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752 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
wina, can’ge uma” ¢inka ¢ab¢i" méga", duba méga”, sata” méga™, céna. 
I beg horse year three thoseofthat four thoseofthat five thoseofthat enough. 
from you, age, age, age, 
Can’ge P¢‘Agéqti ka™ b¢a-maji, can’ ge uké¢i® cti ka™ b¢a-maji; Mahiyan’ea 
g geq 4) 5 & 
Horse very old man I do not want it, horse common too I do not want it; American 
can’ge-ma eonaqtci waka” b¢a, macté can’ge a™wan’ga"™¢a-baji. Hécepaitna 
the horses those alone Iwantthem, warm(i.e. horse we do not want them. Spanish 
(pl. ob.) Kansas) ¥ 
can’ge éeti pi-baji. 
horse those are bad, 
too 
A"pa"-yanga said:—Ji*¢eha, ¢ati ha, Uma™ha™ maja” ¢an‘di. Ki e‘a” 
O Elder you 2 Omaha land to the. And how 
brother, came 
hither 
ang¢i” ¢a® cka™ ang¢i” wacta™be ¢atf. Ki “le wiwiya té si¢ai-ga,” eed, Ada® 
we sat the action we sat you saw us you And Word my the remember you _ there- 
came. ye it, said, tore 
si¢é-na”i. Ca’ edida™ we¢éckaxe, maja” awa"ji, we¢éckaxe i"¢inai ke¢a™ 
they usually. And what you have donefor land strong to youmakeitfor webegged inthe 
remem- us, bear them us of you past 
ber it up, 
atsi¢é-na™ ca™ca™i ¢a”ja, Ugita™ hégaji ani” éga™, we¢éni‘al té, ecé. Ca™ 
we usu- always though, work very you as, you had failed the, you And 
think of ally much have to accomplish said. 
it it for us 
wage ticka® anga”¢ai té uq¢é anga™¢ai ha. Cal” efa” mani” té éga*qti 
white deed we desire the soon we desire : And how youwalk the just so 
people 
S anoa® ¢ai hit Anal. ¢i¢t {tan-on Taia’ {ta® yj Sd pjB 
ug¢é anga’¢ai ha. I¢apaji, ¢i¢tja g¢itan-ga. Maja” ag¢ita™ yi, ag¢abdi 
s00n we desire it ' Not waiting yourown do yourown Land Jworkmy if, I have my 
for him to work. own own 
appear, 
ka*b¢éga", waqi”ha sagi. Iyiga"¢ai ¢inké gaté na‘an’ki¢a-ga. Ca™ edada® 
I hope, paper hard. Grandfather eA faa let him hear it. And what 
. ob. thing 
wéteqi gé b¢tigagti, éskana anga™¢a-baji. Ca” nikaci”ga maja” ¢a” 
are hard the all, oh that we do not want it. And person land the 
for us (pl. in. (ob.) 
ob.) 
wakihide-ma cti wé¢isthi-ga, gacibe ¢edwaki¢ai-ga. Ki maja” ayig¢ita™ 
those who attend to too cleanse it of them out of it cause them to go from And land I work for 
them tor us, us. myself 
té/di, wé¢ihide ayidaza” ingdxai-ga. E ti yi, i”eté edada™ cté 
when, tool each with its make for me. That it when, as if what ever 
own kind comes 
hither 
vag¢a-maji, yuaha-maji’qti, wab¢ita" ma™b¢i”. T¢adi¢ai ama ena ma™zéska 
I ao not suffer, I do not fear unseen I work at I walk. Agent the (pl. only money 
danger at all, various tasks sub.) they 
kédita" agi” g¢i”i éga", end wéd¢ihide agi” g¢i”i QPiskié ité¢e gi’ 
from the having they as, only implements having they Ajlina toplace sitting 
it sit they sit. pile in a heap 
a®wan ga¢a-baji. 
we do not want them, 
