HOW THE RABBIT KILLED THE (MALE) WINTER. ~ 11 
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etein’ge-i™” aka. Wi" i¢ab ega™ t’é¢a-biama. ga ¢a™ maga @gar a? 
bit the. One hefound, having he killed they say. Head the he cutoff, having hecar- 
they say it they say 
ag¢a-biama. Usni ak& aki-biama. Mactein’ge-i” wi’a™waja ¢é &. 
ried it they say. Cold the he they say. Rabbit in which direction went he ? 
homeward reached home 
I™teatgtci Aci a¢af, a-biami wa‘ti akdé. Egi¢e daze yi aki-biamd 
New very out he went, she they say woman the. Itcame to evening when he reavhed 
said pass home, they say. 
Maetem’ge-i” aka. Negtha, cé¢a” dactan’ga-dé wi, 4-biamd. Gia™¢a 
Rabbit the. Omother’s thatthe Rocky Mount- head one, he they say. He threw it 
brother, ain sheep said to him 
¢cé¢a-biama yi t’é-qti a¢a-biama Usni aka. Wa‘t ¢inké end-qtci uctd 
he sent they say when dead very he went they say Cold the. Woman the alone very re- 
it forcibly mained 
ama. Ada™ edita” usni-qti-iji-hna” amd. Ceta™. 
they say. Therefore from that cold very not habitu- they say. So far. 
canse ally 
NOTES. 
The accompanying version of this Omaha myth was given me by Mr. Frank 
LaFleche. Mr. Sanssouci says that it was not the Winter, but Igacude (Storm-maker), 
who was killed by the Rabbit. 
Igacude used to go each day to a lofty bluff, and gaze in all directions till he spied 
a party of hunters. When he discovered as many as he could carry on his back, he 
used to take up a ball of snow and blow off the particles till he made a snow-storm, 
in which all the men were sure to perish. Then Igacude gathered the bodies and car- 
ried them to his lodge. 
9,1. Macteinge-i, or Mactcifige, the name of a mythical hero of the Ponkas 
and Omahas, answering to the Iowa and Oto Micteine. His other name was Si¢é- 
maka" (see myth of the Turkey, in the first version; also that of Si¢é-maka”’s advent- 
ures aS a deer). The distinction, if any, between Mactcinge and Mactciige-i@ has 
been forgotten. 
9, 2. e‘a®-qti ma*oni" ¢a¢itce 4. The use of “ea-qti” shows that there must 
have been some great trouble or important business which torced the Rabbit to wander 
from his home at such a time. 
9, 10. a¢a-b ega™, contr. from a¢a-bi ega”. 
9, 11. igacude gaxa-biama, usni hegaji ama. Frank said: usni he+gaji ama, It 
was ve---ry cold. 
10, 7. niacitga ké, “the long line of men’s bodies,” in this case. 
10, 15. gaxa-b ega*, contr. from gaxa-bi ega®. 
11, 6. ada® edita® ugni-qti-diji-hna" ama. Before that it was much colder than 1t 
is now. Now we have the female Winter. 
TRANSLATION. 
The Rabbit was going somewhere. It came to pass that he reached the place 
where the Winter was dwelling. ‘Well! you made it a rule not to come hither at all 
in the past. Sit by those things near you. On what very important business have 
you been traveling?” “Yes, O mother’s brother, and my father’s sister! my grand- 
