ICTINIKH AND THE BUZZARD. an 
4-biama Ictinike ak&. Kagéha, a™¢ictan’-g8, 4-biama Héga aka. Aha’, 
said, they say Ictinike the (sub.). Friend, let me go, said, they say Buzzard the (sub.). Yes, 
yaci wib¢icta®-maji ta minke, 4-biama Ictinike aké. Gan’‘ki ¢icta™ ¢é¢a- 
along Iletyougo Inot will I who, said,they say  Ictinike the And let him go sent sud- 
while (sub.). denly 
biama yi nacki ¢a™ hiv’ ¢ingé’-qti-a" Héga, uontida-bi ega™. Ada” héga 
they say when head ene feathers ithad very Buzzard, the pullingout having. ‘Therefore buzzard 
(ob.) none 
nackf ¢a" hi” ¢ingaf, jide’-qti-a”. Ceta™. 
head He feathers has none, red very. So far. 
(ob.) 
NOTES. 
The Oto version of this myth, given by J. La Fléche, will appear hereafter in “The 
qoiwere Language, Part I.” 
75, 2. mar¢im tega® catca™ beim ha. If tega” be inseparable, the meaning of it is 
“in order that, in order to;” and the whole phrase cair be rendered: ‘IT am always so, 
in order to go.” But if tega™ be a contraction of té and éga®, it must be translated by 
“T always go so.” In this case, éga”-ca*’ca" means ‘so forever, so always.” 
75, 4. q¢aqti and hegactéwarji, pronounced q¢atqti, and he+gactéwarji. 
75, 6. gagaqi. This word shows that the wood was hard, and that it must have 
been winter. Had it been warm weather, gayaci would have been used. 
75, 7. we¢é ti-biama. “Biama” refers to the thought of Ictinike, and must not be 
rendered ‘it is said.” 
75, 14. miya aka gafiga-bi ai he. She had perceived by the sense of hearing 
(taking direct cognizance) that he had said this, so she says “ai” instead of “a-biama.” 
But she did not learn by direct cognizance that he was large, she learned it indirectly, 
so she says “ganga-bi,” not “janga.” 
76, 6. mahi" pai aoni®, “You have a sharp knife;” that is, his beak. Cf. the 
Winnebago name, Mahi®-no"pa-ka, Two Knives, of the Bird Family (Foster), and the 
(legiha, Mahi" ¢in/ge, No Knife. 
76, 18. a"pa" kéde, an example of contraction and ellipsis. It is contracted from 
apa" ké, éde, referring to the past doubts of the speaker. The full form would be, 
a"pa" kéde-hna” ewéja ¢a’eti: “It was an Elk lying there, but I doubted it heretofore.” 
TRANSLATION. 
It came to pass that Ictinike was going (somewhere). And a Buzzard kept flying 
around. And Iectinike wished to go to the other side of the great water. He prayed 
to the Buzzard: “Grandfather, carry me on your back. Carry me on your back to the 
other side of the water.” “Yes,” said the Buzzard. ‘(I will carry you on my back.” 
And then he earried him on his back. When he carried him on his back, he searched 
for a hollow tree. At length he found a hollow tree. When he carried him thither 
on his back, the Buzzard kept on passing close to the hollow tree and tipping his wing. 
As he went tipping his wing, Ictinike said, “O grandfather! you will be apt to make 
me fall.” “This is the way in which I always go,” said the Buzzard. At length, when 
he had twist: d himself around, the Buzzard sent Ictinike down, down, into a hole (in the 
tree). And Ictinike, having been sent down headlong into the hollow tree, continued 
poor and very thin. And a great many lodges of a hunting party came thither. And 
