TWO CROWS’ WAR PARTY IN 1854. 453 
¢ 
wa‘ti ama akfi yi, wénaxi¢ai t&, na%bd téwa¢ai wai ¢anka. Watt ¢i" wit’ 
woman the reached when, they were at- when, two were killed woman the ones Woman the one 
(sub.) there tacked who. (my. ob.) 
again 
i" wahtita’¢i” {ti-biamd, gab¢db¢aze, niya g¢i, t'é¢a-baji. Najiha ma- 
the gun they hit her with, gashing her repeat- alive she came they did not Hair they 
(my. ob.) they say, edly, back, kill her. 
wasihiqti éga" mawaqa™i, wa¢i® dkidgdai A'wa™ ¢iqai éga®, an’ euq¢a-baji. 
cut entirely off — as they cut up, having if they had gone We pursued them as, we did not overtake 
again. them. 
Ugahanadaze sig¢é wéa%a-baji. Aki yi, égi¢e ha™ si, égi¢e nikaci"ga 
Darkness trai we did not find it. preuehed when, atlength night when, behold, man 
ome 
S72 
an’giati, E’di pf ha. Ki éei¢e niaci"ga dtiba u¢éwinyi¢é ha, ki wi wé- 
came for me. There I <. And behold, man four assembled them- , and I the 
arrived selves 
2 
sat” b¢i’. H’di pi. Egi¢e g4i hi: Hau! nikaci*ga d‘tiba u¢éwi"wa¢i-git 
fifth I was. There TI Atlength they said Ho! man ~ some assemble them, 
arrived. as follows: 
ai. Qé nikaciga ak& Caa” ama wa¢ijubaji té, éoiwi'‘a" taf ha, ai 
they This people the Dakotas the have injured us as, let us do so to them 6 said 
said. (sub.) (sub.) 
nikaci"ga diba amé. Nikaciga duiba ama, Njinga-ma u¢éwiwa¢d-gi, ai. 
man four the Man four the The boys collect thou them, said 
(sub.). (sub.), they. 
FE cti nikaci"ga u¢éwi®wa¢ai wan'gi¢e. Wi cti nitiyjinga u¢éwirawa¢é, 
They too man assembled them all. I too boy — LT assembled them. 
) 
Nikacitga o@¢éba-sdta" té u¢éwita"wa™ ¢ai. Gépe: Hau! nikaci"ga an’ ga- 
Man fifty the we assembled them. Pe as Ho! man we who 
OLlLOWS: 
qi” angi awadkiga™qtia™i, nikaci"ga {qta wad¢i"-in4 ea” wankiga™i; inddéda” 
are us they are just like us. man wantonly those whe we are like them; what 
treat them 
wapé adil, wahiita¢i™ agi”, dea” angadi"i. Hei"wi"’‘a" taf hai. Ké! édi 
weapons they have, gun they have, hke it: we have. Let us do so to them 3 Come! there 
a n : : aes x Ce = a 
angie taf ha, ehé. Ga™ b¢igaqti imahiti. Angdda-baji ca”angata™, éoi¢e 
let us go 3 I said. And all were willing. We did not go when we stood awhile, behold, 
nikagahi amd udwagi¢i‘agai. Wat‘a™ u¢éwi"¢ai nikagdhi ama. (hé niaci"ga 
chief the they were unwilling Goods they collected chiefs the This man 
(sub.) for us. (sub.). 
a — 
sata" pahan’ga u¢éwi"awa™’¢ an/eata™ wagiatii. H’di angdhii wi, égi¢e 
five before we collected them we who stood they came forus. There we arrived when, behold, 
watia™ u¢éwi'¢ai gé Cgi¢e wedgikti aké nikagdhi aka. Kgi¢e ¢aji wagaji 
goods they collected the behold, had invited us on chiefs the Behold, not'to they com- 
q (ob.) account of them (sub.). £0 manded us 
me ce er fiel ES, , Ch CRS ee 
nuda” té. Hna-baji taf nuda” té.  (é agi i-g, af. Vé Tyiga tai dinké ja 
on the war-path. You will not go on the war-path. his haveyeit, said This Grandfather to him 
they. 
. . . re y . y / . a Payee 
a¢ai, maja” wé¢i"wi? agai; ag¢f{i tédihi yi, nuda” hné cka™hnai yi, i¢igina- 
they land to sell they they come atthe when, to war you go you wish if, they are 
went, went; home time willing for 
himi yi, hnd taf, af nikagdhi ¢aji ama. Ub¢ifage ha. [I ¢a-maji ha 
you if, yougo will, said chiefs those who did I was unwilling : I was displeased 
not go. 
Wat‘a” b¢iza-maji agdé. Gat angAda-baji: I}fga™¢ai ¢e-mdé wean’ gapai 
Goods I took T not I went And we did not go: Grandfather those who we waited for 
homeward went (to) them 
