1891.] 209 [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. 

 Kamantchu' yowa' naliiei/ we ai' ; hu'ba wi/si Pi'-'li 



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



u'-unin t'hii' ai. Pi'-'li upm' n u-ide a-u'kwimban yuwi'n'a 



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



(had) 



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



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



hu'ba 



and 



tliei, 



to the villa 



ta'li'ora-ide u'-u t'aba'n, hu'bak a'wa 6-ukemiba'n. 



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



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



Once a hunter while hunting a she-antelope met 



wim'a a ii'-a-u fie'rk. Ye'de ii'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. Skii-au'ti makwiba'k naka'tchau wi'ban 



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



kie'nda ta'-iskabe'-ide, betu/winiban wie'n t'hii' we-i' shi r mba 



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



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



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



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



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



shi'mba tiiei'-ide u' fier, 'li r o fier, siia' fier ishii-miba'n, 



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



ta'liora'-ide ii'wa-u u'rniwe. "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 ak kake r -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'tchehi, hu r bak u' 



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



