INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. 
bi-de’-sié, I threw it in the fire. 
a-she-ku’-kak, he is in the village. 
bat-sah’-puk-na-ra (imp.), go all together. 
bat-sa-bul’-me-mik (imp.), let us all go together. 
i-¢o-ken’-i-éék, he has whitened himself with clay. 
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ba-ret-in-e’-paé, I think not. 
ba-re-ta/-ra (imp.), let it not be. 
ba-ra-ta’-rik, it shall not be. 
bi-ndp’-ka-ti’-a-ma-ku, we all see two of them. 
18. There are certain words used only by the women and children; as, i’-ka, attention, 
used when a woman calls to her friend ; hi/-na, comrade or companion; ba-sa’-ka, mother ; 
a little girl addresses her mother as ba-sa’-ka, and a little boy his father as, ah’-e; ba-sa’-na, 
older brother ; ba-sa’-kat, older sister; ba-so’-ka, 
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ba’-4e is-a-kat’-a  Gi/-a-ka-ta min’-a-ta da-ka/-puk 
canoe beautiful white on water floats 
bu/-uk i-sa’-dék. 
goes down. 
A beautiful canoe floats on the water, or goes down 
the stream. 
ba-hw’-ra__bat-sa’-éa e’-kus na-na’-mék. 
blackbird the other side 
A great blackbird flies to the other side. 
a-ho’ 
in the sky house a great many very large. 
great flies. 
ali-pa-nahi-e a-she’ wat-saé’. 
In my Father’s house are many mansions. 
ba-sa-pe’ ali-i-ta’ ka-wi'. 
bad. 
Wet moccasins are bad. 
moccasins wet 
ka-wi’ ka-wi-ka-wi-ti’-a-sa. 
bad bad bad 
In the heavens are houses, bad, bad, very bad. 
ali-pa-nali’-e  a-she’ 
‘in the heavens house very. 
i-sa’-ka-wat’-e ali-pa-nali’-e he’-re-re. 
Great Spirit 
The Great Spirit is among the heavens. 
heavens among. 
bi-ruli-pa’-ke —_ta-pi’-ok 
has been killed 
A person has been killed in the war. 
pat-pa-tsi/-ak. 
a person in the war. 
ali-pa-nah’-e a-she’ a-mali’-e ak-tsi’-se. 
in the heavens lodge sky on the other side. 
In the heavens, in the lodges on the other side of the 
sky. 
younger sister. 
PHRASES AND SENTENCES. 
it-si’-re a-huk’ bi-she’ a-ho’ wat-sad’. 
horses plenty buffalo a heap very great. 
A plenty of horses, and a very great abundance of 
buffalo. 
A Prayer to the Great Spirit. 
Mi wa-tsésh’-yat ka-wi’ mi mba-tse’-tse-rik it-si’-re 
I am poor; that is bad; make mea chief; give me 
a-ho’ be’-mi ba-sap’-ka-te it-sili-at’-te-be i-mi-a/-wa. It-si’- 
a plenty of horses, give me fine clothing. I ask for good 
re it-si-ka’-ta ma-ka’-ku shi/-a-kat a-she’-i-sa’ be-i-mi’-a- 
spotted horses; give me a large tent, give me a ereat 
wa it-si’-re a-ho’ be-i-mi/-a-mo it-si/-re it-sil-a’ a-ta’-nu-a 
many horses; let me steal fin es; grant it to me. 
r h ; let teal fine horses; grant it t 
be-i-mi/-ma. QO-mat-ma-nali’-e gu-ru-tats be-mili’ mi-a it- 
Give me guns by cheating; give me a beautiful woman; 
si-ka’-ta a-pali’-pa-mili bi-shi’-a-te-kat. Pi’-a na-mo’ ba’- 
bring the buffalo close by. No deep snow; a little 
ret pi’-a hep’-kat it-si’-ka ish-te-pit’-c a-te-kat/-ham ba- 
snow is good. Give me Blackfeet to kill or to die, close 
ba’-mih ha-hu’-a. Pa-pe-mili’ biruli’-pa-ke su’-a ka-ra- 
by, all together. Stop the people from dying, it is 
ko’-me-o it-si’; ma-nali/-u-a sap’-ka-te-e-iru’-ke it-si- 
good; instruments for amusement, blankets too; fine 
ka/-ta tu’-shi bi-ruli’-pa-ke ba’-ka ba-kak-shi’-at bi-she’ 
meat to eat; give the people altogether a plenty of fine 
it-si-ka/-ta a-hak’ tu’/-shi a-huk’. 
buffalo, and plenty to eat. 
