448 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
departed, the whites made way for them. We went along a bluff, and then down hill, 
when we reached a creek. It was a good place for us to stay, so we remained there. 
At length about two hundred white men came in sight. We were just thirty. 
We were in the hollow by the edge of the stream. Wanace-jiiiga, whom I have spoken 
of, arrived in sight. He looked at them. When he made a sudden signal, he was 
wounded in the arm. ‘They have wounded me! There is cause for anger! They 
have wounded me severely,” said he. “Oho! come, let us attack them at any rate,” 
said the Omahas. We all stood, and gave the scalp yell. Having formed a line, we 
went to attack them. We scared off the white men. All of them were mounted; but 
only one Omaha, Agaha-ma*¢i7, was on a horse. He rode round and round, and gave 
us directions what to do. ‘Miss in firing at the white men. Shoot elsewhere every 
time,” said he. At length the Omahas intercepted the retreat of the whites. ‘Come, 
stop pursuing. Let us cease. It is good not to injure even one of the white people, 
who are our own flesh and blood,” said Agaha-ma*¢i". We returned to the women. 
Then we departed. We reached a place where we pitched the tents. There were 
_ a great many deer; they were exceedingly abundant. Throughout the day we walked 
shooting at the long line of deer, and they were moving back and forth among them- 
selves. At evening, when the sun set, the hunters reached the camp. Some men 
had killed five, some four, others three, and so on. They were in a good humor. 
“To-morrow we will camp at that land,” said they. And we fared as well the next 
day, killing many deer. Those who were on the hunt reached another place, where 
they camped. We pitched the tents by a stream. And all who went to hunt brought 
back game on their backs. Then, behold, it was proposed to go in different directions. 
We divided into three parties; one went to the right, one to the left, and the third 
kept straight ahead. I joimed the last. When we camped, there were plenty of deer, 
and we killed them. Going on towards home, we camped again. At night the hunters 
returned, saying, “‘Two men were there who were Dakotas. We did not talk to them, 
and they did not talk to us.” “Surprising! you should have talked to them. If you 
see them to morrow, shake hands with them and talk to them,” said one of us. At 
length they reached the camp the next night. The Dakotas were missing. ‘They 
went traveling in some direction or other, so we did not see them.” “If you see them 
to-morrow, do talk to them,” said one of us. Weslept. There were four lodges of 
Dakotas. At night they sent the tents homeward, and the women fled. The men alone 
were coming, creeping up towards us. We sent the horses towards the mouth of the 
small stream by which we camped. The Dakotas surrounded us, seeking the horses. 
At length they found them and took them off. As we knew nothing at all about our 
loss, we went hunting again, and we shot deer. When we went towards the camp, as 
evening arrived, behold, the children and women stood on bluffs resembling these, and 
they made a great uproar by erying. ‘ Wherefore?” said we. “They have taken 
away every horse!” said they. ‘Alas! they have done us a very great injury.” And 
we sat very sad. ‘Oho! let us go back again. Let us remove the camp.” When we 
removed, all carried little packs, the women, the children, and all who were grown. 
As we went homeward, we reached the stream called Zande-buja, where we camped. 
We slept, and it was day. ‘Do consider the matter a little,” said they. “Ho!” said 
J, “I think that when one man injures another, it is desirable to repay him. The 
Dakotas are like us in their Indian habits. We know just az well as they how to use 
