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konicka' ya*^ kutu' dixyi"' tci'na o°'ni ko' he'ena'ni xya' ne'di. 



bottle the they gave when how much had been as so much yet (?) it stood, 



to him 



Elj:eka'^' i'ndidi° i°' ya'' ko' fwuhi'. Ekeka''' Anatci' yuke'- 



And then he for his part drank it when low. And then Ghost they are 



ya"^ e'tu ka^', "Yata'naxti' iki'kahi"^' ko i'ta xo'," kiye'tu 



the they said when "Very soon you tell about it if you die shall (if)" they said 



to him 



10 ka"" "Iki'kahi°'ni ko' yande' xya'xti xyo'," kiye'tu ka'^', 



when "You do not tell when (if) you be (live) always shall, if — " they said to him when 



ku'kikahi'^'ni ha'nde de' ha'^ i°'titcya' ha^ ta'-hi-ya° i"hi°' ka'^ 



he did not tell he was there and old man and the time to die arrived when 

 about it (now?) (when?) (past) 



ki'kahi"'. A'^ya'di-di'^' a'kika'hi" ma'Sktu ka"^' naxe' ma'nki 



he told about it. People (sub.) for telling news to they when listening he reclined 



their parts one another reclined 



naha' ind-he' etik6' do°ho''ni' 6'di. Ekeha"*' kana'mini te o°' 



a while he too so (such) he had seen he said. And then not day dead was 



ma'x ka"^ na'^'pi. Etu' xa. 



reclining when day. They say usually. 



NOTES 



The narrator failed to see any connection between the two kinds of 

 spirits referred to in this text. (See page 175 of Old Rabbit the 

 Voodoo and other Sorcerers, by Miss Mary A. Owen, 1892, for an 

 account of the alleged importance of whisky in the preparation of 

 "luck balls.") 



1. AJ^ya t%ohedi, a real or living person, as distinguished from a 

 ghost; ustukl refers to the bottle, Iconicka (7); ant^ a contraction of 

 ande; kii^ {i^). 



2. awo Tie: the first ghost, after drinking his (ghostl}') fill, passed 

 the bottle to another ghost. 



4. ya'^xMyoxpa {oxjm). 



4-5. The ghost speaks about the secret thought of the living man. 



8. -6?^^ for his part (?). 



9-10. Ico . . . xo^ and Jco . . . xyo^ "if, shall, provided (conditional)." 



11. hukiJcahi^ni {ha^Tii); iHitcya^iHciya or iHcya; ta-Jd-ya'^ {ta<.- 

 tedi, "to die;" 7<-2^ conveys a future idea; ya'^, "the"); so, itahiya'^, 

 " the time for you to die;" uflktahiya'^^ " the time for me to die." 



12. ahihahi^ manktu, continuous form of akikaxtu, "they tell one 

 another" {ka'^hi). 



• 13. kanainini {ka, ni, negative signs; nanii = na^pi^ nawi^ "day.") 



TRANSLATION 



A certain man bought [a bottle of] whisky, and when he was putting 

 it up [on a shelf?], some ghosts came thither, and they were drinking 

 his whisky. When the first ghost had drunk a great quantity, he gave 

 it [the bottle] to another [ghost], who likewise drank a great deal. 

 "V^Tien the ghosts were acting thus, the man stood looking at them, 



