they halloo! said those who had We reached as, we slept. 
them have come, they not gone. home 
< / =) . . . . 
Egi¢e Caa” amd can’ge-ma wig¢ige atti. Wiraqtci wag¢ade a-f. 
Atlength Dakotas the the horses pursuing their had Just one creeping up was 
(sub.) own come. to us coming. 
a“be. Aci pi yi wed¢é; ugdhanadadze ca” wa¢fona marti’. Wigdaqda™ 
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I saw him. ae of oe pace z found darkness yet visible he walked. My wile 
oors rive ‘im ; 
uéb¢a. QGéama Caa” wi” ati, ehé. Wahiita™¢i® ké ag¢ize éde, Caa™ a®wat - 
I told her. hese Dakotas one has Isaid. Gun the Itookmine but Dakota found 
come, (ob.) 
besni® éga™ bispé-ga™ ja™, yan‘de ké A¢askabe. Na®stistapi ag¢af. A™ba 
me out as crouching some- lay, ground the he stuck to. Walking rapidly — he went Day 
: what but softly homeward. 
yi ata™hai, Wajé-ujin’ga kédita". Hideaya a®a“hai. Uhnicka wi” angahii 
when _ we fled, Little Sioux River, from the. Down-stream we fled. Valley one we reached 
the smaller 
éga®, a-fyi afi”. Ha” yi, ugdhanaddze hi. Egi¢e Caa” ama uwaq¢ai, 
as, Wwewereapproach- Night when, darkness . Atlength Dakotas the overtook us, 
ing it and camping. (sub.) 
hégaji. Angt djiba a¢i”. Baxt ké’di Caa™ wi” ugas‘i"i té. Gan’yi wage 
not a few. We few  wewere. Sharp, atthe Dakota one he peeped. And white 
; thin peak man 
wi” édedi-aké. EK imaxai té. Uma™ha®™ oni” a, af té wage aka. An‘ka- 
one he was (living) He questioned him. Omaha youare # said whiteman the Tam 
there. (sub.). 
maji, Caa™ b¢i”, af té. Ki waqe na™ba damti a-fi éga™, wada™ be atti té. 
notso, Dakota Iam, hesaid. And whiteman two down-hill they as, toseeus they came. 
were coming 
Gai té wage aki: Uma™ha” oni”i. Caa™ ama édedi-ama ¢a™ja, Aqta™ vida” 
Said as fol- whiteman the Omahas youare. Dakotas the theyarethere though, how good 
lows (sub.): (sub.) possible 
foidxe taba, af té. Uma™ha™ fe té ¢api-baji ¢a™ja, ca” udwacitat te. 
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they doto should? said they. Omaha speech the theydidnot though, yet they told it to us. 
you speak well 
Caa™ iwi"athan’ga¢i”i. Caa™ vi¢ai éga”, can’ge ugick i¢a™wad¢é tida®, 
Dakotas we were fleeing from them. Dakotas eras as, horse fastened _ to place them good, 
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ai. Egi¢e Caa” amd wednaxi¢ai. Can’ge-ma wénace ga” ¢ai té. Nid¢a 
said Atlength Dakotas the attacked us. The horses totakethem they desired. At random 
(some). (sub.) from us a 
a™¢icibai. Caa”-ma a™wa™baazai, ki cani’ge-ma wan’gag¢d¢ii té. E’di, 
we fired. The Dakotas (ob.) wescared them off, and_ the horses (ob.) we had our own. Forth- 
égaqti Caa™ Mwi”athan’ga¢i”i. Hideaja ata“he anegddai. Cat qti ha” 
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with Dakotas we were fleeing from them. Down-stream we fled we went. Right along night 
at¢a™mar¢i" anga¢ai. Ma‘a-uhan’ge ké’ya angdhii. Mandé-ha angixai éga®, 
we walked by we went. End of the cotton-woods atthe we arrived. Skin-boat - we made as, 
Nictide ké niwan’ga¢ije angag¢ai. Caa™ wa¢iqe amd g¢éba-¢ab¢i" ki &di 
Missouri the wecrossedin boats wewenthome- Dakotas pursuers the thirty and on it 
River ward. (sub.) 
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