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72 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
biama Ictinike aké. Gida™bdi-ga, 4-biamd. A™pa™ amd da™ba-bi ¥i 
they say Ietinike the Look for him, said they say. Elk the looked, they when 
(sub.). he (sub.). say 
éga™-qti amd nfaci*ga akima, ugds‘i" akéma. Hau! ¢éga™-qti te, 4-biama 
Fuat so they say they w ae men, itis said, they were peeping, it is Ho! just so it was, said, they say 
said 
A™pa® amd. Cin’gajin’ga ua™he tiwagina-ga, 4-biamaé. Ki, Wieb¢i" te ha, 
Elk the (sub.). Children flight hunt for them, said they, they And, Tam he will 
say. 
° a ve ys oY . 1 = 
4-biama Ictinike aké. Win’ké-qti dba", 4-biamdé A™pa"-ma. Hau! kégan- 
said, they say Ictinike the He speaks truly ! said, they say Elk the Ho! come, do 
(sub.). indeed ones who. 
git, a-biamd. (bié-gi, d-biamé. Cin’gajin’ga uhé tiwagind-ga, 4-biaméa. 
it, said they,they You be first, said they, they Children path hunt for them, said they, they 
say. say. say. 
Ahati! i¢agaska"b¢e ti minke, d-biama Ictinike aka. Ictinike aka ag¢a- 
Oho! T attempt it will I who, said, they say Tetinike the (sub.). Ictinike the (sub.) went 
biamé. A” pa" bguig ga qti u¢tha-biamé. Gan‘ki Ictinike améga® niaci"ga 
they say. followed they say. And Ictinike as he moved men 
wé¢a-biama. Ba até biamé Niaci"ga wéna‘u-qtci tha-biama. Niaci®ga 
discovered, they say. Thither went they say. - Men right alongside of he passed, they say. men 
wé¢ai yi ¢ twakia-biama: Wi ankida-bajfi-ga. Wieb¢i” ha, a-biama 
discov- whenthat talked with they say: Me shoot not at me. ItisI s said, they say 
ered them them 
Ietinike aka. A™pa™-ma wakida-biama. A™pa™-ma t’éwa¢a-biama. A” pa"- 
Ictinike the Elk the they shot at them, Elk the they killed them, they Elk 
(sub.). ones who they say. ones who say. 
ma muwa¢ingé’-qti-a® ‘-biama, cénawa¢a-biama. A™pa™ niga jin’ga wi" 
the ones they shot down all they say, they extermin they say. k male small one 
who ated them 
A™pa®™ min’ga jin’ga cti wi", Ictinike aka ¢ wé¢ab¢i" nijga-biama. Wéahidé’- 
Elk female small too ane. Ictinike the that the third alive they say. Far away 
(sub.) 
qti a” he jiwag¢e ahi-biam4 Ahi-biama yi hé ke ¢iza-bi Ictinike aka, 
very fled he with them arrived, they say. Arrived, they say when horn ane took, they Ictinike the 
(ob.) say (sub.), 
a’ ¢a ¢é¢a-biama. AY pa jin'ga ¢é wagaji ega”, Hata" a®¢a™war¢ahai a. 
threw suddenly, they say. Elk eral to go told them having, Why me you follow q 
away 
Lantya hébe ayidadéga" te ha. Gudiha ma™¢i”i-ga. Apa” e¢ige tai, 
Fresh meat piece Lcut up for myself will E Further off walk ye. Elk they will call 
you, 
4-biama. Ceta™. 
said he, they say. So far. 
NOTES. 
70, 17. u¢ade ¢i¢inge, “You have nothing to talk about”—Joseph La Fléche; 
“Vou have no cause for complaint”—Sanssouci; syn., égicaji eté yi, “ You ought not 
to say it to (any one)”—Mary La Fléche; “It were good for you to say nothing to 
any one.” 
70, 18. ¢iéda”, ete. Ictinike thought that they would not allow him to join them. 
So he implored them, using ¢ieda® in lis entreaty: “If you are unwilling, do not say 
it. Do you stop speaking. Refuse me no longer.” 
71, 6. piajitiji-qtci, etc. The literal meaning is the opposite of the real one. So 
wat¢ate péji-qtci, is “very good food;” and wa¢aha péji-qtei, “very good clothing.” 
