96 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 47 



kide'. "Eya*^' ki'di hi'," kiye' ha*^ tcitci'tu ka"^ akini'-daha' 



went "There [you] must," said to and they lay down when walked on them 



home. get home him all along 



kide' eya'^' kidi'. Eya''' ki'di ka"^' pu's-ka'* a'^ya' dex tca'ye ha'^ 



went there reached There reached when night when people there he killed and 

 home home. home all 



na'o'^-ya'^ka"' ku'hi de' te ne' ha° Kto'^'hi ya^o"^ a'tc-ka°, 



daylight when upward to go wish- stood and Frog to sing he when 



ed asked 



245 "Nki'i'speni." Ekeka°', "Aktada'kana'-di nkint-ko' nke' na'ni," 



"I do not know how." And then, "Ancient of Toads (sub.) I (sub.) I say it can," 



e ka°', "Aye' pihe'di ko, e'x ndo'^'," kiye' ka** ya'o"^ ka"^, 



said when "You say it can if to say let me sent to when sang when, 



it see" him, 



e'ya° e' ka**, "E na'," e ha^', " Pi'tcinke'di ko, inksponi' 



he (?) ■ said when, "That ." said and, "I jump when my ankle 



it is it (masc.) 



dusi-di'," ta'nki-ya'' kiye'di xye'ni, pitce' ka° dus te' dutcup de' 



grasp it" (male his sister the he said to "but he when to wished she he 



to female) her jumped grasp missed went 



it it 



ka^ ":^int-ko' etike' iika'nt kike' ta tci°'tu ko' tci'^-ya'nk xkida' 



when, "I (sub.) just so lam it mat- deer theyare when fat the (ob.) I gather 



ters not fat it 



250 e'ya° i'nkiha'hi hi ni'," kiye' ka'* de o'^'ni. E'ke o'^'ni ka"* 



there I will carry it to you ." she said when he went. Therefore 



(fern.) to him 



" Ta-tci^'-daha'yi na " kiye'tu y u'ke xya' kude ska'-ka''. Eke o°'ni kaP^ 



"She always gathers deer ." they call they always bird (ob.) Therefore 



fat it are 



Aktada'kana' oho"^' ha'nde dixya'^', "Xo'iii xya'," etu' xa. "Ani' 



Ancient of Toads he is crying out wlien, "Rain, " they always. "Water 



say 



ayi'^' te'-xti ko oho'^' etikehe' a'nda-ta'," kiye' ha'^tea de' o'^'ni 



you you very if be crying out in that manner" (male said to at length he went 

 drink wish to male, 1st time), him 



ka° kxo'honi-xti' dixy a'^' Aktada'kana' oho°' hande' dixya'^', " Xo'hi 



when not rain very when Ancient of Toads is crying out when, "Rain, 



255 xya'," etu' xa. 



" they always, 

 say 



(Variant of lines 239-240) 

 15 He'xka-na'ske-na'di maxa'wo^ni' tohe'ye daswa' de'ye, i^siMi' 



The Ancient of Long spade hid it behind sent it resembling 



(-necked) Buzzards (sub.) a tail 



ne C^'ni di', Tuhe' tohe'kiye' ne o'^'ni di'. Eke' o°ni' sind-o°' 



that he made Thunder hiding it from stand- he Therefore tail uses 



it being him ing made it. 



a'nde xya' etu' xa. E'ke o'^'nidi' sint pt^a'x oHu' maxa'wo'^ni' 



he is always they always Therefore tail flat they spade 



say (or, made it 



usually). 



i'sind-o'^'ni di°' etu' xa. Eke'di si'ndi pt^axitu' etu' xa. 



out of it made they always. So tail they are flat they always. 



a tail say say 



NOTES 



There is more of this myth, but Betsy had forgotten it. 

 1. tUJca {ti-\-itha). 

 3. ya^xklyotu {o); nlco {o). 



8. Mda, in full Mdadi; Ink (pronounced m-\-Jc)—yinlci; akslx= 

 aksihi. 



