BATTLE BETWEEN THE OMAHAS AND DAKOTAS IN 1855. 463 
yl, égi¢e a” pa® niga eca™ madi" ama. Wakide-pi ayig¢ajii. Wakidai yi, 
when, behold, elk male near to were walking. Good marksman exhorted one They shot at when, 
another. them 
nugd wi" jibe muqa™i. andata™ iénaxi¢ai yi, wi ub¢a™. Ana hi¢ed¢e. 
male one lower broke it by Treading on the they attacked when, I Theld him. I kicked him and 
leg shooting. ground him knocked him down. 
. rod , A / ~ Pfs so, 
Haci ati amd dé ¢a®™ ‘c¢a%¢ai. Ha” ¢atai yi, b¢ata-maji. Huhti jin’ga 
After those who head the hit him on. Night they ate when, I did not eat it. Fish small 
came (ob.) it 
Och. Ryko _s ens cS A 
mijinga wi” ingdsi wab¢ate agdi’. Kgi¢e apa" na“ ba ci ¢uti waticka 
boy one caught for Tate I sat. At length elk two again there creek 
me they came 
ké uhé. Ama t’ea™éai, mi’ga ké. Wagai éga" ugdgi. Angddai (4), wil’ 
the follow- The we killed, femé ‘ie the Cut in as it was held We went (when), one 
ing. other (ob.). slices over a fire. 
‘ d: n/} | { E if ab! pin Kdbaqe 6 ny 4 
wada" be abil. gi¢e 1é-ma wé¢al. a” ¢i” g¢cd¢ai; ii ¢a a ug¢a ag¢al. 
as a scout arrived Atlength the buffa- he found He ran back suddenly; tents tothe to Zs 11 “of he went 
there. loes them. his back. 
Weéegarze e¢éba-na™ba-qti-éga” ya" ¢i" wan'gi¢e akfi. Hgasani té, waha™ 
all 
Meaaaee about twenty running reached The nextday when, removing 
home. 
a¢af. A-f-3i éga", yé-ma wanasai. Mi ¢a® céhiqtci hi té, égi¢e nfaciga 
they Theycame as, the buffa- they sur- Sun the just that far arrived when, behold, man 
went. to a place loes rounded them. 
and camped 
wi" a¢af. Egi¢e nikaciga d4iba wag¢ade amama, Caa”. Nika¢iqai. Wa¢i" 
one went. At length person some ereepingup were,they Dakota. They chased the Having 
to us say, foe. them 
a¢ai. Kduéhe. Ca” égi¢e ugdhanadaze. Ca™ wakide-hna® g¢i”i. Caa” 
they I joined it. Still at length darkness. Still shooting regularly they sat. Dakotas 
went. at them 
. ae a 
ama djtiba ‘ag¢aqtia™i. Kgi¢e Caa™” ama ugdhanadaze u¢tnaji"i; wajr’- 
the a few they suffered very Atlength Dakotas the darkness depended on; they were 
(sub.) much. (sub.) 
pibaji. Wednaxi¢ai (yi) wiY ?é¢ai, Uma™ha®. Ci Uma™ha™ ama wénaxi¢ 
savage. They attacked us (when) one they killed, Omaha. Again Omahas the attacking 
(sub.) them 
. ea . / . 
“¢ai. Akipai. Wea™naxi¢a taf, ai. Uma" ha® wi™ can’ge a”sagi ta® dg¢i", 
spoke of. They met. Let us us attack them, said Omaha one hor: a sw ‘ft the sat on, 
they. ~ 
. , ony, . t . ne — . = 
ma™ zepe-niniba sia¢é agi”. Wi" wu ¢in’ge uti” ga”¢ai. Edi’qti ahi x, 
hatchet pipe alone he had. One wound without tohit he wished. Just there he ar- when, 
him rived 
ma™zepe gisi¢a-baji égari. (lipaz u¢iqpadé ga™¢ai. Can’ge amd dihi 
hatehet he forgot it like. Pulling by to make hinr he wished. Horse the neck 
the hair fall (sub.) 
= . / : / rcs Ss Dens pave 
wacka™jangai éwa" ga™, akusan’de gif" a¢ai. Gan’yi Uma™ha™ ¢inké 
he was strong being the cause, to him and be- carrying he went. And Omaha the 
yond “ (st. one) 
ite se / , : S 
Caa™ ta™ uda™ e¢éga", wa¢iona” i¢é. Caa™ aka nazaja tégai Can’ge 
Dakota the tohold he thought, missing his he had Dakota the atthe rear killed him. Horse 
(std.one) him hold gone. (sub.) 
ama gif” qi¢a agli T’éa%¢eqtia’i! ai. Ca™ ca" wednaxi¢al. Ci wi’ 
the Ss ying back was com- T have been killed suidhe. Notstopping they attacked us. Again one 
(sub.) him again ing. outright! 
sire ares WV) , , Wu Cl ey) 3 
man‘dehi fjahai, Uma™ha"-ma wi” ugaqpa¢at. Ci wi" can’ge ta” nan’ge 
spear was pierced the Omahas one struck him down. Again one horse the to run 
by, 
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