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680 THE (}EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
éga", ¢imaceaji¢ica® angd¢e anga™ gai. A®¢i‘ai ctéctéwa"™, ca” angtket‘a™ 
towards you (pl.) we go aa wish. We fail notwithstanding, yet we acquire 
, % Ore picts : , . o As 
anga™ ¢a tan’ e@ata", wage gixe té. Ki édi-na" wedgiuda’l etéga"l. Ci fe gate 
we will sii acting the white the And init only it will be good itisapt. Again word that 
man (thing). for us 
= : iq ae) K ee rx *n/ = 
céna uwib¢a ha. Ci fe ji uwib¢a ta minke. Ki a"ni"’ta anga™ ¢a éga®, 
enough I tell you 5 Again word differ- I will tell to you. And we live, we wish . as, 
et 
a'wan yig¢itai hi. Ki a™wan’yig¢ita té wedgiuda’i té a™¢a™baha™ qti 
we work for ourselves 5 And we work forourselves the itis goodforus the we know it very well 
1 pies f f fers ee *n/ hx 
éga®, atwan'yig¢ita’i ha. Dega™ uma’ ¢inka ¢¢ wéteqi’qti ég(a™) at¢i” ha: 
he we work for ourselves . But season this weare iniereat so (?) we are 
trouble 
macté hégaji éga" wamuské si gé wénat’éga ha, ada" ciiga-jin’ga ¢ab¢i" 
warm very as wheat seed the withered by C there- ten-cent piece three 
heat for us fore 
, 1 . . iv fa y U = ap. a Sof bd pea fie 
dtiba ceta” wedgigixai. Ada" edida™ ctéwa™ anyfyaxa-baji’-qti edwaga”i. 
four go far we have made of There- what soever we have not made at all for we are like that. 
our own. fore ourselves 
Ki ca” waqta aji¢a’g¢a™ anga¢i"l ha, anyiyaxai, nu, wata™zi da” cté. Ki 
And infact vegetable of different we have 6 we have made potato, corn for instance. And 
kinds for ourselves, 
nikaci™ ga¢ema, qi” ha-ska’-ma a"wa™ da*bai té, “Uda" ma¢i™t aha®,” at¢a™ ¢ai 
person these (pl. those who have white we see them when, Good they walk ! (in we thin 
ob.), skins (pl. ob.) thought), 
ha. Ada® anga™¢ai ha. Ki wé¢ihide edida® ¢i¢ijai gé b¢vgaqti iInjawa¢e 
. There- we desire it = And tool what your own ane all life sustaining 
fore (pl. ob.) 
am¢a™ baha™i-de uma’ ¢inka ¢ab¢i"qtei edita® wé¢ihide anga¢i" ha. Ki 
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we have known, as, season just three from tool we Sim © 5 And 
awa" ¢ita® a®¢an’gaska™¢ai uda™ té a™¢a"baha™qtia”i, ada™ amiga” ¢ai 
we work we try it good the we know it very well, there: we wish it 
ore 
ha. Ki wabdg¢eze ¢é¢a" i"¢ibaxti té Wakan’da aka juawag¢e’qti g¢i” 
: And letter ee we writeitfor the God ene really with us he sits 
(cv. ob.) you (sub. 
égai, Ada® éskana maja” ¢a" ‘idwa¢a¢a-baji’qti ka”at¢a™ ¢ai. Angdgd¢a¢i™’ 
oD ? t= \eo) 
80, there- oh that land the you do not talk about us we et We keep our own 
fore (ob.) at all 
al nga” dai éde a®¢i¢aha™i. Ki nikaci"ga udwa¢agika™i-macé’ cti, a*¢i¢aha™i, 
we Wish but wepraytoyou. And person ye who help us too (on we pray to you, 
on the 
one hand), 
~ 
ki Amayi¢ica"-macé’ cti a™¢i¢aha™i ha. Uma™ha®-ma_ nikaci™ ga-ma 
and ye who are on the other side too we pray to you : The Omahas (pl. ob.) the eae (the pl. 
(or on ob.) 
the other 
hand) 
7 - ye | ety — 
¢a‘cawa¢ii-gi.  Ukit‘é-ma zani‘qti ¢ a” wa"waka-baji, anguona ¢ 
have pity on us. The nations all that we do not mean them, we only that 
n nH siicat 
a"wanl yikat. 
we mean ourselves. 
NOTES. 
678, 8. Parenthetical remark. Mr. La Fléche ended the first day’s dictation here. 
On another day he resumed at line 10. 
678,11. wagazu, parenthetical and explanatory of his use of uda*. 
