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24 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
a 
i¢é¢a-biama. NatjAjadje ¢ugi amd. Ki kan’‘gé-qtci e¢i yi ei bihi¢e 
with sud- they say. Kicking out his he was coming And near very hebad when again he blew 
den force legs back. come back him 
i¢é¢a-biama. Ca” éga” pbihi¢a i¢¢¢e naji’-biama yAqti-gfkidébi aka. 
withsud- they say. Forsome time he blew him with sud- he stood they say Laqti-g t wikids abi the. 
den force den force 
Ata™-qti tan’de data" ctéctéwa™ t’éwi¢e t& minke, 4-biamé Mactcin’ee-i” 
Whenever ground I tread soever ITkillthee will I who, said, they say Rabbit 
on it 
aki Kgi¢e paAqti-efkidabi aka ujé¢a amd. Mactcin’ge-i” aka tan’de ké 
the. Tt came to Laqti-g -gikidabi the was weary they say. Ri ‘bbIE the ground the 
pass 
ata’-biama. Ki man’dé ké g¢iza-biamd. Ki yAqti-gfkidAbi kida-biama. 
trod on they say. And bow the tookhis they say. And Laqti-gikidabi he shot they say. 
own at 
Ki icta-qti ¢a" i-biama. Ki pjiqti-gikidibi té amé. Ki ¢éama ta™- 
And eye very the he woundedhim, And Laqti-gikidabi was dead, they And these na- 
they say. say. 
wang¢a” ama gi¢é-qti-a"-biama. Ki Mactein’ge i?” ama ag¢a-biama. 
tions the rejoiced very they say. And Rabbit the (mv,) went homeward, 
they say. 
Aki-bi yiji iya™ ak édedi akéma. -ya*hd, Aqti-gikidabi t’éa¢e ha, 
Reached when his grand- the there she was, Gr: amothen Laqti-gikidabi T killed 
home, they say mother they say. him 
é =i y« 4 If ti 5 ! Wye kad “-bi -bi ki 
d-biama. Teta péji-qtci! ce té¢e timaké-qtei- baji, a-biamaé iya™ aka. 
said they say. Eye bad very! that to kill easy very not, said theysay his grand- the. 
he she mother 
ya"ha, téa¢e-ga" céhe ha, d-biamé Mactein’ge-it” aka. 
Grand- Ikilled him so Isaythat . said, they say Rabbit the. 
mother, 
NOTES. 
This is but a fragment of the original myth, being all that Frank remembered. 
He said that more followed the killing of the giant; and Mr. Sanssouci related a part 
that. precedes what is given here. 
23, 3. dadega"i-gi, contr. from dade egati-ga. So ab ega", from 4-bi ega”; 
dada-b ega", from dada-bi ega"; a¢a-b ega®, and ¢iza-b ega", in this myth. 
23, 11. a™¢actaje, equal to ie té a"onajuaji (in the 9th myth). 
TRANSLATION. 
There was (a giant called) Taqti-gikidabi (He-for-whom-they-shoot-Deer). No mat- 
ter what animals they killed, they always gave them to him, being afraid of him (that 
is, afraid not to give him the game). And when snow was lying (on the ground), they 
went to dislodge the game from their coverts. And the Rabbit too went thither. And 
when he thought “At last they will be apt to kill him (yaqti-gikidabi)!” yaqti-gikidabi 
went thither. And the Rabbit heard the sounds of shooting; so he went thither. It 
came to pass that two men had shot and killed a deer; and were standing without 
cutting it up. ‘Friends, do eut it up. Why do you stand?” Having said this, he 
commenced very quickly to cut it up. ‘Friend, it is so, but we are afraid on account 
of jaqti-gikidabi.” ‘For shame!” said the Rabbit. ‘Do you fear zaqti-gikidabi 
because he is immortal? Cut it up. You can carry it on your backs,” said he. And 
having cut it up, they made packs for themselves. Just when they had finished it, 
