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14. Tciyo ade; but Myo in hiyo-daha (line 30) is from Myohi. 

 1-i. ekeha^ used after kaP^ instead of at the beginning of a sentence. 

 So, too, ekekaP- after katP"^ in line 16. 



14. anahi^^ "hair;" the topknot or crest of the summer duck is 

 called "hair," because the Tahafikona was once a woman with hair. 



The cry of this duck is given as ''''Sp! spT^ and once as " To-ho'^--\-k''^ 

 (line 39). 



15. Kiideska tcut-lcana^ the Ancient of Red Birds. Nothing in the 

 text gives a clew to the identity of this bird, or why he was introduced 

 just at this place. He may have come with the Buffaloes (see line 28). 



16. podade^ archaic name for the pddi or swamp owl. 



16. a'^ya iHcUcya, peculiar for two reasons: 1, the use of ct^ya 

 '*man, person," before "old man," which appears unnecessary; 2, the 

 use of iHaitcya^ a frequentative of iHaiya^ as if several old men were 

 there. 



17. pax Tcudexyd^ nanki^ in full, j>ahi Tiudexyi d^ nafiki. 



18. axjihixtihayUu^ you (pi.) have so much of it {yihi). Compare 

 Kansa and Osage liu; (^egiha aUgi. 



19. haH^ probably haHca^ idea of duration (continuance or delay). 

 19-20. nkind-hed^ "us too," or, "for us too;" tankld^ in line 30. 



20. Mye yxike Mde; line 25. irlkowa yuke hide. In each case Mde 

 indicates duration; "for some time," or "until." 



20. anks-oHxi-t€<ankso'^ni (mks, o"). 



22. tctdike .... nani xa, "how can it be possible?" JVcmi or 

 na^ni^ when preceded by a pronoun ending in -xtihi^^ expresses strong 

 improbability ; and in this case a similar idea is conveyed, xa here, 

 "can," seemingly unnecessary after nani. 



22. etax hike^ "it makes no difference! " = 4'wa?^■^?:€. 



23. e^^, "here." See li*, "this." Compare <f(?, "this; that; here;" 

 etc. ahi^=ahi., 3d pi. of hu. 



24. awixtuwiyeyanktu-te^ used where analogy would require awixtu- 

 wiyanktu-te., as the objective fragment pronoun yanke or yahh super- 

 sedes -ye; kilkuhini, neg. of huhiye-; de-hed: perhaps hed=h6^ "too." 



25. Perhaps xymi, "but," should be supplied between Mde and 

 dusi dedi. 



26. A^-he, peculiar use of the instrumental or locative (a^) before 

 the noun instead of before the verb, "with or on his horns." 



29. Paxexkana-k naxe, etc. Here Paxexkama-di., the nominative, 

 appears to be the proper form, as the subject of the verb, kawa 

 de^ perhaps intended for kawa deye, " to send it [his voice] a little 

 farther." 



30. TanMd{tanki). See '/?Kw^-/id(^ in lines 19, 20. kikiyoho^, con- 

 tracted from kikiyoM o" (yohi). 



