HOW THE RABBIT CURED HIS WOUND. au 
* 35, 7. ita™¢iaja ja"-biama. The Rabbit went ahead of their trail and lay con- 
cealed, lying in wait for them. 
35, 7. sig¢e ké ahigi gaxe, etc. He made so many tracks that the people did not 
know which way to turn to search for the Rabbit. 
36, 3. i¢a-baji gaxai té- This man pretended that he had not discovered where 
the Rabbit lay concealed. He pulled the bow in one direction to deceive the Rabbit, 
and then turned around suddenly and shot him, sending the arrow through his body. 
36, 11. igaska™¢é seems to be used here in the sense of chiding. 
36, 14. i¢apaha™ dacté-ma™ 4¢i™hé implies doubt: I may know it as I go along, 
and I may not know it. 
36, 15. na™pahi ge¢a™, the choke-cherry bushes which had been (full of sap, etc.). 
It was winter at the time he sent the old woman after one. 
TRANSLATION. 
The Rabbit was dwelling with his grandmother. And while traveling he reached 
a certain place. At the foot of the bluff the prickly ash was very dense. It was thus 
all along. And he said, “Persons have been on the trail, all of whom had very long 
feet.” And on the next day he said, “Grandmother, I will go out to see (that is, to 
act as a scout, suspecting the presence of foes).” And he went in the morning. When 
he departed, at length they were coming back suddenly. ‘These persons are the ones 
who were moving there,” thought he. He lay ahead in a straight line with the path 
they went. It came to pass that when they reached there (where the Rabbit was) he 
was not found. He had made many footprints, so he was not found, and they went 
beyond the place. Then again he went ahead, and lay ahead of him (of one of the 
men). “That one thing will come to you,” he said. ‘Stand and head him off.” They 
were walking back and forth among themselves. At length one was walking at the 
end. “That unseen thing will come to you,” he said. This he communicated (to those at 
a distance), telling (them) to stand and head him off. And he went pushing among 
the undergrowth, ete. And then, after standing awhile, he pretended that he had not 
found him (the Rabbit). He stood at the side (of the thicket) and took his arrow. 
And so he fitted it to the bow-string. ‘Look out for this which is coming to you,” 
he said, as he tempted him (the Rabbit). And letting the arrow go he pierced the 
Rabbit through the body (the arrow appearing on the other side). And the Rabbit 
was crying. The Rabbit said, “Ima! ita! ita!” “Friend, you have killed him,” 
said they. “Friend, I will carry it on my back,” said (one). The Rabbit had gone 
with a leap. And he pulled out the arrow. And he carried it away. And they pur- 
sued him. As they chased him the Rabbit’s blood was lying along (in a long line) on 
the snow. They scared him into his burrow. He grunted. ‘‘Grandmother,” said he, 
“they have altogether killed me. Hi"! hi!” said he. His grandmother chided 
him. “You were truly disobedient. When I said that it was reported you alone 
were sought after, you should have sat without crying at all,” she said. And he said, 
“Grandmother, go to seek for medicine.” Said she, “My grandchild, I doubt whether 
I know the medicine.” “Grandmother,” said he, “bring me back one of the choke- 
cherry bushes.” And his grandmother took it home. He ate it, and it made him 
recover. 
