SIGEMAKA”’S ADVENTURE AS A DEER. 59 
na™te ¢icta” akidg¢ai ke, 4-biama. Ca™-qti ga" man‘dé jin’ga g¢iza- 
dancing finished they have gone said, they say. All at once bow little took his 
homeward he own 
bi ega™ na™td-biamd. Tya” ¢inké ti¢azd-biamd. ya” ¢inké ug¢tigiqa- 
they having hedanced they say. His grand- the chorused they say. His grand- the he made sport 
say mother (st. one) mother (st. one) of his own 
biama. 
they say. 
NOTES. 
Sanssouci said that Mactcinge-i*, the Rabbit, was Si¢emaka™. The latter name 
cannot be translated, the meaning being unknown. 
57, 9. yaoning¢ickaha, 7. ¢., yaqti jinga, ha ké g¢eje, the spotted skin of a fawn. 
57, 10. ¢ié baha*’, the projecting part of the side of an animal. The side of a 
human being cannot have this term applied to it. 
58, 2. uti” gacna™ gi to strike at an object, missing it when the weapon reaches it. 
58, 3. ujiha gina"onuda-bi, he pulled off his skin (or sack) by the feet. 
58, 4. ‘it ¢e¢a-bi, he put it on his back suddenly. Gigade shows that his lodge 
was near the place where he stole the beans. 
58, 8. The reply of the old woman to the three was in a quavering voice. 
58, 13. siduhi. See Dictionary. 
58, 14. Qade ¢ibuy i¢a"-biama. F. La Fléche read, Qade ké/di ¢ibuy i¢a"-biama: 
Grass, on the, he became round (by pulling his legs and body together as he lay down). 
58, 16. a"bahi, from bahi, to pick up, gather up; used here instead of a™¢a*ha, I 
am selected. 
59, 3. ga¢i®-na*paji said that the rest of this myth was “shameful,” so he would 
not tell it. 
TRANSLATION. 
Si¢emaka"™ dwelt alone in a lodge with his grandmother. It came to pass that 
three women were going (along). ‘“O Si¢emaka™,” said they, “we are going to hoe 
(our ground).” ‘Oh! first daughter, this one lies sick and he is nearly dead to me,” 
said his grandmother. “If you doubt it, look at him as he is lying.” When they 
saw him, just so was he lying, turning himself by the edge of the ashes. Si¢e- 
maka? lay erying, ‘“Ha™! ha™! hat!” The three women saw him. “Oh! husband’s 
sister, the old woman told the exact truth. He lies very nearly dead,” said one. The 
three women departed. They left him. When they went and left him, Si¢emaka®™ 
arose suddenly. ‘Grandmother, hand to me that spotted fawn-skin bag,” he said. 
She tossed it to him suddenly. Si¢emaka® stood in the whole of it, he became a 
deer. He made an arrow sticking right in the middle of his side; he made his 
mouth bloody. So he went running. He reached the women who were hoeing. The 
women went along hoeing beans. ‘Oh! brother’s wife, this deer is coming badly 
wounded,” said one. They went along with it. And all the women chased it. Having 
gone along with it, they hit at it and missed it, the weapon striking in the air. 
So he took them to a very great distance. Going around them. Si¢emaka® was return- 
ing. Having returned he pulled off his sack at the feet, and collecting the beans he 
put them in the sack. Putting it on his back suddenly, he went homeward to his grand- 
mother, who was near by. He carried it home to his grandmother. ‘Grandmother, 
put this sack in a hiding-place,” said he. She plunged it suddenly under the grass at 
