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71, 8. ahau and hau are often used as catch-words or continuatives. 
71, 9. naxidewa¢a¢é (given by Hupe¢a™), “You make them have inner ears,” 
“You teach them to use their ears so as to detect the presence or approach of 
danger ;” but JosephLa Fléche gave naxi¢awa¢ad¢é, “ You annoy or alarm them”: “We 
tell you one thing lest you alarm the children.” 
71, 10. bi®zé, syn., xaxage, to cry out as a child, or as the young of the elk or 
coyote. This cry, according to Hupe¢a™, is it; Joseph La Fléche gave u®, said 
through the nose, with the rising inflection; and ga¢i*-na"paji gave in the preceding 
myth, ‘i". 
72, 4. kégan-git (ké, égan-ga) “Come, do it.” 
72, 5. ¢ié-gi, “Be thou he,” imperative of ¢ie, thou; syn., ¢i pahan’ga-ga, “Be 
thou the foremost, the leader”—Joseph La Fléche. 
72, 8. wena‘ugqtei, goiwere, winaq‘axe, to go near in one’s course, to pass along- 
side of them. 
TRANSLATION. 
“My friend, there are some persons in that place. I wish to go thither,” said 
Ietinike. Well, he went. When he went, it happened that a Male-elk was (sitting) 
there. Well, he talked with him. “My friend, I have come to question you,” said 
Ietinike. And the Male-elk said, ‘‘ What will you ask me? My friend, I sit tired in 
my legs, therefore I do not go anywhere at all.” ‘My friend, persons are accustomed 
to enjoyment. Why do you not walk?” said Ictinike. ‘Yes, my friend, the woman 
whom I married formerly having been taken from me, my heart has no enjoyment, and 
I sit here,” said the Elk. “My friend, let us two go thither,” said Ictinike. “My 
friend, do you go thither by yourself,” said the Male-elk. ‘‘ My friend, where are they ?” 
said Ictinike. “ My friend, they are at this place (near by). Go thither,” said the Male- 
elk. Well, letinike departed. And there were a great many Elk (in motion) there. He 
arrived there. “Venerable man, what may be your business?” said the Elk. “Yes, 
my grandchildren, I have been desiring to eat the food which you eat for one day; there- 
fore, my grandchildren, I have come,” said he. “Why! O venerable man, our food is 
difficult. We eat all bitter things as we go; besides, when it is cold we sit facing the 
wind,” said they. ‘Ho! O venerable man, you have nothing to talk about. Enough. 
Stop talking.” “No, my grandchildren, you (have said) enough. Do you stop talking. 
(Notwithstanding what you have said) 1 wish to live as you live,” said Ictinike. 
“Ho! he may be telling the truth” (said the Elk). They made horns for him of a 
small oak. They made him a tail of the root. ‘Well, my grandchildren, when it is 
cold, I may freeze (if I am) so. Make for me hair like yours,” said he. Well, they 
made hair for him out of cat’s-tails (Typha latifolia). ‘Ho! come, eat these rosin- 
weeds,” they said. Ictinike ate them. When he ate them they were bitter in the 
mouth, and he spit them out. ‘“Psha! I have joined the eaters of very bad things,” 
he said. “Ho! venerable man, what have you been saying?” they said, ‘ What 
indeed could I say? I said, ‘I have joined the eaters of very good food, my grand- 
children,” said Ictinike. “Ho! venerable man, one custom we will tell you. You 
shall cause the children to use their ears (aright), therefore we will tell you one 
custom,” said they. ‘Ho! venerable man, when these discover men, and it is just 
so, they ery out.” “Oho!” said he, “it shall be so indeed.” It became cold. The 
wind blew, and it was very cold. All the Elk walked facing the wind. — Ictinike 
