DAKOTA MYTHS. Waly 
eéana hdi tuka tanksitku en yanke gni. Hdi tuka inalinina toki iyaya 
soon came back but sister-his in was not. He-came- but hurriedly somewhere gone 
home 
hei: ka hdi ape yanka. Tuka tehay hdi sni kehay ode i ka kipay un, 
he thought: and tocome wait- was. But longtime come not when to wentand calling was, 
home ing home hunt 
taku iyeye sni; heéen hdi ka akipe yayka. Tuka hdi ni eéen ¢inéu kin 
but found not; 30 came and waiting for was. But come not even brothers his. the 
home home 
hdipi, ka, Misuyn, tanksi toki iyaya he, eyapi kehay eéen owidéakiyaka. 
came home and, My brother, sister whither gone e they said when even so them he told. 
Uykay, Hehehe taynksi toki iyaye kta hwo, eyapi, ka ape yukanpi; tuka 
Then, Alas, alas! sister whither ~ go. will ? they said, and waiting e were; but 
eéen okpaza e hecen Hakekena Geya; heéen Ginéu kon owasiy om Geya. 
so dark was so-that Hakaykayna cried; so brothers his the all with he-cried. 
Tuka tokapa kin heya: Misuy, ayastan po, tokesta anpa kta Ge, eya: mak: 
But eldest the this said: My brothers, Stop ye crying presently light willbe , he said: earth 
wita Gistiyena Ge, he taku kae uyyuéeyapi heéiphay wanunyakapi kta ée, 
island small , that what ever us make ery we-see will 
eya, keyapi. 
hesaid, they say. 
Heéen wanna anpa kehan tate ouye topa kin hena otoiyohi eéen ipi, 
Thus now morning when winds source four the those each thus went-to, 
ka nakuy maka kin owanéaya unpi tuka; heGen iyekiyapi sni nakaes nina 
and also earth the all-over were but; so-that finding their own not indeed very 
sate Siéapi ka bai¢ismismi éeya y akonpi; eéen okide ayustanpi. Unkay 
heart bad, and cutting themselves crying were; until to hunt ‘they ceased. Then 
their own | 
kaketu: Hakekena anpetu ea manin éeya okawinga uy eée, ake manin 
thus it was: Hakaykayna day when abroad erying going around was always, again abroad 
éeya uy eéen istinma; unkay inyuy ogunga unkayn toki tuwe Geya nahon, 
erying was until he slept; and behold ia ced and somewhere someone crying — he heard, 
tuka tayyay nahioy Sni kehay paha way tehanwankaytuya kin akan imazin, 
but well heard not when hill a very-high the upon he stood, 
ujnkay inyuy winohinéa way toki éeya wiwakonza niyay nahoy: Timdo, 
and behold woman a somewhere erying wailing out breathed he heard: Brothers, 
Tasintayukikipi ewiéakiyapi kon, timdo, wasasmayapi koy, maka tom 
Tasintay! pakeek coke’ them called that were, ee, you-thought-much-of-me the, seasons four 
iyotay iyewakiye, eyaniyan, nalion. Unkan, E toke tanksi hee se, eye, 
hard “ T find it, she cried out, he heard. And, Well indeed sister this-is it he aaah a 
seems, 
heéen éeya ku, ka eéen hdi nakaes ake Ginéu kon om Geyaya. Unkay, 
so cry ing return, and so hecame indeed again brothers his the with cried Aiea And, 
back 
Cinye, ayastanpi ka wohay po, wahaynpi unyatkanpi kta ée, eya. Heéen 
Brothers z stop ye and cook ye broth we drink will , he said. So 
wohaypi ka wotapi, uykay hehan Hakekena, heya: Cinye, tuwe Tasinta 
they cooked and ate, and then Hakaykayna this said: Brothers, who Tasinta 
yukikipi ewiéakiyapi he eye. Unkay tokapa kin he heya: Oyate hiyeye 
yookeekeepee them-called ? he said. Then eldest the that this'said: People call * 
Gy unkisnana wiéa eGe unkiéagapi e heuykiciyapi do, ey: Unkan, 
the we alone men only we-grew therefore this-to-us-they-say 7 he cna And, 
Tokeéa heha he, eyapi. Unykay, Winohinea way Geya wiwakonze ¢éa 
Why = this yousay ? they said. And, Woman a crying wailed and 
heya niyay nawahon ée, eva. Unkay, Hehehe tanksi hee seée do, eyapi, 
saying aloud I heard , he’said. Then, Alas, alas! sister that-is itseems , they said, 
that 
