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454 THE (@EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
éga", angd¢a-béjt, Ag¢fi ha Tyiga™¢ai ¢a™-gdta™-ma. Ag¢fi xi, Dyd 
as, we did not go. They came 4 Grandfather those from (his city). They came when, Joe 
home home 
¢inke’ya pi. Nuda™ b¢é ka"b¢éde nikagdhi ama a™¢a™ nité ga", b¢d-maji ha. 
to him Towar Igo I wished, but chiel ots the they prohibited so, I did not go 
Nas ived. (sub.) me 
Ingi’wa"da™ba-ga ha, ehé. Ahati! ai. Ga” hné cka™hna yi, ga” ¢4-ga, 
Consider it forme — Z I said. Oho! said Of yougo you wish if, iy all £0, 
he. course means 
ai. Hau. Aki yi nikaci*ga u¢éwitawa¢é. Qa¢i"-na"paji agihiawaki¢é, 
said he. 7 Ireached when man T collected them. da¢i?-na"paji I sent them for bim, 
home 
Comey hl : Bane: iS ° “Ae . eee, 
Wandce-jin'ga ci agihiawdki¢é, ci atfi. Sin’de-xa”xa" agihiawaki¢é. 
Wanace-jinga — again Isent them for him, and they came. Sinde-xa"-xa" T sent them for him. 
Nwjinga Ahigi u¢éwita"wa"™ ¢ai. Ké!l nuda™ angd¢ai ka™b¢a, ehé. Caa™ 
Boy many we collected them. Come! to war we go I wish, T said. Dakotas 
ama wi™ af igac j¢i ka™b¢a, ehé. Ga™ ha” yi u¢éwitanyi¢ai. Ha wi"- 
e sh 
the one ay Ae I wish, T said. And night when we assembled ourselves. Night just 
ones who 
déta"qti yi angd-i. Uma" ha®™ ta” wa®™ ¢a™ angatii yi, a” ba. Gan'yi dkiha® 
half the when we were Omaha city the wecameto when, day. And beyond 
length approaching. 
angdhii, dtida. E’di wage ctewa™ ¢ingaf. FEgi¢e yéska na™ba &dedi-ama 
we arrived, this way. There white man at all there were Aft length ox two were moving 
none. there 
uta’nadi. Ki nijyinga amé wagiq¢a® am& wa¢ate ga” ¢ai, t’éwad¢é ‘dai. 
in a place be- And boy the servant the to eat Garished! killing them spoke 
tween. (sub ) (pl. sub.) of. 
Nida*hangé, a"wa™¢ate tan’gata", ai. Hau! wagaq¢a", dma ¢i™ t’é¢a- 
O war-chief, we eat them we who will, said Ho! servant, the one the kill 
they. (my. ob.) 
bida™ ¢atdi-gi. Ama ¢i” ca” ¢iré¢ai-gi, ehé. Edita™ ga” angahii ga” 
and (pl.) eat it. The the let it alone, I said. Thence so  wereached so 
other (my. ob.) 
arja"i ha. Ci edita™ angéhii éga", Ha™¢i ai uspé ké Edi a-i ayja™i. Edit. 
we slept F Again thence we reached as, Henry house hollow the there we approached Thence 
and slept. 
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angd¢ai yi, Hiyanga maja” ubhan’ge ké ci é’di a-i a Na"i Ci anga¢ai 
we went when, Winnebago land end the again there we spprpeched Again we went 
and slept. 
éga", Ni-bdse ¢a”, Maqude-wa‘ai dud¢ica", @'di a-i aya™i. Ha" ega™tce 
Ni-base the, Towas farmed this side of, there wes SpHroagied Morning 
and slept. 
angidaha™i yi, ¢kita™ nikaci*ga wéa'¢ai. Hau! wean’gapai ta-bi, a°¢a"1 
Wwe arose when, just then person we detected Well! let us wait for them to we said 
them. appear, 
yi, qa¢i"-na™paji Agidg¢ai yi u¢f‘agai. Gé¢ica™ a®wan’gandse ta-bi, ehé 
when, da¢i?-na*paji they pass by when he was aan On that side let us ne ud them off, Tsaid 
ing. 
(jan‘deaji¢ica” i¢ahe, ehé) yi, Ga¢i"-na™paji Nictideaya¢ica™ fhe ‘i¢ai. Ki 
(on the side of the Ipass  TIsaid) when, dag¢i™-na"paji towards the Missouri passing spoixe And 
ground along, along of. 
gan’yi uhdé  pfiiji angtyia’¢ai. Uwaje¢ai éga® nifaci*ga an’guq¢a-bajii. 
then path bad swe got ourselves into. We were tired an man we did not overtake them. 
‘hs 
Nin‘dug¢ade angakii éga” an’gugiq¢a-béji. Ca™ qti an’guq¢a-baji. Ha?’ ha. 
Creeping backward we reached Se we-did not overtake our In spite of we did not overtake Night 
again own. them. 
