112 BUREAtr OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 4? 



1. aHatka\ whose child this was is uncertain, and why the hand of 

 the child made a black spot on the moon is not explained. 



TRANSLATION 



When a child felt the Moon person its hand made a black spot on 

 him. This caused the Moon person to feel ashamed, and when night 

 came he disappeared. Therefore, as they sa}", he alwa3\s stays up 

 above, and has a black spot. Sometimes he is dressed in money alone, 

 and subsequently he disappears. Therefore [i. e., on account of the 

 money] it is sometimes light at night. 



31. The Goldfinch and the Redbird 



Ane'di ti' tci ne' ka° Ape'nyikya'-hayina' dupa'x ka'' akuwe' 



Lice house were lying when Ancient of Goldlinehes opened the when they came 

 [in] door out 



ha'' int-k a'xi di' e'tike ha'nde ka" a'diya° ki'di kya°'hi ha'nde 



and him (ob.) they so' he was when his father came scolding he was 



swarmed home him 



on 



di' e'da° ha*" ane' ya'' kida de' tca'kiye ha*" kya'^'hi ha'nde di' 



finished and lice the picked that cleaned him and scolding him he was 

 [oflfj of all 



e'da° ha°' "Ti ne'ya'^ ya'da na'," kiye' ha'nde di' e'da'' ha°' de' 



finished and "House thatdis- beware lest," saying to was finished and that 



tantone you (pi.) go [them] [way] 



5 kike' ke'tcuma'n a'de. Ti ne'ya" dupa'x ka'' kutska' akuwe' 



though again they House that dis- opened when fieas they came 



went. tant one the door out 



int-k a'xi di' a'dukutcupa"' ti su'pi ha'nde ka*" a'diya" kidi'. 



him (ob.) they they were very house black was when his father came 



swarmed thick on him home, 



on 



E'da° ha°' tca'kiye ha'nde te'-hed-ha°' kya°'hi ha'nde di' hed-ha°, 



Finished and cleaned nun was that finished when scolding he was finished and 



of all him 



"Ti' ne'ya'^ ya'da na'," kiye' ha'nde di' e'da° ha''' de' kike' 



"House thatdis- beware you lest," saying to he was finished and that though 



tantone (pi.) go [them] [way] 



ke'tcuma'n a'de. Ti' ne'ya° dupa'x ka° Yiinisa' akuwe' a'de ka° 



again they House that dis- he opened when Buffalo they came they when 



went. tant one the door out went 



10 kite' yuke oMi' yi'nk sti-k yukuwe' du'si, ti'tka de'ye, kutske'ye 



they were* in the small very (ob.) they wounded took into the put him shut it up 

 shooting past him him house 



ka'de. E'ke yuke' ka"* axtu' ya'ndi ki'di ha°' akxi' ha° i'^'sti-daha' 



they went So* they were when their the (sub.) came and he got and he was angry 

 home. father home angry with them 



ha" tca'ye-daha' te ha°' yix sa''hi'"ya° de' ha'' a^ya' hi^ya'ki ha" 



and to kill them wished and bayou to the other he and person he got with and 



side went them 



anksiyo"' na'nki. Ekeka"' Ape'nixka'-hayina' a'ni ya^'-k i^hi"' ne' 



making ar- he sat. And then Ancient of Goldfinches water the (ob.) reached it stood 

 rows 



ka" Tci'dikuna' i^ka^'x hux ne' ka", "Ka'wa-k iya'yuku'ni ha 



when Tcldlkflna to dip water coming stood when, "What (ob.) did you roast wheu 



15 yu'," kiye' ka^ "To'xka pi'," 6' ka" kite' te'ye. A'hi ya° 



you were said to when, "Gray fox liver," said when hit him killed him. Skin the 

 coming," him 



kidu'si ha" hi°ya'hi ha" ika^'hi" de'di. Deya^'hi" ha", "Ku^^u"', 



took from and put the skin and to dip water went. Reached there and, "0 grandmother, 

 him on himself 



