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40 kutcu'x-ni xya' etu' xa. Ekeha°' Ape'nixka'-hayina' ko adi-ya'nk 



was not red usuallj' they usually. And then Ancient of Goldfinches (sub.) father the (ob.) 



say 



i^ma'nki ha'nde o'^ni di' tcti'xti xj^a', etu' xa. 



bathing in was in the be- very red usually, they usually, 



his blood past cause say 



NOTES 



The Goldfinch, who was the elder brother, made his brother, the 

 Red bird, disobey their father. 



I. Apenyikya-hayina= Apenixka-hayma {1Z)\ axi^ "to swarm on 

 one," as lice, flies, fleas, or as maggots on a carcass. 



3. Mda=Mdadi {da). 



4. yada na^ for iyada na (de). 



9. Yumsa= Ytntsa= Yanasa. 



10. yinJc^ pronounced, yin-\-Jc. 



II. axtu {adi); akxi {Jcxi). 



M. i^TcaJ^x hux ne ha'^ (from Tca^lii^ hu^ ne). 



14. iyayukuni (?/t2Mm= Winnebago jiohu^); yu^ 2d sing. (?) of u 

 or Jhii; pi^ pronounced with emphasis {pi<). 



16. ika^/u'^=i'>^ka'^hi^ {ka'^hi). See 25. 



19. D€hi^naxe-daha= hayi^naxe-daha, "to question them." 



22-23. ta^'hi^x Udedi-ta^'U'^ ha'^ Mdedi. 



23. fikiha^hi'^^ 1st sing, of iha'^hi'^ (16). 



25. ika^hi^-x ku=ika!^hi'^ JidP' ku; nkaxtu-ya^^ pi. of nkadiya'^^ Ist 

 sing, of adiydP-. 



28. da'^x ki^ld^—daP' Tia^ ki^ hi^. 



32. kiyaknwetu {Jciya,^ akuwetu wahe). 



38. uto hi (in full, utohoM). 



40. kutcux-ni {tcti). 



TRANSLATION 



There was a man who had two sons, the elder of whom was the 

 Ancient of Goldfinches and the younger the Ancient of Redbirds. 

 The Ancient of Redbirds was inclined to be obedient to his father, 

 but his elder brother was ever persuading him to disobey, and he 

 generally succeeded in his attempts. One day the Ancient of Gold- 

 finches opened the door of a house that was infested with lice, and 

 swarms of lice came forth and settled on him. While he was in that 

 sad plight, the father returned, and after reproving him for his diso- 

 bedience, he picked all the lice from him, warning him against med- 

 dling with another house that was at a distance from their abode. 



After the departure of the father, the Ancient of Goldfinches took 

 his brother and went to the house to which he had been forbidden to 

 go. On his arrival, he opened the door, and out came a host of fleas, 

 swarming on him and making him very uncomfortable. There were 

 so many fleas that they blackened the sides of the house. About this 



