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16. nu-{- implies a cry for help. 



17. Sups{tpi .... ei/a"^ htdi. The exact force of the clause refer- 

 ring to the head of the Wild Cat is not clear to the writer. 



22. Ndux-ni hiyuhi: double use of phrase: 1, She thought, "lam 

 not to eat it;" and 2, He thought that I ought not to eat it. The 

 former is the meaning in the present case. 



24-25. ne'di .... nedi' .... 7ie. These indicate that the Wild- 

 cat was standing or walking, and they aTso show continuous or incom- 

 plete action. 



25. hi^=lia^; 2iS xyi'^=xya^. 



TRANSLATION 



The Ancient of Wildcats had been creeping up on the Wild Tur- 

 keys. When he found out that his efforts were in vain, he got a bag 

 in which he lay and rolled himself along. He approached the Ancient 

 of Turkey gobblers, whom he advised to get into the bag and see how 

 pleasant it was to roll in it. So the Ancient of Turkey gobblers got 

 into the bag, which the Ancient of Wildcats tied and rolled along for 

 some time. He rolled it a certain distance and then stopped and un- 

 tied the bag. " It is very good," said the Ancient of Turkey gobblers. 

 Then the Ancient of Turkey gobblers said to the other Wild Turkeys 

 that they, too, ought to lie in the bag and see how pleasant it was to be 

 rolled. Though the young Turkeys were unwilling, the Ancient of 

 Turkey gobblers continued urging them until one got into the bag. 

 The Ancient of Wildcats tied the bag, placed it with one end toward 

 himself, and pretended to attempt to roll it off, but it would not go. 

 Said he, "It will not go because there is only one in it. The bag is 

 too light. Let another get into it." Then another Turkey got into 

 the bag, which the Ancient of Wildcats tied and placed on his shoulder, 

 and he started home. When he reached home, he laid the bag down. 



Then he said to his mother, "O mother, I brought something home 

 on my back and placed it outside. Beware lest you untie the bag 

 and look at it!" Then he disappeared. His mother said, "What is 

 that, anyhow? " She untied the bag, and one of the Turkeys escaped. 

 She managed to catch hold of one. She grasped both legs with one 

 hand and both wings with the other, calling out, ' ' Help ! I have caught 

 four!" 



Then the Ancient of Wildcats ran swiftly as soon as he heard her 

 cry. He ran so swiftly that he appeared a mass of black here and 

 there, with a small head (?). He scolded his mother, and then he 

 killed the remaining Turkey. He told bis mother to cook it, and she 

 did so. When she had finished cooking it, he told her to enter a room 

 at the side of the lodge, and stated that very many persons were com- 

 ing. The mother entered the side room and choked herself to death, for 

 she thought, "I am not to eat any of it." She was sitting there dead. 



