54 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS, 
(iéxe-gayti edté ie‘dge wawici-de i’¢i" agi te, A-biamd. Ga™ ea™ba ama 
Drom that venerable employ some one, forme let him said, they say. And that day it was, 
(ob.) man and bring it home they say 
o : ° woe A ° P “i nee ene ys 
yi Ictinike aké yahtipezi péji’-qti a¢aha-bi té ama. Ki Macteim’ge iin’ge 
when Ictinike the anold, worn bad very he had put on, they say. And Rabbit ‘his son 
(sub.) piece of tent-skin 
e wa¢aha A¢ahai éde giti t&é akima. Ga’ na*onida-biama wan'gi¢e. Ci 
that clothing he wore but he was about to giveit And he kicked it off, they say all. Again 
(one) back, they say. 
dhbnaha téga” dhnaha g¢iza-gi ha, ccté, 4-biama Mactcin’ge iin’ge aka. 
you wear inorderthat you wearit take yourown . that said, they say Rabbit his son the 
(ob.) (sub.). 
Ga™ ‘“-biama. (He wae¢izi-biama. . A¢aha-bi ega” Uginaji”’-biama, hi"bé 
And _ he gave it to ‘hat he took his own, they Put on, they having he stood in his own, they moc- 
him, they say. say. say say, casin 
cti uja™-biamd. Ga” Mactecin’ge ijin’ge aké ¢éxe-gayt uti” waki¢a-bi ega™ 
too he put on, they say. And Rabbit his son the drum caused them to strike having 
(sub.) 
Tetinike ma®’ci ¢éki¢A-biama. Gat™ wéahide hi yi eqdta® uqpadté geiki¢a- 
Pp 
Tetinike high sent him they say. And far arrived when thence to fall caused him to 
be returning 
biamé. Ga™ gat’é ama. 
they say. And _ died by falling, 
they say. 
NOTES. 
This myth follows directly after the preceding one, in which the elder Rabbit 
gives his son the wonderful clothing. 
Tetinike is doubtless the goiwere Ictinike. The lowas say that Ictinike was the 
son of Pi, the Sun. Ictinike was guilty of the sin of Ham, and was therefore expelled 
from the upper world. He is usually the deceiver of the human race, and once he is 
the benefactor of a few persons. The Iowas say that he taught the Indians all the 
bad things which they know. According to an Omaha myth, he taught all the war 
customs. In one myth (No. 13) he is himself overreached by other animals. In the 
myth of Haxige Ictinike assumes the form of Hega, the Buzzard. 
50, 9. ced¢u cté a¢askabe te ha (let him) stick even there where you are. 
51, 4. ing¢o, contraction by degrees from ing¢a" hati; ing¢ hau; ing¢ at; ing¢o 
Compare the pronunciation of gaqa-u¢ici (almost ‘ gaqo¢ici” ). 
51, 7. Ictinike took the Rabbit’s son’s clothing while he was up the tree; and 
ran away with it, pretending to be the Rabbit’s son. 
52, 5. Mactcinge ijinge é aka yi. Sanssouci said that it denoted the surprise of the 
people, who did not know that it was the Rabbit’s son who had come among them: 
“Why, when that one is the Rabbit’s son (we did not recognize him at first)!” 
52, 6. hivqpe wi" u¢iqpa¢a-bikéama, literally; jine feather, one, it lay (ke), they say 
(biama), having been caused to fall (u¢iqpa¢é). 
52, 7. qi¢a ikina-biama, ete. All the men contended for the Eagle, each one 
struggling to get the most feathers, and to keep the others away. The whole Eagle 
was there, the Rabbit’s son having turned it into alight feather on the preceding 
day by magic. 
54, 1. iti" agi te denotes that the men who brought the drum lived in the lodge 
with the Rabbit’s son. Sanssouci prefers to read, “i'¢i" a-i tai,” let them who live 
