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36. — NlH'ANgA'^ DISGUISES HIMSELF AS A WOMAN. 



Nih'a'iqa'i • goes to river ; meets young woman weeping, head covered up. 

 He asks her where she is going and she says her mother scolded her. Nih'a^ga"* 

 says he is always getting scolded, too, so he will go with her. They go to bank 

 of river. Nih'a^ga"^ persuades her to cross. river and be safe from young men. 

 She makes him go first, and as he holds up his dress higher and higher, she 

 notices that he is like a man and finally accuses him of being a man. He de- 

 nies it. When they get across river he admits he is not a woman. Wo- 

 man weeps. Tells her to wait while he bathes. Hie lotus puellam revertit 

 et cum ea coivit. Ea erat puellae experientia prima. — D. 



37.— NlH'ANgAN AND THE TwO MAIDENS. 



Two pretty young girls in family. They will not accept company and 

 young men ceased to go to tipi. Nih'a°ga'^ goes and at door places excrement. 

 Nih'a'^ga'i tries to tell on girls, but they tell him to keep silent, promising him 

 certain favors. He enters tipi at night and remains with one of girls. In 

 morniing mother finds condition of daughter; chief calls on people to jump 

 across river, — the guilty one shall fail. Nih'a'^ga" has exchanged his membrum 

 for that of a little animal who fails to clear the stream and is beaten by those 

 on the bank as the guilty one. The animal tries to tell about the exchange, 

 but fourth time calls out that Nih'a^ga"^ is guilty party, but he has escaped. — D. 



' 38. — Nm'A'^gAN AND THE MoUSE. . 



Tempore "sun-dance" virgo se saltatori pene minimo nupturam pronun- 

 tiat. Cum Nih'a^qa'i penem ab animalibus quibusdam parvis petiit, mus eius 

 penem suo mutat. Postquam saltatum est, Nfh'a'^^a'^, quem virgo elegit, mufis 

 penem suo mutat. Sed virgo, cum veram forman cognoscit, Nih'a^gam a 

 tabernaculo excludit seque alii nubit. — K. 



39. — NiH'ANgA'^ AND HIS Mother-in-law. 



Nih'a°ga°, wife and mother-in-law live alone. He becomes fond of mother- 

 in-law. One day tells wife he is going on war-path, but wants companion. 

 Sarid party of young men has passed through with their mothers-in-law,; he 

 would like to take his mother-in-law. Wife tells mother-in-law and she com- 

 sents. They start off alone. Nih'a^ga" stops and says they must climb high 

 hill, and see if any enemy abroad. He tells her to take lead and walk faster, 

 as enemy is near. He was looking at her legs and privates. At top he says 

 enemy has disappeared. They go down hill and reach creek. Nih'a^ga"^ sug- 

 gests they camp out for night. They erect shelter and make separate beds. 

 Nih'a'^Qa'^ complains of being too cold. Mother-in-law gives more cover, but he 

 rolls about. She finally permits him to get in bed with her. Finally they reach 

 home, feeling very tired. Nih'a°ga'* explains why they have returned and says 

 he is glad to see his wife. — D. 



