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28 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
dahé wi” édi aké nikaci"ga ¢é ca® fhe ¢i” ¢altini-hna™i, 4-biamé. Ga’, 
Hill one there the person going and passing the draws into habitu- said they say. And 
by (Qny.) its mouth ally she 
ee . , T° . use Oy? oe oe, . 
Ga ja" be ta minke, 4-biama. I¢iate’ i¢iate’e+! cka™aji gq¢iv-a he, A-biama, 
That Isee will I who, said they say. still ‘sit thon A said they say. 
(unseen) he she 
— oy) 9 , : , y . / [L . 
An‘kaji, ca" ya™ be t& minke, 4-biama. U¢itagé-qti ca” da” be a¢ad-biama., 
Not so, at any Iseeit will I who, said they say. She unwill. very — still to see it he they say. 
rate he ing went 
Egi¢e &'di ahi-biama. (é gahé-wa¢ahuni hni”, édi hninké amd, 4-biama. 
It came there he arrived, they This Hill that devours  youare, there you who they say, he_ they say. 
to pass say. said 
A™¢ahiini-ea, A-biamaé. yyaci-qti éga" ¢asni’i-biama. Egi¢e yihd a-f akama 
oo? D. t=) fo) 
Draw me into your said they say. Along very so he was they say. Itcame down he was coming, 
mouth he while swallowed to pass they say. 
Kgi¢e niaci"ga wad¢asni" ita’ ¢iadi waht qéga-qti, gan‘’ki yay Ag¢askabé 
It came person he swallowed formerly bone dried very, and flesh sticking to 
to pass them 
r 8 ive : O i 3 vie . 
nisage-ma, ki i'’tea"-qtci t’e-ma cti, te té’di agi” ahi, di ¢a"-hna™ nia 
dried hard them- and lately very dead,them- too, dead unto having reached liver the only alive 
who who (it) 
< 5 ae ° ike ota . , 
gixe ja”-biama. Gan‘ki inijja waséya"™ amé ahi-biama Mactein’ge-i” ami. 
“made “lay they say. And alive (and) active ones he reached, they Rabbit the. 
say 
Ci-ci-ci-ci! ¢éma_ djtiba, 4-biama Mactcin’ge-i” aké.  gqahdé-wa¢dhuni 
Ci-ci-ei-ci! these few, said they say Rabbit the. Hill that devours 
he 
yé-nande waci-qti u‘é‘é-qti g¢i-biamaé. Téna’! gigé hnate tai-éde, 
buf- heart fat very dangling very it sat they say. Why! ‘those you should have eaten 
falo 
d-biama. Maqa™-biama, y¢-nande macpacpa-biamé. qahé ké b¢aza¢e 
said they say. He cut it off, they say, buf- heart he cut into many they say. Hill the it split open 
he falo pieces 
ama. (le nikaci"ga amé was¢éya" amd Gahé ké béazd¢e ékita™ wasisigd- 
theysay. This person — the quick the hill the split open at the active 
(pL) (pL) same time 
biama. Ki gé-biamd: Mactein’ge ta” wa"in’g¢a" taf, 4-biama. Niawag¢at, 
they say. And they said as fol- Rabbit we make a nation for will, said they say. He made us live 
lows, they say: him they 
a-biama. Ki, pi uginai-ga, Agudi ¢ati dite, d-biamé. Mangci"i-¢a, 
said they say. And, Lodge seek ye your own, where youhave may said they say. Begone ye, 
they come hither he 
4-biamé (Mactein’ge-i” akd). Ga" éga"™-biamaé. Ga" ag¢a-biama Mact- 
said they say (Rabbit the). And soit they say. And he went homeward, Rab- 
he was they say 
cin’ge amd. ‘yathd, caki, 4-biama. I¢iate’ {¢iate’é+! A-biamd. > yga™ha 
hit the (mv.). Grandmother, Icome said they say. said they say. Grand- 
backto you, he she mother 
dahé-wa¢ahuni uhnd ke¢a” téa¢e, d-biamé. M+! cé te’é¢e ida” 
Hill that devours you told inthe past I have said they say. M+! that to kill it good 
of killed him he 
akima-¢a". Eatca-qtei te’éwa¢acé teci"te, A-biama. Tena’! yanha, t’éa¢e, 
he was in the past. Tow very you kill them may be, said they say. Why! grand- T killed 
she mother him 
d-biami. Nikaci"ga edi-hna® edi-ma Mactein’ge ta” wa"in’g¢a" taf, ai 
said they say. Person there only there, those who Rabbit let us make a nation for him, they 
he said 
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éde ub¢i‘age. pi ugine waagdaji, A-biama. 
but Iwasunwill- Lodge to hunt Itold them, said they say. 
ing his own he 
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