52 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 47 



Then the old man said to the old woman, "Sing loud!" But 

 although she sang very loud, the children did not come out of the 

 water [to the land]. Therefore the people usually say that there are 

 people under the water. 



19. The Buffalo: a Fragment of a Myth 



Ku'ti ma'nkde Yinisa' ayiiik-ta' ti tcu' ha° a^'ya'-sahi' 



The One Above Buffalo his animal house put them and Indian 



in it 



i'^da'hiye-daha' ma'x kide' e'ya° i'^'hi'*, i°toho' ma'nki ha° 



he sent for them he sat till there they arrived sunset he reclined and 



i°da'hiye-daha' ma'x kide' ko a'de o'^di' eyi"'hi°. Ekeka'^' ti' 



he sent for them he sat till now they in the past they arrived And then house 



(?) went there. 



de ne' ka° dupa'xi kido°'hiye'-daha'. Ekeka""' Yi'nisadi' ti' 



there stood (ob.) he opened showed it to them. And then Buffalo (sub.) house 



[the door] 



6 de'x-towe na'x ka" do'^hi' yuke' de'- h6d- ha""' kiya' kuduske'ye. 



full of them, sat when they were look- that finished and again shut the door. 



or filled it ing at 



Tik kiyo'wo ne dupa'xi. Ekeka"^' e'ya*^ ko' O'^'ti de'x-towe 



House another std. he opened And then there when (?) Bear full of them, 



( ob. ) [the doorj . or filled it 



na' do'^'hi yuke' ehe'da" ku'duske'ye. Kij^o'wo ne dupa'xi e 



they were looking at so far and shut the door. Another std. he opened that 



no farther (?) [the door] 



[or, that finished] 



ko' Ita' de'x-towe na'Ski. Ekeka"^' do'^hi' yuke' de'- hed- ha^' 



when Deer full of them it sat. And then they were looking at that finished when 



(?) or fill it 



kiya' ku'duske'ye. Ekeha'^' ti'wo ne'ya° dupa'xi ka'wa ni'ki. 



again shut the door. And then another the std. he opened [the what [was] not 



house door] 



10 "Ku'hi- k ado°'xtu-ta'," kiye'-daha' ka"^' ku'hiya'n-k ado'^'xtu 



"Upward ob. (?) look ye " (male to he said to them when upward ob. (?) they looked 



males) 



ka"^' a°ya' nita'^'xti tox ma'nki ka'wa ka'toho'ni, ani' tcetce'hi 



when person very large was lying what he was not lying on water was dripping 



off of him 



ma'nki, Do'^'hi ama'^x ka"^' widwide' ka'^ e'uka'de i'de yuke' ka" 



was lying. They were looking while 'it lightened because they just went falling about when 

 at him (See Note,) 



i^'tcpe'-daha' ande'. Ekeha° duxtuxta" a'ko de'ye-daha' ha° 



he laughing at them he was. And then he pulled them out out he sent them and 



[one after another ?] 



ti'wo ne'ya"- ka°' dupa'x ka'' doxpe'di yihi'xti ne' ka% 



another the std. (ob.) heopened[the when clothing (sub.) a great quan- stood when 



bouse door] tity 



15 "Tcina' ayo'yuxtu' ko da'^tu-ta," kiye'daha' ka°, i°'ske wa' 



"As much you (pi.) desire as take ye" (male to he said to them when greedy very 



males) 



yihi'xti da""' ka'hi ha'' tike' wa' ka'' doxpe' tcu de' yuke' 



a great took they were when heavy very as clothing they threw they were 



quantity returning down 



ki'^ho^'xa. E'keo^'nidi' a°ya'-sahi' . ka'wa ki^6' do'^hi'^' dixyi"' 



they came back Therefore, Indians, what soever they see it whenever 



in the past. 



ahi'^'sk^ta'^' yuke' xa. Etn' xa. E'keo'^'ni ka'^' Yinisa' ti 



covetous they are usually. They say it usually. Therefore, Buffalo house 



