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yigta’’xe hégaji t’a”i yf ke. Ag¢af éga™ akfi Maja” man¢i"’-qi gaxe 
Bees not a few pos- tents the. They went as theyreached Land earth-lodge made 
sessed homeward home. 
¢a44 akii. Akii éga, tjawaqtia”i. Nikaci™ga b¢tgaqti bayéye watef- 
all 
at the they They as, a very pleasant time. People in bands they 
reached reached 
home. home : 
gaxal, Mawdda¢i" watcigaxaf. Can’ge ta" ab¢i” aki ta” dag¢i’. Axf‘a?; 
danced, Mandan they danced. Horse the Thad TIreached the Isatonhim. I painted 
\ (std.) home (std. ob.) myself; 
wa¢aha tida® Ab¢aha. Néxe-gayt udti": Ku+! Waga-naji" gata” yig¢ize te 
clothing good I wore. Drom T hit: Ku+! Wagqa-naji= that one let him take it 
for himself 
hi, ehé. Qingéagé. Ewa¢é 34 ama a” ¢isttibal. (hi waqpani na” ¢apaji. 
T said. Igaveittoone Hehadthem his the extended their You tobe poor you donot fear it. 
not my relation. for relations (sub.) hands to me. 
Wa¢icuce hégaji Aha". A” qti¢iéga” ¢ayickaxe dha”, af té. 
You are brave not alittle ! You are anhonor- youmake yourself ! they said. 
able man 
NOTES. 
Ni-xebe is Boyer Creek, in Iowa, opposite Calhoun, Neb. Dixut/ai is on this 
creek. This is where the Omahas died from the small-pox, whence this name: in full, 
dixe ut’ai, from dixe, the small-pox; and ut’e, to die in. This place is where the first 
whites were in Iowa, about fifty miles in a direct line southeast by south from Omaha 
Agency, Neb. These white men who attacked the Omahas were Mormons. 
435, 11-12. edada® wanag¢e ¢i¢ija gacibe hiwa¢a¢é ¢i¢inge ha: “You have no domes- 
tic animals which you send outside of the land where you dwell; but T have wild animals 
which are outside of my dwelling-place, though on my land.” This seems to have been 
the idea implied in ye-sa”’s remarks, though it is not fully expressed in the text. 
435, 16. g¢a™¢imam¢a¢é, equivalent to “atonajuaji” from “¢ajuaji.”. The former is 
from g¢an¢ir¢e. 
435, 17. wieb¢i® ga" nikacitga¢ayi¢e oni tate. “The land in Towa from Dixut/ai, 
or Ni-xebe, southward had been sold to the President; but the Iowa land north of 
Dixut/ai had not been sold. Yet the white people came on it, and the Omahas have 
not been able to get any pay.”—ga¢i*-na"paji. 
436, 5. gai, so; 7. ¢., they waved their hands at the Omahas. 
436, 7. ucte keya wa¢i® abii. The main body of the whites went in advance of the 
main body of the Omahas, endeavoring to head them off. The four Omahas were 
driven towards the main body of their people. 
436, 18. Wanace-jinga ehe ¢i". I do not know why ga¢i®-na"paji spoke of him in 
this manner. 
436, 17-18. ni ya"haqtci ké ang¢i*i, close to the stream, on the very bank. 
438, 8. akiag¢ai ¢a"+. The latter word is crescendo, and with the rising inflection. 
438, 11. a®wa™in‘ini, from watim‘i", a frequentative which has a diminutive force. 
Compare “ana‘a™a®” (I have heard a little now and then, but I am not sure that it is 
exactly correct), from “na‘a™a™,” frequentative of ‘na‘a”.” 
439, 14. ¢aja™ti¢i¢inge yI gii-ga hi. When the scouts became sleepy, first one and 
then another made the ery of a coyote. Then all four returned to the rest of the party, 
and lay by the fire till almost day. 
439, 15-16. daha atia¢ai wangi¢e. All arose and dressed hastily. A little before 
