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86 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Ga” ci wandse ahf-biamé. Akiwa c&de-hna" t‘éwa¢d-biamd. Edthi 
And again tosurround they they say. Both six only killed them they say. Hence 
arrived 
tjawa-biamé. Ga™ jantiya ké fcé-qtia’-biamé. Ga™ yahénuya u¢ti¢ingé- 
in good spirits, they say. And fresh meat the richin very they say. And green hide those who 
is were left, 
ma wa‘fi té ha’ ci. Kgi¢e nugé te ama yi nuijinga amd ci na”ba 
without they gaveto  . again. Atlength it wassummer they say when boy the again two 
them 5 (sub.) 
¢ab¢i® e¢éba céta® na™-biamaé, ki watt akdé cti ¢kina ci na™i té Ki 
three ten so far were grown, the. = and woman the too inequal again were grown. And 
say, (sub.) numbers 
niyjinga na"hé aki ukfkid-biamé: Kagéha, na! uwag¢a angi’. Ankioga® 
boy two the they talked they say: Fria nd alas! sufferers we are. We take wives 
(sub.) with each other from each other 
tai, 4-biamd. Ga™ ¢é niyinga nag ba pahan’ga aka wa‘t na™ba yan’ gewata- 
will, they said, And this boy before the woman two had them for sisters 
they say. ; (sub.) 
biamdi. Ki ¢ akiwaha ki‘i-bi ega™ wag¢a-biamd. Ci ¢é ucté ama 
they say. And that both (oneither gave to they having they married they say. gain this the remaining 
side) theother say them ones 
kig¢ga™ waki¢a-biama. Ga™ é nugé té wan’gi¢e na™i éga” min’g¢a?-biama, 
caused them to marry they say. And that summer the everyone grown somewhat they took wives they say, 
one another 
e¢éba na” ba adta-biamé. Ki énaqtci 4f ké ficta® -bi e yé-ma ha gé jfha 
twenty beyond they say. And (they) only lodge the hed Po that the buffa- hide the  skin- 
loes (pl. ob.) lodge 
gaxd-biamé, ucté ami ¢ yi té uské’qti ug¢i" LH na” —hfbaji-ma. 
they made, they say, the rest they lodge the very full they sat in, they say grown they who 
reached not. 
Kgi¢e ci nuda” ad¢d-biamé. Ki ¢é nijinga na"bé aké pahan’ga nuda” 
At length again on the they went, they And this boy two the before on the 
war-path say. : 0 war-path 
5 if , o =i ° 5 
ahi aké ci a¢a-biamad akiwa. Ci can’ge g¢éba-hiwi® na™ba wénaca-biama, 
went the again went, they say both. Again horse hundred two they snatched they say, 
ones who from them 
ga” ci wa¢i" aki-biama. Ci niyjinga-ma na”-ma ékindqti can’ge wa‘i- 
und again having reached theysay. Again the boys those whowere equally horse they 
them home grown gavethem 
biamd. Gan‘ki ci nijinga-ma ci éga™ can’ge wa‘i-biamd. Egig¢e ci 
they say. And again boys the again so horse they gave them, At length again 
they say. 
mi¢e amd. Ma¢e yi ci yé wakida-biamé. Niaci"ga min ‘oga” ami 
winter they say. Winter when again buffalo they shot at them, Bacar tools wives the 
they say. (sub.) 
wan gi¢e 4yé wakida-biam’. Ki édihi wan’gi¢e ug¢thi . éga"-biama, 
every one buffalo they shot at them, And hence every one had a sufficient some- they say, 
they say. quantity what 
umi”je gé wali @é, jaya”ha gé, ca” bgugaqti ca" u¢tihiwagi¢a-biama. 
bed the they gave the deer-sinew the in fact in fact caused them (their they say. 
(pl.ob.) them (pl. ob.), (pl. ob.), own) to have a suf 
cient quantity 
Gan‘ki ci ¢ méd¢e té wan'gi¢e kig¢a” waki¢a-biama ci. Ki édihi 
And again that winter the every one they caused them to they say again. And then 
marry one another 
ea” ¢ingé. Ca” nugé té. Gan’ki ci 4é wakidai té. Bédgagti yigea- 
what the there was And it was summer. And again buffalo they shot at them. dwelt in 
matter none. lodges 
. . es . Cs aes 1 . 
biamd, af ité¢a-biama, yf e@¢¢bahiwi® ki di ge¢éba-dé¢a*ba. Ga™ e¢i’- 
they say, lodge they putthemup, lodge a hundred and byit seventy. Thus they say 
they say, 
