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Jack-Rabbit running from him; starts after him. His bowels trouble him. He 

 sits down and defecates. He sees Httle rabbits running in all directions from 

 him. This happens several times, and on last occasion Niha*>^a" places stones 

 on edge of robe to keep little ones from getting out. He sees them moving 

 under robe. Wherever he sees place moving he strikes it. After all motion 

 ceases under robe, he lifts it by center. There were no little ones, but surface 

 covered with excrement. Niha^ga" comes to stone, throws robe on it, pre- 

 tending it was cold. Wind comes from stone, and smelling good he returns 

 to stone and finds it has on quilled buffalo robe, perfumed. He takes robe 

 from stone, saying he has just loaned it. Robe becomes obnoxious. He re- 

 turns it to stone, saying it needed robe more than he did. Again wind comes 

 from stone and Nih'a^'ga'i smells something good. Goes back and takes buffalo 

 robe away again. He soon hears loud noise, looks back and sees stone roll- 

 ing after him. Runs up steep hills, through thick timber, stone following. 

 Terrified Nih'a^ga"^ cries for ditch. He comes to ravine large enough to admit 

 him lengthwise. Stone slackens its speed and slowly rolls over ravine and 

 rests on top of him. He objects, but stone becomes heavier. Nih'a^ga** 

 appeals to every bird and animal to remove stone. Finally he addresses swift- 

 hawk. Hawk breaks off small piece of stone. Second time larger piece. 

 Nih'a^ga'i flatters him and Hawk flies still higher and rushes at stone with 'such 

 force that he himself is dashed to pieces. Nih'a^ga'i becomes discouraged, 

 but there comes Bull-Bat, which he addresses. Bull-Bat flies up in air and 

 makes rush at stone and breaks piece off. On third attack he breaks stone into 

 pieces. Niha"ga'» seizes its head and with both hands spreads its mouth 

 wide open, saying he was to i-emain that way always, as he should not have 

 broken the stone to pieces, — it was good for bone aches. — D. 



33.— NlR'A^gA" PURSUED BY THE ROLLING StONE. 



Nih'a^Qa'i and the rabbit play at keeping awake. Lepus autem eum prae- 

 vertit ac, postquam iam somno gravis est, penem in eius anum inserit. 

 Nih'a^ga"* e somno expergefactus ano, ut poena afficiat, facem admovet. Le- 

 pores parvi sunt excrementum; quos dum impedire conatur, togam inquinat. 

 He gives it to a rock. It smells clean and he takes it again. The rock pursues, 

 overtakes, and rolls on him. The bull-bat rescues him by breaking the rock. 

 Nih'a°Qa° pulls its mouth wide. — K. 



34. — NiH'lNgAN pursued by the Rolling Stone. 



Niha'^Qa'! finds a floating lump of pemmican. With its permission he 

 "bites off pieces. The fourth time he swallows it all. Turn togam inquinat. 

 He gives it away and takes it back several times. Then a rock pursues, over- 

 takes, and rolls on him. He is rescued by the bull-bat, whose mouth he distorts. 



— K. 



35. — NlR'A^'gA" pursued by THE ROLLING SkULL. 



A skull emerges from the ice and pursues Nih'a°ga". He retards it by 

 making sand, brush, and a mountain behind him. Then he makes a crack in 

 the ground. The skull is unable to cross. He puts a stick over; the skull 

 starts to cross, but in the middle is shaken off by Nih'a°ga°. — K. 



