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NOTES 



1. AHckaho'^na, identical m with. AHcka-na of 2. The exact signi- 

 fication of the syllable " Ao"" is not clear (see taHo'^na^ p. 47). Tando- 

 ya^, " her younger brother," used where we should expect to find 

 suHkaka^ "his younger brother." PaxeoJcana is represented as a 

 female in this myth. Eke-hande-kaP^ "at length," from eke, "so;" 

 hande, idea of continuance; ka'^^ "when;" tedi, instead of tedi; 

 yinkati = yinkatiya'^. 



2. Eke-o'^7ii kaP- seems to be identical with eke d^ni-di; atco- 

 dd^-ta hande d^ni (sic) — perhaps aHcodd^-ta is another form of aHcodd^^ 

 " to mourn for the death of a relation;" hande expresses continuance, 

 and o^ni shows that the action was in the past. 



3. The subject of hane is AHcka-na. 



TRANSLATION 



The Ancient of Chicken -hawks took for her husband the younger 

 brother of the Ancient of Crows. In the course of time the husband 

 died. Therefore the Ancient of Chicken-hawks was mourning for her 

 husband [the younger brother of] the Ancient of Crows. For this 

 reason when a crow finds a chicken- hawk it cries out and goes after it 

 in order to catch it (?). The people say that this happens regularly 

 when a crow finds a hawk: they are crying out as they move. 



14. The Crow and the Wood-rat 



A'^ya' xo'hi-ya'ndi yi'nki kso'wo'' na'nki ha°, so°sa' A^'tckaho'^na 



Person old the (sub.) son she raised she sat and one Ancient of Crows 



them 



ku' ha° awo'-ya° Adu'ska-na ku'. Yi'nkado'^'tu. Ekeka'^' wax a'de 



gave and other the Ancient of gave. They married. And so hunting they 



Wood-rats went 



a'^yato'-ya'^. Ade' o'^nidi' so'^sa' nasiiki' o' dixyi°' awo'-3^a° ko' 



man the. They went as one squirrel killed other the (sub.) 



a°suna'-k o' dixyi°', e'tike ki'^'hi^ ha°' nasuki' A'^'tckaho'^'na 



duck (ob.) killed thus they arrived when squirrel Ancient of Crows 



5 ku' ha'^, awo'-ya'^ a'ndeha"^ ko' a'^suna-k' ku. Eka"^' nasu'k a'dusudu'ye 



gave and other the duck (ob.)gave. And squirrel she was singeing 



ha'nde o°di', psnunu'nta awa'hiye. Ekeha°' Adu'skana' a'piiduxka' 



off the tiair [see midnight she got it And then Ancient of industrious 



onde', cooked. Wood-rats 



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wa'di a'^siina' du'sta'^sta^'hi" de-he'd-ha° ue' awa'hiye'. A'^ya' xo'hi- 



very duck picked feathers that finished stewed got it done. Person old 



often and fast when it 



ya° aku'd-ha de'-hed-ha"^' ya'^' hamax ka"^ A'^tckaho'^' naxa'xa awa'hiye, 



the feeding her that finished when sleep- they lay when Crow just then she finished 



ing cooking, 



psniinu'nt ka° awa'hiye ha"^, "Awa'hink6 ni'. Kine' ha duxtu-te'," 



midnight at finished and " 1 have finished . Arise and eat ye" (female 



cooking cooking to males) 



10 kiye'-daha' a^^'ya xo'hi. Ekeka'^' a°'ya xo'hi-ya'», "S'kadute'da^ ni'I 



she said to person old. And then person old the, "I have finished 



them eating 



