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wished to know what sort of a person this man was. He continued 

 to think, "I will reach there before himi" Nevertheless it always 

 happened that the person with the large feet had gone ahead of him. 

 So one daj' the Rabbit went home, and said to his grandmother, "O 

 grandmother, though I have long desired to be the first to get there, 

 again has he gotten there ahead of me! O grandmother, I will make 

 a trap, and I will place it in the road, and thus I will catch him." 



"Why will you do that?" said his grandmother. "I hate the 

 person," said the Rabbit. He departed. On reaching the place, he 

 found that the person had already departed. So the Rabbit lay near 

 by, awaiting the coming of night. That night he went to the place 

 where the person with large feet had been passing, and there he set 

 the trap (a noose). 



Very early the next morning he went to look at the trap. Behold, 

 the Sun had been caught! The Rabbit ran home with all his might. 

 When he reached there, he told his grandmother what he had seen. 

 •■'O grandmother, I have caught something or other, but it scared me. 

 I wished to take the noose, but the thing scared me every time that I 

 tried to get it," said the Rabbit. Then the Rabbit seized a knife and 

 went again to the place of the adventure. He went very near the 

 strange being, who thus addressed him: "You have done very wrong! 

 Come and release me!" The Rabbit did not go directly toward him, 

 but passed to one side of him. He bowed his head, and cut the noose 

 with the knife. The Sun went up above. But before he went, he had 

 scorched the fur between the Rabbit's shoulders. Then the Rabbit ran 

 home (screaming with pain). "Ouch! I have been burned severely!" 

 said the Rabbit. "Alas! this time has my grandson been burned 

 severely," said the grandmother. The end. 



4. A Letter 

 Tenaxi', akutxyi' na'tcka nko°' de'hinkiye'. Tenaxi', tci'diki 



O friend, letter short I make it I send it to you. O friend, how 



hi'mankiya"^ u'^na'xc te'. Ya'xkitca'daha' xye'ni, nki'xtu ko 



you are (= recline?) I hear wish. You have forgotten us but we 



inktca'tuni'. Yi'ndo'^ha kikna'ni snisni'hi. Ta' ahi' ayatsi'-ya** 



we have not for- We see you perhaps cold time. Deer skin you buy the 



gotten you. re- 



mote (?) 



u'^na'xe na'unkihi'. Ni'stuti tko'he ya'nkukutiki' na'unkihi'. 



I hear it I hope (or wish). Correct very, altogether you tell it to me I hope (or, wist). 



5 Akutxyi' uksa'ni hu'yaxkiye' na'unkihi'. Nya'yi° naxe' naunkihi. 



Letter very soon you send it hither I hope (or, wish). I ask you a question I wish. 



tome 



No'we na'^'ni hi°ya'ndihi°' dande'. 



Day throughout I think of you will, 



(or, each) 



