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"Well, there is no use of staying on this side of the river, for the young 

 men might run on to us, we had better wade across and be safe," said 

 Nih'a"(;a". "Oh, I don't think it is necessary to cross the river, we can 

 hide in the bushes all day long and go back to camp at night," said 

 the woman. "No, partner, we had better go across and be safe than 

 to get abused shamefully," said INih'a^qa^ in woman style. So this 

 woman agreed, and was taking off her pair of leggings ; so with 

 Nih'a"ga°. "You take the lead." said Nih'a''<;a^. "Oh, you are tall and 

 built heavier than I am, so you had better wade in first," said the wo- 

 man. When Nih'a°ga° saw that she would not venture first he agreed 

 to take the lead. So. he went in the water holding up his dress ; the 

 woman followed. 



"Say, partner, you have big muscles, like a man," said the wo- 

 man. "Eh ! Didn't you ever know that they called me by name, Big- 

 Muscled- Woman ?" said Nih'a^ga"^, advancing, and the women still fol- 

 lowing. The water was getting deeper, which made Nih'a"ga" raise 

 up his dress still further. "Say partner, your back and the whole upper 

 part of your body looks like that of a man." "Eh ! Didn't you ever 

 know that people called me by name, the Big-Bodied- Woman?" said 

 Nih'a''^<;a°, still walking and wading in the river, the water getting 

 deeper. "Say, partner. I believe that you are a man," said the woman. 

 "Oh, no, partner," said Nih'a°<;a°, turning around slightly. Cum re- 

 verteret, membrum eius effugiens e manu in aquam cecidit similiter ac 

 lapis gravis. "Quis est sonitus iste," inquit mulier. "Est, sodalis, in- 

 fans mens os cruris mei, quod casu effugit." Erat vero membrum 

 suum. 



When they got across the river and began to dress themselves, he 

 said to her, "I am going to wash my body clean, so that I may have a 

 good time. See what I have got for you. I am not a woman, as you 

 took me to be." Cum haec conspiceret, Nih'a'^ga^ membrum suum 

 erectum habuit. Haec flens discessit sed suu«i fatum evitare non 

 potuit. "Possis" inquit Nih'a°<;a" "in locum umbrosum ire, dum me 

 lavabo." Hie lotus ad puellam revertit et cum ea coivit. Ea erat puellae 

 experientia prima. 



That is the way that some people used to do, disguising themselves 

 like women. But now the young men have to court the girls secretly. 

 — D. 



Told by Black-Horse. 



