THE YOUNGER BROTHER; OR, THE UNVISITED ISLAND. 
WRITTEN IN Dakota BY M. RENVILLE. 

Oyate way kaken tipi. Unkay en wiéastayatapi wan Ginéa yamni, 
People one so lived. And then chief one children three, 
hena hoksinéaytkiyapi. Nom wiéapi ka wanzi winyay. Unkay tokapa kin 
these boys belove' od. Two males and one female. Then eldest the 
he tawiéutoy, heéen sunkaku kin hduha. Unkay hankaku kin ena siéeéu 
that wife-his-took, so that younger- the he-had Then sister-in-law-his the then brother-in 
brother-his his own. law-hers 
kin nagiyeya: Unwanke kte, eya kes, Hoho, ¢inyewaye Gin misnana 
the Reonhled We-two-lie together will, she-said AUCH No indee a. older-brother-mine the me-alone 
temahinda, tokey iwakihaha kta he, eya eéee, keyapi. 
thinks-much-of-me, how I-make-him- shall ? hesaid always, they say. 
ashamed 
Unkay kaketu: Winyay kon éay kin i tin hdiéu ka heya; Siée, ito 
And thus-it-was: Woman the wood carry went house came home and this said; Berne. lo 
in in-law, 
Siyo keya kay yukaypi Ge, wanzi makio ye, eya. Tuka, Ho, miye 
grouse m any yonder are one shoot for- me, she said. But, Not-so, 
nahahin wiéasta waoka hemaga sni, tuwe tokeéa kute yasi Sni, eva. Tuka 
as-yet man good-shooter such-me not, someone else shoot you-com- not, he-said. But 
mand 
éinéu kin, Wanzi kio wo, eye, e heéen wanhinkpe ikikéu ka iyaye éa wanzi 
brother- the, One for-her-kill, said, that so that arrows he took and “went and one 
his 
kio, ka, Hee Ge, iGu wo, eye, éa idwyom iya Unkay winyay kon ku ka 
for-her- and, That is it, take it, Bevantat a to another- we ye Then woman the isre- and 
killed, place turning 
éeya hdi, ka hihnaku he¢éiya: Nisuyka wa¢intanka éa ohinni nagiy emayay 
crying has and husband-her this saidto Your younger persistent ase always trcubles mé 
come home, him : brother 
ée, epa éa, Getuymayahda koy, dena eéamaoy ¢ée, eye éa Siyo siha kin oy 
I say when, you-me-dishelieve the, these  he-has-done-to-me, she said and grouse claws the with 
éayna kin owanéaya hduldaldate éa kipazo. Unkay heéen wiéada, ka 
thighs the all over * she-serate ee and showed-him. And so he-believed-her, and 
heya: Unktomi kiéo ya po,! eya. Heéen Unktomi hi. Unkan, Unktomi, 
this said: Unktomi  to-call-him’ go ye, he said. So Unktomi came. Then, Unktomi, 
misuyka wita-ipi-Sni ekta eelipeya wo, heéen tanksi duze kta ée, eya. 
my-younger- island they-go-to-not at  there-takée-and- rhsee so sister-mine youhave shall , he said. 
brother 

‘This use of the plural for the singular (ya wo, go thow) occurs now and then in myths.—s. 0. D. 
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