BATTLE BETWEEN THE OMAHAS AND DAKOTAS IN 1855. 465 
463, 8-9. niaci*ga wi". This was Louis Sanssouci. 
464, 7. Eya aka, etc. The Dakotas, who were over the hill, called a little, without 
hallooing, inviting him to approach them. 
464, 10; 464, 11. hegabaji and ackaqtci, pronounced he+gabaji and a+ckaqtci by the 
narrator. 
464, 11. ackaqtci akiki¢ai. The narrator clapped his hands three times, to repre- 
sent the firing. 
464, 12. Wage ieski, Logan Fontenelle, after whom Logan Creek, Neb., was named. 
464, 14. Umatha" ama gaq¢a”, etc. An explanatory sentence. It shows how the 
Dakotas were able to surprise Logan. 
TRANSLATION. 
~ In former days we went on the hunt with all the tribe, following the course of the 
Elkhorn River. About thirty of those called scouts were at the two sacred tents. 
As we went along, we killed some fish, a considerable number. The policemen took 
the large ones for themselves, and then cooked them. After eating, we departed, 
walking by night. We followed the course of a stream, whose banks were covered 
with trees. We did not sleep by the creek; we slept out from it, on the open prairie. 
At day, when it was light, behold, male elk were walking near us. The good marks- 
men exhorted one another. When the men shot at them they broke the leg of a male. 
When he made a dash, I caught hold of him and kicked him over. Those who came 
afterward hit him on the head. When they ate him at night, I did not eat any of the 
meat. I ate a small fish which a boy caught for me. At length two elk came directly 
toward us, following the stream. We killed one of them, the female, and having cut 
the meat into slices, we scorched them a little over a fire. As we went, one of those 
who had departed as scouts discovered the buffaloes. The scouts were about twenty 
miles from the camp, but all ran back suddenly to tell what they had observed. The 
next morning the camp was removed, and the tents were pitched near the herd, which 
we surrounded. When the sun was just about yonder, a man departed. Behold, 
some men were creeping towards the camp. They were Dakotas. The Omahas pur- 
sued the foe. I joined. At length it was dark; but still they continued shooting at 
them. <A few of the Dakotas suffered very much. The Dakotas depended on the 
darkness, and they were in a desperate mood. They attacked us, and killed an Omaha. 
Then the Omahas spoke of attacking them. They met. One Omaha rode a very 
swift horse, having no weapon but his hatchet-pipe. He wished to hit one of the foe 
who had not been wounded. When he arrived just there, he seemed to forget about 
the hatchet. He wished to pull him from his horse, by catching him by the hair. But 
his own horse was so strong in the neck that he could not be managed; so he carried 
his rider not only to the Dakota, but a considerable distance beyond him. And when 
the Omaha thought of taking hold of the Dakota, he had missed catching hold and 
had gone by. The Dakota, who was then behind him, wounded him. The horse was 
coming back carrying his master. “Ihave been killed outright!” said he. He died 
soon after. And one Omaha was speared and struck down. Another one was ona 
horse that refused to run, as it feared the hillocks which were in that neighborhood. 
A Dakota came and killed the Omaha. They ceased fighting at midnight. The next 
day they struck the tents and departed. Three men came back bringing dried buffalo 
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