DAKOTA MYTHS. Teta 
pezi wokeya kin ozuday iyotankapi. Unkay Unktomi pezi wokeya tiyopa 


grass lodge the full they sat- down. And Unktomi grass lodge door 
kin ohna iyotanka, ka heya: Ciéidow anpl kinhan, iéunhay tuweday tonwe 
the in he sat- down, and this: aad I-for-you (pl.) sing if, whilst no-one look 
kte sni, odoway kin he heéen kapi ée, eya: ka wanna hey: ahiyaya: 
shall not, song the that thus means Py said: and now this‘said sang: 
“Tstohmus waci po; Tuwe yatonwe ¢in, Ista nisapi kta; Ista nisapi kta.” 
“Eye-shut EERE Who you look the, Eyes  you-red shall; Eyes  you-red — shall.” 
Heya ahiyaye Gin he iéunhayn, magaksiéa, ka maga, ka magatayka owasiy 
This- he- sung the that whilst eciet and geese, and ‘swans all 
saying 
istohmus wacipi, keyapi. 
eyes-shut they danced, they-say. 
Upkan Unktomi nazin hiyaye éa heya ahiyaya: ‘“ Miye keskes 
And Unktomi 4to-stand went and this- Saying sang: if even-even 
owakipa; Miye keskes owakipa,” heya opeya waci kin he ié¢ renee owasly 
TI follow-in-my- t even-even I follow-in- this- with danced the that whilst all 
own; my-own,” saying 
hotoy wacipi kin, hehan Unktomi widiyotaheday wadi uy; ka magaksiéa, 
gabbling dane’ the, then Unktomi them- among dancing was; and ducks, 
ka maga, ka magatayka tona Geméepa owanyag wastepi kin hena tahu 
and ae and swans as-many fat ones to-look-at they good the those necks 
yuksa awiéaya. Unkay magatayka way tahu yukse kta tka okihi ni, ka 
iwisted-off took-them. And ‘swan one neck  ‘twist-off would but able not, and 
yuhotoyton. Unkay magaksi¢éa wan, Skiska e¢iyapi, kin heéa way istogin- 
“made- squall-often. And duek one, Ski-ska by name, the such one eye-half 
kiya toywe kta, uykay Unktomi hee magatayka way tahu yukse kta, tka 
open look woul and Unktomi himself swan a neck ‘break-off ould but 
okihi ni he wayyaka: uyjkay Skiska kin heya: Tonway po, tonwayn po, 
able not that saw: and Ski-ska the  this-said: Look ye! look ye! 
wayna Uyktomi ujkasotapi kta Ge, toywan po, eya. 
now Unktomi us-use-up will 9 look ye! said. 
Unkay heéehnana owasiy toynwanypi, ka taykan akiyahde kta; wykay 
And without delay all they looked, and out-doors g0- home Ww ould; and 
Uyktomi tiyopa kin ohna elipei¢iye ¢éa tiyopa kin aniée waéin; ka heéon, 
Unktomi door the in threw-itself and door the forbid intended; and _ this-did, 
tka hupahu ka siha koya oy apapi, ka eéen katapi, ka siha kin on tezi kin 
but wings and feet also with they-smote, ind thus knocked-dead, and feet the with stomach the 
en amanipi, ka tezi owasi) kinaksaksapi, ka en ta wanka; kitayh ni, 
on  they-walked, and stomach all they-cut-up-with- and there dead he lay; by-a-little lived, 
their-feet, 


ujkay inaziy ka ohomni etoywan, tuka wanna tokiya akiyahda. Unkay 
and he-arose and around looked, but now somewhere gone-home. And 
Skiska wan tokaheya tonwe Gin heon ista sa keyapi. 
Ski-ska one first * looked the therefore eyes red, they-say. 
Hehan Unyktomi magaksiéa, ka maga, ka magatanka tona tahu 
Then Unktomi ‘ducks, and geese and swans, many-as necks 
wiéayukse Gikoy hena wiéapahi ka kiy ka iyoopta ya wayka; ka wakpa 
them-twisted-off had been those them-gathered and carried and ” thence going was; and river 
Ww ay iyolipaya ka kahda ya, wakpa oha way tehay kin ityokopeya yeya; 
came-to, and by-the-side went, river reach a long very in-sight Stretched ; 
eas hen e wohay. Magaksiéa, maga ka magatayka, tona tahu wiéayukse 
and there he-boiled. Ducks, geese and swans, many-as necks them-twisted-off 
cin hena ohay ehde: ka hehan istinma iwanka; wakpa kin ohnayay paptus 
the those to-boil placed: and then to-sleep lay-down; river the upon squatting 
