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62 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Nin‘dewa¢é’-qti yi ja™ wi" gakidha™ éga", ‘I"! 4-biama. Wab¢ate téya 
Almost done when tree one raisedbythe alittle, ‘In, said, they say. T eat on Boe 
win count 0 
wajedji minké. Edta™ aja” a™¢astage 4, 4-biamdé Ictinike aké. (e-hna™ 
I am roasting the collec- Why youdo youcluckatme ? said, they say Ictinike the This only 
tion. that (sub.). 
égija" yi cub¢é t&4 minke, uwiti® ta minke, 4-biamé. [’di ahf-bi yi 
youdoit if Igoto will I who, Thit you will I who, said they say. There he arrived, when 
you he they say 
ca’ -qti ¢iji’jitdé-biama. Gan‘ki na*bé té dAnasandd-biama. Kagéha, 
at once thrust in his they say. And hand the itclosedon ‘they say. Friend, 
arm repeatedly (ob.) 
igaqa ka“ b¢a ga" cé-ma Kagéha, a™¢ictani’-ga, 4-biama. KY ¢icta™’-baji 
I laugh I wanted “80 those. Friend, let me go, said he, theysay. And let go not 
ca"ca”-biama. Cé-ma hau+! wadiagiji. Gudihehdi-gi hau+! 4-biamd, 
continued they say. Those halloo! Iputmyown pieces Go ye farther away ! said he, they say, 
there for safety. 
Ca™janga é waka-bi ega™. Ictinike wadiji ¢, 4-biamd. Pahan’ga hi 
Big wolf that he meant, having. Ictinike he put pieces he said they, they Before reached 
they say away for says say. 
safety 
ama jehtiq¢abe if¢dbeta™ ¢até “¢a-biamda. Iénaxi¢a a¢a-biama. Akibdéna™ 
the ones fat on stomach wrapped toeat spoke of it, they Dashing they went, they Running a race 
who around it say. say. 
¢é¢a-biamé. Edi ahi-bi ega” ¢aqté-biama. (lasni”’-biama. Gasnit’-bi 
bh 
they went suddenly, There arrived, having they bitit they say. They swallowed it, they ey swallowed 
they say. they say say. it, they say 
ega™ éag¢d¢a ad¢d-biamda. Gan’ki anasan‘de té yig¢iciba-biama. 
having in different they went, they And closed on the it opened itself, they say. 
- directions say. 
faye a ec ° : x, . 
Gan‘ki hide ki éga"™ ca™-qti ja“jinga ké’ gisnibe ihé¢ée g¢i™ 
And bottom gothome having at once stick the (ob.) licked his putting was sit- 
own ting 
akama Ietinike aka. ge ama nit¢ica"™ ni bibuja i¢a”¢é ké ya”ha ké 
they say Ictinike the e they say lake water severalround put the border the 
(sub.). went ones (line of) (ob.) 
uh’ mai” amd. Kgi¢e yéjafga ni ya™”ha ké/di édedi ¢inké ama. 
following he walked they say. Ithappened  bigturtle water border by the there wassitting, they say. 
(bizd-biama sin’de uga™-bi ega”. Gacfbe agi” ahi-biama. Wénandedyi¢é 
Took they say tail oor hold of, having. Out from hewn he arrived, they I make myself full 
they say i say. 
taté Aha™ gan’yiji, 4-biama. Ja™ ¢iqa”-biamd ci. Ja" dAkastd-qti u‘a™- 
! 
shall andthen, said he, they say. Wood hebroke they say again. Wood piled up high he put in 
biamé géde té ndhegaji gaxd-biama. Gan‘ki ydéyanga magqide té 
they say Fire the (ob.) burningmuch he made, they say. And big turtle ashes me 
(ob.) 
ma™te i¢é¢a-biamé. Jég¢a"-biamd Ci ¢até ta akama. Nin’de¢é kan’ge 
under e sent suddenly, He put in the cv. ob. Again he was about to eat it. Cooked near 
they say. to roast, they say 
¢é yi’ji Ictinike aka ja”ti¢in’ge amd. Aja™ta™¢a™¢inge. Nin’de yi 
went when Ietinike the (sub.) sleepy they say. I am sleepy. Cooked when 
a“hnigi te, ija”xehi, 4-biama. Ja™t’é ama. Ja"t’é ama yi nikaci"ga 
you awaken will, O ane, said they say. He was they say. He was theysay when person 
“me he sound asleep sound asleep 
wi’ &di ahi-biamé. Ganga ¢izd-bi ega” ¢atd-biama nikaci"ga aka, 
one there arrived, they say. Big turtle took, they say having ate it, they say person ine 
(sub.). 
