12 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
mother has altogether beaten the life out of me; so I have been coming hither in a 
bad humor” (said the Rabbit). The Rabbit sat crying; he continued hopping to and 
fro; the Rabbit did not sit still at all. ‘Do sit still,” said the Winter. ‘‘O mother’s 
brother, I always do thus!” At length the Winter spoke about going hunting. ‘O 
mother’s brother, I will go with you!” said the Rabbit. ‘Why! you would be apt 
to die,” said the Winter. ‘‘No, O mother’s brother! how is it possible for me to 
die? I will go with you at all events.” “Let us see! Do so,” said the Winter. The 
Winter, having gone out, said: ‘Wh! Wh!”, and made a fine driving snow-storm 
(blizzard). It was very cold. And when he departed, the Rabbit went with him. 
The Rabbit was very active: he continued going and running very far ahead (of the 
Winter); and he was coming back repeatedly; he also went running many times 
around the Winter, as he moved along. ‘The person in motion is truly active!” 
thought the Winter. By and by he (the Rabbit) scared up a deer. “Oho! O mother’s 
brother! a deer has reached you; shoot it!” said the Rabbit. ‘No, such I do 
not seek,” said the Winter. And the Rabbit thought, ‘What can he be seeking?” 
After a while the Rabbit (in moving along) discovered some men. ‘Oho! O mother’s 
brother! some men have come to you.” ‘Yes, such only do I seek,” said the Winter. 
And he killed them. He carried the (dead) men homeward on his back. When he 
reached home with them on his back, he boiled the men. “Hurry for your nephew; 
I think that he is very hungry,” said the Winter (to his wife). She cooked them until 
they were done. They filled for him (the Rabbit) a dish with the human fresh meat. 
“T am not accustomed to eating such (food),” said the Rabbit. He gave it back to 
them. When the provisions had been devoured, again the Winter spoke of going 
hunting. ‘Let us go, Rabbit,” said the Winter. “No, O mother’s brother! you go 
alone,” said the Rabbit. The Winter, having made cold (weather) again, went again. 
When he had gone, the Rabbit questioned the Winter’s wife. ‘O father’s sister! what 
does my mother’s brother fear?” ‘ Your mother’s brother has nothing to fear.” “ No, 
O father’s sister! even I have something to fear. How is it possible for my mother’s 
brother to have nothing to fear?” “ Your mother’s brother has nothing to fear,” said 
the woman. ‘ No, O father’s sister! even I am used to being scared. How is it possi- 
ble for my mother’s brother to have nothing to fear?” ‘ Yes, your mother’s brother 
fears the head of a- Rocky Mountain sheep.” “ Yes, just sol thought it might be,” said 
the Rabbit. Having found one, he killed it. Having cut off its head with a knife, he 
carried it homeward on his back. The Winter reached his home. “In which direction 
has the Rabbit gone?” ‘“ He has just gone out (of the lodge),” said the woman. After 
a while, when it was dusk, the Rabbit reached home. ‘‘O mother’s brother! that round 
object by you is the head of a Rocky Mountain sheep,” said he. When he had thrown 
it suddenly toward him (the Winter), the Winter became altogether dead; only the 
woman remained. Therefore, from that cause (or, from that time), it has not been very 
cold, as a rule. 
