1891.] 213 [Gatschet. 



"Nabat'hii' tii'ei kwiewi'de tch'um' i'hi, na'dshuri tii'ei 



"The white pueblo racer ahead is going, the yellow pueblo 



kina' we i'tin na' wem." Wi'tchuna ida'd tai'nm 



ours now -surely ours is." On both sides the people 



i-u'shu mi'ban, hu'bak i-u'shue nabat'hii/ tii'ei ii'waide 



to meet (the racers) went, and they met the Avhile pueblo boy 



tch'ii'm i/hik ta'-in wa'mbak. Nabat'hii/ tii'ei hata' 



ahead coming when arriving (at the starting place). The white pueblo then 



wie'n tii/ we'-i srii'mba nadshu'ri tii'ei wesi'emnin 



four days after all of the yellow pueblo wicked (people) 



hitii n ibe / itin hi'lu'deban natii'ei fierda't. Bi'tchii wi'm'a 



were gathered (and) were burnt the village with. But one 



wesi'emide we t'hate'wa, hu'ba we 'lu'deba; hu'ba ye'ti-i'ku 



wicked (fellow) not was found, hence not was burnt ; and from then 



nya'n t'hii' kim we'siem t'hii'm. 



to this day we have bad (people) living. 



TRANSLATION OP THE MYTHIC TALE. 



I. 



Somewhere, at one time, there was a village, they say, and two " Big 

 Head" (Pi'-'li) children lived there. One of them, the "Big Head" 

 young woman, being with child, was unable to find some spot where she 

 could be delivered ; so she was taken by her brother to the prairie, where 

 she was delivered. He left the babe upon the prairie and took his sister 

 back to the village. A female antelope, finding the infant, brought it up. 



Once a passing hunter met a female antelope, the boy being with her. 

 That boy could run faster than any antelope, and when the hunter reached 

 home he notified a clan-chief, who ordered that four days after all the 

 people should start out on a hunt, " for a boy has been seen strolling with 

 antelopes and we must get hold of him." Four days after, the whole 

 pueblo, men, women and children, went out on a hunt and found the 

 antelopes. They were told not to wound or slay any* of the antelopes, but 

 to try to catch that boy only. The female antelope having noticed this 

 enjoined the boy not to part from her side. When the other antelopes 

 began to run in a ring, that antelope called the boy to her, and said to 

 him : " Now we will go to the northwest, and when we pass the line of the 

 hunters your mother will stand on the left side, and, as if passing, you will 

 fall to the ground and your mother will catch you." And so it was done. 

 Now it is your turn ! 



II. 



The clan-chief of the " Cold-hearted people " made his way through the 

 earth's crust and came to the surface. After emerging from there he saw 

 a lake and named it "Dark Tears," and then he took his clan to the 



