458 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
a” baji, ca” mi” C¢a®baji, wi ¢a'yA angdkii. Ga™ nikaci"ga b¢viga cka™ i. 
not day, yet sun hadnot village tothe we got home. And Senne all were 
arisen, stirring. 
‘Nikaci#?ga Caa™ waq¢i ama ag¢ii ha, ai Nikaci"ga dé¢a"ba tea” wa"¢ai 
Man Dakotas those who killed have : said Person seven we had killed them 
them come home they. 
1s F Dieta eeey iO 5 an , 
ama” i ga”, gi¢éqtia’i nikaci"ga b¢uga. 
we said as, were very glad people all. 
NOTES. 
452, 1. Nib¢aska k&ja¢ica", at or near the present town of Bellevue, Neb. 
452, 4. wa‘u d‘uba. There were only three women. 
453, 2-3. mawasihi-qti. Compare “usihi,” clean. 
453, 7. egi™wi"a" tai, in full, éga® iPwir‘a® tai. \ 
453, 17-18. (ie liga¢ai ¢inkéja a¢ai. Sanssouci said that Joe and the other chiefs 
were just about to start for Washington, when Uha?-na*ba and the rest prevented Two 
Crows and his friends from going on the war-path. But why should Uha?-na"ba act 
as head-chief before the departure of his superiors? They were Joseph La F leche, 
Ma*teti-na"ba, Wantikige, G¢eda"-naji", [ckadabi (Louis Sanssouci), and Logan Fon- 
tenelle. Logan and Louis, however, went as interpreters rather that as chiefs. 
454, 6. Nujinga ahigi, “many boys.” These were only eight. The four war-chiefs 
were yaxe-¢a"ba (Two Crows), ga¢i"-na"paji, Wanace-jidga, and Sinde-xa"xa". 
454, 9. yeska na™ba. These were two stray oxen. 
454,13. Ha™¢i yi uspe ké, Wood Creek, by Henry Fontenelle’s farm, near Decatur, 
Neb. 
454, 15. Ni-base ¢a® is a point of timber on the Missouri River, between the towns 
of Jackson and Ponea, Neb. It is east of Ionia Creek, in Dixon County, Neb., which 
is called MAqude-watai by the Omahas. This latter is also the Omaha name for the 
adjacent land. : 
454,18. yandeajat¢ica®, 7. ¢., “back from the river, towards the interior of the 
country ;” while Nicudeata¢ica®, its opposite, means “towards the Missouri, along the 
bank of the river.” 
454, 20. Nindug¢ade aigakii ega™ aigugiq¢a-baji; literally, “As we reached the 
place where we had been, by creeping backwards, we did not overtake our enemies.” 
They fell back. But “they fell back” because ns were lost in the thick forest (see 
map) near a lake in that vicinity; and they wandered on till they found themselves 
back again at the place where they had struck the trail at the edge of the forest.— 
Sanssouci. 
455, 8. yi dahadi enaska¢ehai, refers to a block-house (at Omaha hens which 
was about a quarter of a mile from the place where the story was told. 
455, 11. na™baha means, in this case, ‘on two sides,” and hence is almost equiva- 
lent to ag¢anka"ha®”, “on both sides.” 
455, 15. itaxaya usai. This refers to Qe watcicka, the Big Sioux, along which the 
party proceeded for a little while. 
455, 21. atigaia¢e tai, the specific of “atiga¢e tai,” fentnne motion to a particular 
place. See ‘i¢é” in the Dictionary. 
457, 3. egi¢e wagag¢ia® ¢aikaga a-ii yi angakii. Irank La Fléeche and the collector 
have been puzzled by the use of “a-ii yi” in this sentence. It would have been omitted, 
