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kiyg' ka° de ko'x-ni. "Ayi'ndi de'd-ki," kiye' ka'^ de o'^'nidi' 



said to when to go he was un- "You go yourself" said to when having de- 



hlm willing. her parted 



80 eya^'hi"^ haF' kaVa a'hi ne' - ka'' do'^'hi. Psu' ketco'na a'hi-ka'' 



she arrived and what skin stood (ob.) she saw it. Ancient One with skin (ob.) 

 there 



nati'x kane' -ka"^ daxu'ni na'nteke 



stretched had been (ob.) burnt nearly 



Crooked Teeth 



na'x ka° ha'ne du'si duxke'. 



standing 



fitiko'^' kane' ka'^ do'^hi' 



Had done had been when she saw 



so standing it 



e ha'nt ka"*, 



I'x 



sat 



when found it took it 



when 



"TaHa'hi 



" Panther skin 



she 

 said 



e ka"", "Ka°xo', ka'wa 



said when, "Grandfather, what 



85 kiye' ka^ "fitike' nakihi'," e' ha"^ 



he said when, "It is so I do not said and 



to her think" 



ko ta'mafik tci'^'cti nyi'ku 



if deer brisket very fat I give to 

 you 



kiye' 



he said 



skinned 

 her. 



ha'^'tca, "E'wa ne' ko ka'wa a'hi," 



awhile "Yonder stand- the what skin" 



ing 



da'nde," kiye' ka'', "Etike' nakihi'," 



it is" .said to when, " It is so I do not 



her think" 



a'hi." "Tumo'tck a'hi da'nde xya°'," 



skin." "Wildcat skin it is " 



Ka'wa a'hi ko' ya'iikutiki' 



"What skin the you tell me 



da'nde 



it was 



xya" 



ka'^ 



when 



to her 



ha'^tca' tJ^hi^'x kide' 



and subse- running went 



quently home. 



de e'ya"^ a'hi. Kitcu' 



went there she took She put it 

 it. down for 



him 



90 si'^to' ta'ya"^ du'si ha°' 



boy her took and 



she 



hi ni'," 



will ." 

 (fern.) 



"fi'tike 



"So it 



Eya°' 



There 



ha^ 



and 



kiye' ka% "Tank awo' a'hi 



she said when "Sister other skin 

 to him 



ha ni' iikedi' nixki'," e' 



is . I said because" she 



(fem.) said 



ki'di ha"' tama'nld-ya'^ da**' ta'^hi'^' 



reached and deer brisket the took running 

 home 



ta'^hi^'x kide'. 



running 



ta'^'hi" de' 



running went 



went 

 home. 



ani-ya° 



water the 



E'ya'^ 



There 



kide' 



went 

 back 



ki'di 



reached 

 home 



taho' 



fell 



ha°' 



and 



"Tao"'" eke' dixya°'. Eke' dixyi"^' 



cry of the she when. She when 



"squealer became became 



duck" so so 



sa** tu'kpe. E'keo°'nidi' etike' xya, 



white changed That is why it is so now 



into. (?) 



si'^to' ta'ya'^ kosa'yi 



boy her minnow 



ha°, 



and 



te' 



face 



Taha'nkona'di e'tike o"'ni. 



The "squealer is so. 



duck" (sub.) 



NOTES 



This text is all of the myth that Betsy could remember; but there 

 was more of it. 



1. AHclcahd^na^ "the Ancient of Crows," a female; tcu never re- 

 fers to a single object, hence it is unnecessary to add -daha; hodey^ 

 Mdedi, "to take them all home" {-daha not added), refers to objects 

 that can walk. 



3, etc. Though the context gives no clew, the Indians say that 

 it was the girl who threw the grains of corn, the house, etc., into the 

 air, changing them by her magic power. 



4, sind d^ mafiki^ "it was tasseling." 



18. i^sM nati. Nati usually precedes the qualified word. 



25-26. The speaker was the Pretty Woman, who had recently 

 been a child. The people of the other village trusted the Humming- 

 bird; hence they sent him to learn about the Prett}^ Woman. Because 



