18 THE @EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
yi ug¢dta‘di-gai, 4-biama. Wasibe b¢tiga téa"wa™¢é tai ha 4é-biama. 
when give ye the se alp-yell, said, they say. Black bear we kill them will 5 said they say. 
Wita™¢i"’-qti w afaba® ti minke ha. ‘Pkita” ug¢d‘atai-o& ha, 4-biama. 
Tat the first very I give the attack- will I who . Atthesame give ye the scalp- . said they say. 
ing cry time yell 
“ba twalanea wai’ ba™-biama Mactcin’ge aké. B igs i-qti ug¢a‘a‘i- 
Ja UWaAN, 
Day as soon as he gaye the at- they say Rabbit the. be they gave the 
a tacking cry scalp-yell 
biamA nfaci"ga am&. Wasibe b¢tiga dci aht-biama. B¢tga-qti t’éwa¢a- 
they say a the (pl.). Black bear all out of they came, they All very ey killed 
doors say. hem 
biamia Wasidbe-mé. Nuga wi? mi”ga wi" edabe ugacta-biama. Wasabe 
they say Black bear the Male one female one, also remained they say. Black bear 
(pl.). 
na“ba-ma Mactein’ge tg¢a®-biami. Mactein’ge ama twakia-biama Wa- 
two the Rabbit them he took hold Rabbit the talked with they say Black 
(pl.) of, they say. (my.) them 
sibe-ma. (fiptbaji ega” wag¢icka end-qti wahnate taité, 4-biama. 
bear the ae bad tei ing So uane only very you eat shall surely, eo they say. 
(pl.) ) 
Wandxi ¢i¢in’ge taité. I’na"ha winégi edabe ¢i¢ate taité. Wasadbe 
Spirit youhave shallsurely. My mother my mother’s also they eat shallsurely. Black bear 
none brother you 
5 Vi tee + / 
e¢ige taité. Ma'¢i"i ga. Ceta™. 
they say shall Walk ye. So far. 
to you surely. 
NOTES. 
15, 2. ega-biama, fr. ege: to be distinguished from ga-biama. 
15, 3. dahe cehi¢e¢andi. Let A denote the place of the speaker; B, dahe ceké, 
that visible long hill, a short distance off; b, dahe ce¢a™, that visible curvilinear hill, 
a short distance off; ©, dahe cehiké, that visible long hill, reaching a point farther 
away; ¢, dahe cehi¢a" ditto, if curvilinear; D, dahe cehi¢eké, that visible long hill, 
extending beyond dahe ceké, and dahe cehiké; d, dahe cehi¢e¢a”, that visible curvilin- 
ear hill, extending beyond dahe ce¢a™ and dahe cehi¢a”. 
A (line of vision) Bl |---- 0) ----- DI |; 
A (line of vision) - - - - |B |----- |C |----- ee | 
or, A (line of vision) - - - -®)- - - -- - Oke s=23 @. 
15, 7. a"ha"—negiha, ete. The Rabbit spoke as children sometimes do when 
crying. 
16, 1. hegajiqti, pronounced he+gajiqti by the narrator. 
16, 2. hegactewa*ji, pronounced he+gactewa*ji by the narrator. 
16, 4. b¢ugaqti, pronounced b¢éu+gaqti by the narrator. 
16, 5. niaci"ga-bi e¢ega™-bi ega®. The -bi after niaci"ga shows that the Black 
bear, while he thought that there were men outside, had not seen them. See the Oto 
version of this myth, to appear hereafter in “The poiwere Language, Part I.” 
TRANSLATION. 
There was a Rabbit and his grandmother, too; he dwelt ina lodge with her. His 
grandmother said that to him: “Go not to the village of Black bears. The Black 
bears are abusers of men. Go not thither. They will abuse you. The Black bear 
