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464 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
u¢f‘agai (qizdbahe ké4ya ma"-bajuji é na” pai can’ge). Ci Caa™ wi att, 
refused (dizabahe at the clods i te that feared horse). Again Dakota one came, 
here and there 
ci té¢ai Uma™ha"™ ¢inké. Han‘kaska yf, can’gaxai. Egasani yi, waha™ 
again he killed Omaha the (ob.). Midnight when, they ceased. The next day when, removing 
a¢ai. pa wat” ag¢fii nikaci"ga ¢4b¢i". Watcigaxe u¢éwinyf¢ée. Was‘ar 
they Dried buf- carrying came man three. To dance they assembled. Singing 
went. falo meat back 
oes . ; e Gas . = / 
jiwag¢e edi” waki¢al ?é ¢anka Haci a™wa‘a™ taf, ai T’é ¢anka wa‘a™ 
“with them they caused themto dead the After let us sing, suid Dead the singing 
sit (pl. ob.). they. (pl. ob.) 
Te . . . es, : cv . 2 
Juwag¢ ‘i¢ai. Wagé ¢icta”i yi, niaci"ga wi” wéga*ze wi"-qti-éga” a¢at. 
with them they Burying they fin- when, man one measure about one went. 
spoke of. them ished 
BETY Sie Af pha Ie <5 e / Ones 
(haji-ea, é fnite-hna™i nikagahi amd. Ki ca™ a¢af, dahé ké yadé. Nujinga 
Do not go, say- forbade him chief the And yet he went, hill the being Boy 
ing, (sub.). (ob.) near it. 
Sy, Paar , & v / a. , . ene 
ctéwa™ wi¢iqe i yi, u¢itage, ki ca” a¢afi. [ya aka giba™ égatqti g¢i"'l. 
notwith- pursuing were when, herefused, and still he went. There the callingto justso sat. 
standing him coming (col.sub.) him 
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(hé fnite-ma uhéwaki¢a-baji. gGahé ¢a™ i’ta™ é’di hi-qti ejdta® ad¢i” a-ii. 
This those who pro- he did not let them Hill the now there hehadjust thence having they 
hibited him have their way. arrived him were 
coming. 
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T’é¢ai.  Ug¢é ati Can’ge amd nan’ge agfi. Can’gaxdi-ga. Agfi. 
They killed Quickly they came. Horse the running was coming Cease ye. They were 
him. (sub.) back. coming. 
Waha™. Ci wednaxi¢ai. Gaq¢a” a¢ai Weanaxi¢a a-ti, héga-baji. 
They re- Again they attacked us. Onthe hunt they went. To attack us they were not a few. 
moved. coming, 
Waki¢ai. Ackagqtci Akiki¢ai Mukiona*-hna™i. Can’ge wi™ t’é¢ai Uma™- 
They contended Very close they contended They usually missed one Horse one killed it Oma- 
with us. together. another in shooting. 
5 a g = . x / . 
ha" ama. Wage iéska juan’g¢ai ké t’é¢ai. Can’ge aka a”sagiqti, ma'™- 
has the White man interpre- we with him the they killed. Horse the very swift, wet 
(sub.). ter (ob.) (sub.) 
snisnu égih i¢é. Caa™ amd uq¢é ahi éga”, é cti wi" té¢é té, wahuta¢i"- 
quicksand right hehad Dakotas the soon arrived as, he too one he killed, gun 
into it gone. (sub.) 
jaja adi”. Uma™ha™ amd gaq¢a” ma*¢i™ té’di ugde ma™¢i"i; wi" ¢a7¢a™, 
forked he had. Omahas the on the hunt walk when scattering they walk; by ones, 
na*ba-¢a™¢a™ ma*¢ivi. Uma ¢inka wi"dqtci ¢ab¢ia” weanaxi¢ai Caa™ ama. 
by twos they walk. Season just one ‘three times attacked us Dakotas the. 
NOTES. 
462, 5. gacibaja atja"i. They feared an attack from the enemy, if they remained 
close to the creek. 
463, 3. b¢ata-maji. A*pa™-yaiga did not eat any of the male elk, because its flesh 
was prohibited to all members of his gens, who were the Elk people. 
463, 7. jadi" waiigi¢e. There were several scouts, but only one is mentioned as 
having discovered the herd. The others peeped over the bluff, and then all ran back 
to the camp to tell the news. 
463, 8. mi" ¢a" cehiqti hi té, 7. ¢., about 4 p. m., at which time the story was 
dictated. 
