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ICTINIKE AND THE DESERTED CHILDREN. 9] 
j-biama. Na! edta™ Ada®, 4-biam4 (Ma"tet aka). A™ha®, ca” mang¢in’-ga, 
said, they say. Why! wherefore? said, they say Grizzly bear the Yes, still begone, 
(sub.). 
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fi-biaméa Egi¢e isan’ga é¢a"be atfi-biamd, ¢ata aka wahuta®¢i" ag¢a¢i"-bi 
he said, they At length his younger in sight came, they say, left- the gun (bow?) had his own, they 
say. brother handed (sub.) say 
x a . ‘ . . . 1 . =a] 
ega”. Ama aka ci é¢a"be ati-biamd wahtita"¢i" ag¢a¢i?-bi ega™. (ihan’ga 
having. The other one again insight came, they say gun (bow) had his own, they having. Your wife's 
say sister 
wit ha, 4-biam4 Mateti aka (¢ata ¢inké ¢ waké-bi ega™). Ci ama aka 
I give . said, they say Grizzly bear the (lett- the (ob.) that he meant, having). Again the other one 
to you (sub.) handed they say 
s C . , S . xl qs / 
yu‘e’ a-f-biamé. Ma"teti amé a”he a¢a-biama. Ki Ictinike aké @di yu‘é 
witha was coming, Grizzly bear the fleeing went they say. And Ictinike the there with a 
rush they say = (sub.) (sub.) rush 
a¢a-biama. Nagki ¢a® gaqix i¢é¢a-biamd. Yu! ya! 4-biama. (Wawéqta ¥ 
went they say. Heid the hecrushedin sud- they say. Yu! ‘yu! said, they say. (They abuse when 
(ob.) denly 
ea™-hnati, i-biama ) Ga" can’ge wagika"ta"-biamd. Wena ca" ati = 4i- 
thus it is, it is said, they And horse they tied their they say. Toask in fact came pitched 
say.) for them tents 
, (Pen OT COE Es ae : Qa 2 , Uf es VQ RO , 
ma e ein gajinga wagia be ti-ma e cenawace qtia -biama. 
the ones that child — to see theirown those that they fully exterminated they say. 
who who came them 
NOTES. 
Nuda?-axa said this myth was “first told by Indians living west of Nebraska.” 
83, 1. hegabaji, pronounced he+gabaji by Nuda™axa. 
84, 1. b¢ugagti, pronounced b¢u+gaqti by Nudataxa. 
84, 9. ujange ta" wa¢iona a¢ai tédihi yi ga" yi-biama. Though the people scattered 
and went in all directions to avoid pursuit, all had some idea of the location of the place 
of meeting. So the members of each party changed their course by and by, making a 
considerable detour. And whenever any party came across the trail of others, leading 
in the right direction, they kept in it for the rest of the way, pitching their tents in it, 
84, 9. dazéqtci, pronounced datzéqtci by Nuda*axa. 
84, 19. egi¢e bize ama. The arrow-shafts were wet when made. 
85, 3. 4ma ta" ug¢e g¢i" té. The text is given just as dictated by the narrator; 
but “ta",” which denotes a standing animate object, can hardly agree with the follow- 
ing verb. Hence the collector thinks that “¢inké” (“the sitting animate object,” or 
“the one sitting,”) should have been used. 
85, 6. hegaji, pronounced he+gaji by Nuda™axa. 
85, 8. yahawag¢e itizi e i¢a¢isande a¢i*-hna%i. That is, the quivers of the foe; 
i¢a¢isande refers to the quiver-straps. 
85, 15. wahuta"¢i, “the roaring weapon,” generally means a gun; but here it is 
a synonym of “mande,” a bow. See myth of the Orphan and the Water-monster with 
seven heads. 
85, 16. watinki¢é nujinga, etc. Those boys who remained at home took out ponies 
when they went to meet the hunters. And they aided them by putting the packs of 
meat on the ponies, and leading the latter back to the camp. 
86, 9. g¢ebana"ba ata-biama . . yiha gaxa-biama.—LHach of these married men 
had a skin-tent of his own; but the unmarried ones dwelt in the communal lodges of 
their respective gentes. 
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