HOW THE RABBIT WENT TO THE SUN. 29 - 
NOTES. 
25, 2. i¢iate’ i¢iate’e+, an interjection used by females, denoting surprise. L. Sans- 
souci gives i¢iatie+. The corresponding man’s word is qa-i-na. lL. Sanssouci makes 
i¢iate’ i¢iate’e+, equal to the goivere hintqeine, or hiniqeine, but the latter appears to 
the collector to be nothing but a variation of hindqeine or inaqeine, “an old woman” 
(in peiwere). Tada™+, is equal to tada® (used by males). 
25, 4. negi-hau+ equals negiha. The last syllable shows that the voice was raised 
to call a distant person. Sanssouci says ‘the Rabbit crossed level prairies, and called 
on the ground.” Inmediately after that he said “‘negi-hau+, refers to the Hagle.” But 
that is inconsistent with the kinship system; for the Eaglets called the Rabbit ‘“ elder 
brother.” Hence the Eagle must have been the Rabbit’s father, and the female Eagle 
his “mother.” Perhaps this myth originated among a people who called a ‘mother’s 
brother’s” sons, ‘‘ brothers.” 
25, 5. ma"xe - - - gawi"xe amama. To the eye of the Rabbit, the Eagles were 
pressing very close to the sky, which was supposed to be a horizontal solid, and the 
roof of this lower world. 
26, 5. yi dedi te ama. This lodge was said to be in the Sun. 
26, 7. mangte, ete. The Rabbit sat erect (mang¢e) on his haunches with his 
legs thrust out towards the Haglets, who were looking at him. Je-musnade differs 
from je-muxa. i 
26, 9. awattta", was given; but it was probably intended for awaté-qata”. 
26, 12. maqpi - - - ag¢i-hna’i. “It is his custom to come home when water is fall- 
ing drop by drop from small clouds of different sizes (?)” 
26, 14. What follows is not expressed very clearly. It is probable that part of 
the conversation was omitted in what was given by Nuda®-axa. 
27, 1. Sanssouci gives instead of wés‘a - - aki-bi yi, two expressions: wés‘a kédega" 
adi’ aki-biama (equal to the goiwere waka™ iya” anyi yi, anye ké), and we/s‘a améga" 
kéde a¢i" aki-biama (equal to the gaiwere waka” énaha-cké iya’ anyi yri, anye ke). 
If Sanssouci be right, the former phrase is “they say that he has come back with a 
snake”; and the latter ‘one of the class of snakes le brought home, they say.” 
27, 12. e¢arska-qtei, that is, about the size of a hat. 
27, 14. hnip’ande, you shake the rope or cord by which L let you down. 
27, 15. aki-biama yi it’a¢dewa¢a-biama. ‘“IKi” here denotes that the subject had 
returned to his native place, the earth as distinguished from the upper world, whence he 
had been lowered by the old woman. He did not reach his home till he had gone some 
distance. 
27, 19. ¢inegi ahigi-qti ma”, ete. Your mother’s brothers, men. 
28, 5. egi¢e yiha ai akama. Sanssouci reads, ahi akama, he was going or arriving 
there. 
28, S. inigja waseya™ ame. Sanssouci gives three goiwere equivalents for this: 
“those who were yet a little strong;” “those who stirred a little;” and “those who, as 
they say, stirred, or were alive, with a little strength.” 
28, 18. eata"-qtei te’ewad¢adée teeimte, a corruption of eata®-qti tewa¢a¢e tei"te. 
Such corruptions are frequently used by old women and children. 
