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10 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
fnahi® Aha, e¢éga"-biamé Usni aka. Hgi¢e jA4qti wi" ¢ihi-biama. Ubu! 
truly ! he thought they say Cold the. Itcameto deer one hescaredup, they Oho! 
pass say. 
negtfha, y4qti wi" cuhi ha. Kida-gi ha, 4-biama Mactcin’ge-i" ama. 
O mother’s deer one hasreached . Shoot it - he they say Rabbit the 
brother, you said 
An‘kaji ha éga" udna-méji ha, 4-biama Usni aka. Gan’‘ki ind4da™ uné 
Not so indeed, such I do not seek a uo they say Cold the. And what he seek 
said 
etéda® e¢ega"-biama Mactcin’ge-i” amd. Egi¢e nfacitga d‘iba wéda- 
can? he thought they say Rabbit the. Tt came to person some he found 
pass them 
biamdé Macetcin’ge-i" amd. Uht! negiha, niaci*ga d‘iba cuhfi ha. 
they say Rabbit the Oho! O mother's person some they reach 
brother, you 
A™ha™, éga"-hna® udne ha, a-biamaé Usni aka. Ga" t’éwa¢d-biama. 
Yes, such habitually I seek : uo they say Cold the. And he killed them they say. 
sai 
Niaci"ga ké wa‘ ag¢d-biama. Wa‘i” aki-biama yi tha™-biamdé nfaci*- 
Person the carrying he went they say. Carrying he reached when he cooked them, per- 
them homeward them home, they say they say 
ga ¢ankd. (izicka gi¢iki¢a-gat ha, na"pchi"-qti-a" ebdéga", 4-biama 
son the Your brother's work hurriedly “tor hungry very I think, he they say 
son him said 
Usni aké. Nin‘de¢a-biamé uqpé ufji-biama niac®ga jyantya té. Wi 
Cold the. Cooked tilldone they say dish she filled for him human fresh meat _ the. I 
they say 
éga™ wab¢ata-maji-hna"-ma™ ha, 4-biamaé Mactein’ge-i” aka. Weé‘i-biama. 
such I eat not habitu- Ido > he they say Rabbit the. He gaveit they say. 
ally said back to them 
Uma”e té ¢asni”-biama yi ci ‘abae a¢é ‘ica-biama Usni aka. Anga¢e 
Provisions the swallowed they say when again hunting going ne ney: say Cold the. We go 
spoke o: 
tai Mactcin’ge-i”, a-biama Usni aka. An’‘kaji, negiha, ¢i-hna™ ma”- 
will Rabbit he they say Cold the. Not so, O mother’s thou alone wall 
said brother, 
¢in’-g4, a-biama Mactcin’ge-i” aka. Usni aka ci usni gaxdb ega™ ci 
thou he_ they say Rabbit the. Cold the again cold he made, having again 
said they say 
a¢i-biama. I¢é amd yi Mactcin’ge-i” aka Usni igdq¢a™ ¢inké fmaxé- 
he went they say. He had they say when Rabbit the Cold his wife the he ques- 
gone tioned her 
biamé. pimiha, winégi inddda™ na™pe a. (@inégi na™pe ¢ingéé he. 
they say. O father’s my mother’s what fears he ¢ Thy mother’s to fear has nothing . 
sister, brother brother 
An’‘kaji, yimiha, wiecté na™pe at‘a™ ha: Aqta™ winégi na™pe cingé tada”. 
Not so, O father’s even I to fear IT have . how pos- my mother's tofear have noth- shall? 
sister, (something) sible brother ing 
(ings nape ¢ingéé hé, 4-biamé wa‘ ak&é An’kaji, jimiha, wiecté 
hymother’s tofear hasnothing . she they say woman the Not so, O father’s even I 
brother said sister, 
na” a*xi¢a-hna*-ma™ ha: Agta” winégi nape ¢ingé tada™. A™ha",  ¢indgi 
me scared habitu- TIuse : how pos- my mother’s to fear have noth- shall? Yes, thy mother’s 
ally sible brother ing Trathes 
dactan’ga-da na™pe hé. A™ha™, éga® éska" eb¢éga™ ha, 4-biamé Ma- 
Rocky Mount- head he fearsit  . Yes, 80 itmight I thought ; he they say = Rab- 
ain sheep be said 
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