384       THE 0EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS.

OMAHA  HISTORICAL TEXTS.
HISTORY OF ICIBAJI.
 

Obtained from Joseph La FLiiCHE.
 

Ca"' niaci"<j^a wi"' wa'u wi"' miu'gfa" >[i,   cin'g'ajin'ga wi"dc|tci  a(fi"'.

And           mau           one        woman     one        marrinl brr     wiien,            cbihl                 only one        ho had.

Ki nujiiiga akd 'dbaa-baji'-ctea"', ugdca"-baji'-ct6a"', ca"' eddda" "dxa-baji'-

And         boy     thu (sub.) hunted      not        at all,       ho traveled   not        at all,       indeed      what         lie did       not

3 ctea"';  wa'd-hna"qti uqtawa(fe uwakiL;-hna° ca"'ca".    Ki nlaci"ga dji amd

at all;        woman        only           loving them        ho talked    regu-         always.         And        people      differ-    the

to them       larly                                                             ent      (pi.)

lqa(j[a   (fahlde-hna" ca"ca"' biamd;   i"'cte   nujinga wifigf-a" (fiSge'qti   iga"

laughing           always ridiculed him           they say;      as it were          hoy               mind           without any        like

at Tbim

(fahlde-hna" ca°ca"'-bianid.    I(fddi akd endqtci   (fa'(.'gi(feqtia"'-biamd.     Ca"'

they always ridiculed him        theysay.        Hisfather   the        he alono      pitied his own very much, they say.        And

6 nujifiga uii na"'qti cga"-biamd.    Ci man'dg cte   (fingc-hna"   ca°ca"'-biamd.

hoy          male fnllj- grown    like      thoy say.     Again        how         even     lie was always        without it      they say.

Ca"' wapi fingi-hna" ca"ca"'-biamd.    Ki nujinga akd ja"-w(^ti" wi"' gaxd-

Indeed   weapon        he was always without it       they say.        And         boy            the     wood to hit       one        made

(sub.)      with it

biamt'i, baxuxu   diibaha   gaxd-biamd.    Ki ja"-w(5ti" ke    a(fi"'-lina" ca"ca"'-

tlicy say,          ridges        infourplaces   he mado it, they say.      And     war-club    the (oh.) heh,id  regularly     always

9 biamd.   Ki niaci"ga amd da"bd-bi :5p, fahlde-hna" ca"ca"'-biamd, ja"-wc'ti"

they sny.        And        pcopb'          the      sawit, they siiy wlicu,     thiy alwaya ridiculed him        theysay,        war-club

a(fi"' to.    Ki nlaciiiga uklt'c uctij amd nuda"'-hna" ca"ca"'-biauid.    Ki  fi

lir had    as.        Aud         peoplo           nation          tho rest        made war regularly     always       theysay.        And  this

Icibaji   nuda"'  a(fd-baji-hna"  ca"cM"'-biamd;   lbaha"-baji-biaiiid.    Ci   coi(|'o

Iciliaji         to war                         . never wont                theysay;       he knew it     not     theysay.       .\gaiu at icii,i;lb

12 mdca" na"'ba   i"'beziga   mdca"   waqube gaxd-biamd; a(fi"'  te Obc ctewa"'

Icatlur          two          yoUow-tailed       feather        sacred thing    hemade them, tboy    he bad     the    who        soever

hawk                                                             say;                them

lbaha"-bajl-biamd; ma"(fa"'   gaxd-biama.    'Egife nlaci"ga uuda"'   a^t;   'ife

know it       not     theysay;       hy stealth       he made them, thi v      Atlength        people         to war         to I'o     spoke

say.         ■                                                           ^                   'of

na'a"'i hd Icibdji akd.    Ma"(fa"'  ukikie akd >p,  waiid'a"-biatnd Icibdji ak;i.

heard it      ,        Icibaji        the         By stealth      they were talking when,    heard them, they say        leiliajl        tho

(sub.).                              to eaeli other                                                                '        (sub.).

15 Ki Icibdji akd, E'di hfi td minke,  e(f(iga"-biamd     Ki ihi ctewa"'  nif-a-

And       Icibaji   tho(8uh.), Tbcie      I go    will      Iwho,        thought      theysay.        And    who        soever    he told him

baji-biamd     Iha"'   (fifikd   ii   te'di (|'ifige'  te  5{i',   mdca" kO gfiziii :>p,   a(fd-

not     theysay.     His mother   theone    lodge   at the         was not       when,      feather       tho     betook     wheu,     ho

who                                                                                (ob.)        his               '   wont

biamd.   Ha"' 5[i nuda"' fi ga"'fa (fankd wiikihideqti ma"(fi"'-biaiiid Icibaji

theysay.        Night  when    to war       to go     those who wished     watebing tlipui very     walked        theysay      leibaji

closely

' .S akd.     Vj'/\f(' a"'ba >[afi'ge 5[i,   nuda"' a(f.d-bi;ima.    Ga"'   weahide   ahii   ^ji,

the        .\I leugth       day          near        when,     to war        tliey went, thev         Aud       at a distance       they   wheu

(Bub.).                                                                                               say.                                                     arrived