First Story Gazáⁿ Naⁿge Níkashìⁿga dóba dáble aⁿgáyabe ao. níkashìⁿga persons m351 dóba four m499 dáble hunting without our families m004 m080 aⁿgáyabe we went m028 m010 m592 m049 ao . m031 Four of us went hunting, away from our families. Aⁿgáyabe oyóha Páyiⁿ yábliⁿ aⁿyáⁿyabe ao. aⁿgáyabe we went m028 m010 m592 m049 oyóha as soon as m397 Páyiⁿ Pawnees m413 yábliⁿ three m576 aⁿyáⁿyabe we discovered m028 m205 m005 m596 m049 ao . m031 As soon as we departed, we found the trail of three Pawnees. Wamóⁿyoⁿ, Wazházhe shóⁿge yábliⁿ gímoⁿyoⁿ agú akhá eyaó. wamóⁿyoⁿ stealing m509 m324 m004 m615 wazházhe Osage m539 shóⁿge horses m457 yábliⁿ three m576 gímoⁿyoⁿ stealing from them m005 m130 m324 m004 m615 agú akhá they were returning m010 m004 m142 m023 eyaó indeed m101 m001 m031 They had been on a horse stealing expedition, and were returning home with three horses, which they had stolen from the Osages. Gayó wiáⁿyabe ao. gayó and m127 wiáⁿyabe we saw them m509 m205 m028 m596 m049 ao . m031 Then we saw them, … Wiáⁿya-bá-daⁿ aⁿmáⁿkaⁿya aⁿgáyabe ao. wiáⁿy(e) we saw them m509 m205 m028 m596 (a)bá-daⁿ when m015 m085 aⁿmáⁿkaⁿya we attacked them m028 m509 m241 m590 m014 aⁿgáyabe we went m028 m010 m592 m049 ao . m031 … and went to attack them. Aⁿmáⁿkaⁿya aⁿgáya-bá-daⁿ, shóⁿge yábliⁿ aⁿmáⁿnashábe ao. aⁿmáⁿkaⁿya we attacked them m028 m509 m241 m590 m014 aⁿgáy(e) we went m028 m010 m592 (a)bá-daⁿ and m015 m085 shóⁿge horse m457 yábliⁿ three m576 aⁿmáⁿnashábe we took from them m028 m509 m340 m049 ao . m031 As we rushed on them, we took the three horses from them. Gayó Páyiⁿ yábliⁿ abá háze áⁿgowaxlàbe ao. gayó and m127 Páyiⁿ Pawnees m413 yábliⁿ three m576 abá the moving ones m016 háze fleeing m004 m167 áⁿgowaxlàbe we overtook them m028 m369 m509 m555 m049 ao . m031 And we overtook the three fugitive Pawnees, … Áⁿgowáxla-bá-daⁿ, pajé shogá áⁿgowabayazábe ao. áⁿgowáxl(e) we overtook them m028 m369 m509 m555 (a)bá-daⁿ when m015 m085 pajé forest m408 shogá thick m005 m454 áⁿgowabayazábe we scared them into it m028 m369 m005 m509 m039 m585 m049 ao . m031 … whom we compelled to seek shelter in a dense forest. Áⁿgowabayazábe-gó, aⁿmáⁿkudábe ao. áⁿgowabayazábe we scared them into it m028 m369 m005 m509 m039 m585 m049 gó when m136 aⁿmáⁿkudábe we shot at them m028 m509 m267 m049 ao . m031 We then shot at them, … Aⁿmáⁿkuda-bá-daⁿ, Páyiⁿ míⁿxci ts'eáⁿyabe ao. Hao. aⁿmáⁿku(je) we shot at them m028 m509 m267 (a)bá-daⁿ when m015 m085 Páyiⁿ Pawnee m413 míⁿxci one m317 m551 ts'eáⁿyabe we killed m004 m506 m005 m028 m586 m049 ao . m031 hao ¶ m164 … and killed a Pawnee. Édaⁿ gaxá khe "Páyiⁿ Aⁿts'éyabe" yadábe ao. édaⁿ therefore m102 gaxá stream m122 khe the lying object m250 Páyiⁿ Aⁿts'éyabe where the Pawnee was killed m413 m028 m506 m005 m586 m049 yadábe was called m005 m004 m574 m230 m049 ao . m031 Therefore the stream near where this happened was called "Where the Pawnee Was Killed." Ejíkhaⁿ-dáⁿ omáⁿyiⁿka léblaⁿ noⁿbá shkédaⁿ, hóⁿble ao. ejíkhaⁿ-dáⁿ since then m101 m235 m248 m085 omáⁿyiⁿka seasons m385 léblaⁿ noⁿbá twenty m280 m361 shkédaⁿ about m451 hóⁿble I think m155 m005 m052 m591 ao . m031 I think it was about twenty years ago. James Owen Dorsey writes, "This fight occurred when the Kansas were at Council Grove, about A.D. 1862. The four Kansas were Gazaⁿ-Naⁿge, his elder brother Wesabazhi, Noⁿbe-Luze (of the Siⁿjale), whose bullet killed the Pani, and Ka-Wadayiⁿga (of the Ibache)." Fifth text entered for ANA graded reader project in October 2008.