582 METHOD OF RECORDING INDIAN LANGUAGES. 
&di a¢a-biamé. Ki eca®/-qtci ahi-biamé. Piaji ckAxe. Hata" éga™ 
there went, theysay. And near very = they say. Bad you did. Why so 
rive 
ckaxe & W/di gi-ada” iv¢ick4é-g& ha, 4-biama mi” aka. Mactcin’/ge 
youdid ? MHithercome and formeuntieit , said,they say sun _ the sub. Rabbit 
3 aka &di a¢a-bi ctéwa™ na™pa-bi ega™” hébe ihe a¢é-hna”-biamd. Ki 
the there went they notwith- feared they having partly nee went habitu- theysay. And 
y ; 
sub. say standing say ally 
yu‘e’ a¢a-bi ega’’ masa-biama man/dé-yqa" ¢a”. Gant/ki mi®’ ¢a® mat- 
rushed went they having cut with they say bow string the ob. And sun the on 
sy a knife ev. ob. 
cidha aid¢a-biama. Ki macteii’ge aka 4bayu hi” ¢a® nazi-biama 
high had gone, they say. And Rabbit thesub. space bet. hair theob. burnt they say 
the shoulders yellow 
6 anakada-bi ega”’. (Mactcin’ge ama aki-biama.)  Itcitci+, yatha, 
it was hot they having. (Rabbit the reached home, Itcitci+! ! grand- 
onit say my. sub. they say.) mother, 
na¢ingé-qti-ma™” ha, a-biama. guicpa¢a™+, M/na¢ingé/-qti-ma” eska™+, 
burnt to very Iam  . said,they say. Grandchild!! burnttonothing veryIam I think, 
nothing for me 
4-biama. Ceta?’. 
said, they say. So far. 
NOTES. 
581. 1. Mactcinge, the Rabbit, or Si¢e-maka™ (meaning uncertain), is 
the hero of numerous myths of several tribes. He is the deliverer of 
mankind from different tyrants. One of his opponents is Ictinike, the 
maker of this world, according to the Iowas. The Rabbit’s grand- 
mother is Mother Earth, who calls mankind her children. 
581, 7. a¢ai tea". The conclusion of this sentence seems odd to the 
collector, but its translation given with this myth is that furnished by 
the Indian informant. 
581, 12. ha™+ega"tcé qtci, ““ve--ry early in the morning.” The pro- 
longation of the first syllable adds to the force of the adverb “ qtci,” 
very. 
582, 3. hebe ihe a¢e-hna®-biama. The Rabbit tried to obey the Sun; 
but each time that he attempted it, he was so much afraid of him that 
he passed by a little to one side. He could not go directly to him. 
582. 4. 5. ma®ciaha aia¢a-biama. When the Rabbit rushed forward 
with bowed head, and cut the bow-string, the Sun’s departure was so 
rapid that “he had already gone on high.” 
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS MYTH. 
cv. curvilinear. sub. subject. 
Inv. moving. ob. object. 
st. sitting. 
TRANSLATION. 
Once upon a time the Rabbit dwelt in a lodge with no one but his 
grandmother. And it was his custom to go hunting very early in the 
morning. No matter how early in the morning he went, a person with 
