1891.] ^^ [Gatschet. 



reader. The source from which the two portions of the tale were obtained 

 is mentioned in the "Comments," with all the particulars needed. 



Text I. The Boy- Antelope. 

 Kamiintchu' yowa' natiiei' we ai' ; hu'ba wi'si Pi'-'li 



It is said somewhere a village there (was) ; aDd two "Bighead" 



u'-unin t'hii' ai. Pi'-'li upiu /a u-ide a-u'kwimban yuwi'na 



young people lived there. "Bighead" the girl being pregnant not any 



I had) 



a'napa hukwa'hi pa'nat ; bepapa'-u uba' pa' ai hua'tchebao, 



place to be delivered ; her elder brother then prairie to took (her), 



hu'ba u'kwoban. Wi'wai bepapa'ba matcheba'n 



and she bore a child. Hereupon her elder brother brought (her) back 



tiiei, u'-u ina'shuban pa' ai. Hu'ba wi'm'a 



to the village, the babe he left prairie upon. Then a 



ta'li'ora-ide u'-u t'aba'n, hu'bak a'wa o-ukemiba'n. 



female antelope the babe found, and she brought it up. 



"Wiba'-a wi'm'a shii u -i'de shiitcbe'mik ta'li'ora t'ha'ban 



Once a hunter while hunting a she-antelope met 



wim'aaii'-a-u fie'rk. Ye'de u'wa-u-ide wi'era-i tamni'n 



(and) a boy along with (her). That boy was a runner antelopes 



ai'ti t'huri'm. Shii-au'ti makwiba'k naka'tchau wi'ban 



than faster. From the chase when he returned notice he gave 



kie'nda ta'-i=kabe'-ide, betu'winiban wie'n t'hii' we-i' shi'mba 



at once to the town-cacique, (who) proclaimed : four days after all 



ta'-inin ishu shanhi'nap: "wi'm'a ii'wa-u-ide tchie'minap 



the people on a hunt should start: "(that) a boy was going about 



tamni'n an, hu'ba inaba'wa i'shierhinap." Wie'n t'hii we'-i 



antelopes with, and we want to seize him." Four days after 



shi'mba tiiei'-ide u' tier, 'li'o fier, sua' tier ishii-miba'n, 



the whole pueblo, children with, women with, husbands with to hunt went, 



ibi t'a taba'n, bi'tchu i-u'beban i'pie t'a 



they the antelopes found, but were told, that not the antelopes 



/iieramhi'nab, wei'ba-i-i ii'wa-u shie'rhinap tin. Ta'liora'-ide 



they should hurt, merely the boy to get hold of try. The female antelope 



ana' katchaba'n, hu'ba ii'wa-u u'miban, be-e' 'lipwerhi'nnap. 



was informed, and the boy she told not to leave (her). 



Ta tamni'n inakwi'er p'i-amba'n, hitiie'rwemik buorti'm 



Then the antelopes began to run, and while they rau in a ring 



ta'liora'-ide ii'wa-u u'miwe. " Na'yan kin wu'hi tiin-ii'/- 



the female antelope the boy called (to her). "Presently we will run noith- 



tii' n na-u; hu'bak inshu'minak, natii n ;ik kake'-i kwimba'hi 



west ; and while we pass (the ring) on the line your mother will stand 



shie'rnai, hu'bak a shu'miwe-ifier, akwei'tchebi, hu'bak u' 



on the left side, then as you pass (the line) you will fall down, and there 



