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748 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGB—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Pons . , 
ga™, wi¢i? aki-biamé. Waka’ ta" ¢a™ja, uq¢é wa¢icke ta-bitéama. I™’ta® 
as, they ue them back home, They tied them though, soon they shall be untied, they say. Now 
they say. 
Pan’ka ucté am& yimtig¢a™ gf ga™¢ai éde, Djé aka cka™aji g¢i” wagaji. 
Ponka the remainder to stealaway  re- wished but, Joe the not moving to sit Re eills 
turn- (sub.) them. 
Mattct-naji® ¢é¢inke an’guin’ya"i. Uma™ha" maja” uhan’ge waqe ea 
Standing Bear this st. one we aided him. Omaha land end white their 
people own 
hébe ug¢i” g¢i™. Ki a® ‘ba¢é an’guin’ya"l, médica" hide u¢a™ juawag¢e. 
part sitting in it he sits. And to-day we have aided him, quill base Ra seen I was with them. 
old of it 
Ceta” Wakan’da ¢aha™-ma watie edibe Uma™ha™ aké cti céna ufya"l 
So far. God those who pray lawyer also Omaha * the (coll. too enough have 
to Him sub.) aided him 
Ma"tet-ndji®. A” bagé wattie wi" juan’e¢e gti”, ar¢an’gukié ang¢i™i. 
Standing Bear. To-day lawyer one he with me he sat, we talked together we sat. 
Tyiga "tat ¢inké agé ‘i¢ai, watie aké. KK ag¢i tédihi yi, wagazu teéi"te. 
Grandfather theone togo he spake lawyer the He hehas  bythat when, straight it maybe. 
who of it (sub,). returned time 
hither 
Juan e¢e ang¢i” taité, ki maja™ céya, a®wa™ wa g¢i” td"te a"¢a™ baha™-baji. 
We with him we shall sit, and land yonder, which (of the he site itmay be we do not know it. 
two?) 
Wakan‘da ¢aha’’-ma, wattie amd edibe Pan‘ka ¢i” endqtei u¢tki-baji; : 
God those who pray lawyer the (pl. also Ponka the they only they do not side 
to Him, sub.) (coll. with; 
ob.) 
nikaciga uké¢i" b¢tiga udwagiki fai, Ada® wé¢e héga-baji. 
Indian common all to side with us he there- we are very glad. 
speaks, fore 
Ahat. Uma™ha® an’gata" nie wa¢in'ge héga-baji; wa¢até anyiyaxe 
Omaha we who stand pain we have none oa (pl.); food we have made 
for ourselves 
bgtiga an¢ijut‘a’i; vidatqti a™naji"i. Ceta®’ Matett-ndji" ya” ba-maji ha. 
we have raised very good we stand. So far Standing Bear I heye not seen . 
it; im 
Ita", gasdni da” cté, ya“ be ta minke. 
Now, to-morrow perhaps I will see him. 
Hau. Céama, Maca™-ti", Icta-ja"jat’, Miydha-¢ige, céna, Sindé- 
1 Those, Wiyakoin, Tetaja"ja", acacan skin head- enough, Spotted 
ress, 
g¢ecka da™be tai éga" cag¢ai. Cupi ta minke. 
Tail to see him in order they have I will reach there. 
that (pl.) started 
back to you, 
NOTES. 
747, 2. wawea"maxe ti¢ai té. W. gives as an alternate reading, Wawéawamaxe 
ti¢ai te, with reference to what was sent hither to ask us questions. G. substituted 
Wawéar¢amaxe ti¢ats t, with reference to what you sent hither to question me about. 
747, 8. Panka u¢a-biama. Hither supply aka, the sign of a voluntary action, after 
Panka, or change u¢a-biama to u¢a ama. 
748, 15. cag¢ai. After this Ma"tcu-natba added the following, recorded at the 
time in English: “If you hear of their going, send me word the same day.” This must 
refer to the contemplated visit of the three Yanktons to Spotted Tail 
