98 THE (EGIHNA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
NOTES. 
96,1. For ja*t’e ke ama ké, L. Sanssouci read ja™t?e ke ama yi, which agrees 
with the gaiwere, and makes sense. The additional ““ké”, if correct, is puzzling. 
96, 2. ké/di ahi-biama. Ictinike reached the Colt that was lying down (ké refers 
to him, not to the Coyote, who was standing). 
96, 7. Miyasi aka (sub.: Ist third person); Ictinike ta® (1st ob., 2d third person); 
na"be té (2d ob., 3d third person); ika"ta’’-biama (predicate in the instrumental form); 
cange sinde ké (the instrument: 4th third person). 
TRANSLATION. 
When a two-year-old Colt lay sleeping, the Coyote was standing looking at him. 
Ictinike came to him. ‘ Well, friend, as this was a dead Horse, we wished to drag him 
along and eat him; but we have not been able to move him. Help us,” said the Coyote. 
“My friend, I will tie your hands to his tail; and when you pull, we will catch hold of 
his legs, and we will go along dragging him,” said the Coyote. “Yes,” said Ictinike. 
And he said, ‘Come, tie my hands for me.” And the Coyote tied Ictinike by the 
hands to the Colt’s tail, having made it very tight. When he finished, he said, ‘Come, 
my friend, pull on it.” And Ictinike pulled on it. And the Colt awoke. He arose 
suddenly. He went off dragging him. He kept kicking at Ictinike; he kept Ictinike 
crying as he kicked him. The Coyote laughed till he panted for breath. And the 
Colt kicked Ictinike, sending him flying through the air. He kicked off very deep 
pieces of flesh. “And how shall I do to get even with him?” said Ictinike, referring 
to the Coyote. And on the following day Ictinike was eating a fish. And the Coyote 
came thither. ‘Oho! my friend, it is truly a pleasure,” said the Coyote. “Yes, my 
friend, it is so,” said Ictinike. ‘“ My friend, what were you doing when you caught the 
fish?” “My friend, I knocked a hole in the ice; and I sat with my tail put through 
the hole into the water. A fish bit me suddenly on the tail, and I caught it.” “ My 
friend, where was it?” said the Coyote. ‘My friend, yonder it is; but they bite at 
evening, when it is cold.” When it was evening, it was very cold. ‘Come, my friend, 
let us go,” said the Coyote. Ictinike having said, “Yes,” they went. When they 
reached the ice, Ictinike knocked a hole in it. ‘Come, put your tail in the hole and 
sit,” said Ictinike. And the Coyote sat with his tail through the hole and in the water. 
After some time he said, “My friend, it bites me.” “My friend, they are small; when 
they are large, you shall catch them. Sit still,” said Ictinike. After some time the ice 
commenced freezing over again. ‘My friend, again one of those bites me,” said the 
Coyote. ‘My friend, sit still; they are all small,” said Ictinike. “ After a while the large 
ones will come.” At length the ice froze over. “ Now, my friend, one of those very large 
ones bites me,” said the Coyote. “‘Now! Now! Pull! Pull!” said Ictinike. The Coyote 
pulled. Though he tried ever so hard, he only slipped on the ice. “Exert yourself; it is 
large,” said Ictinike. ‘Help me,” said the Coyote. “Take hold of my hands,” said Icti- 
nike. Having taken hold of his hands, he pulled with a great effort. “My friend, exert 
yourself; the fish is very large, therefore I think we shall fail.” Having said, “Now!” 
they pulled with a very great effort. And the tai) was suddenly pulled off altogether. 
The Coyote looked at his tail. ‘My friend, truly you have done me a wrong,” said the 
Coyote. “My friend, you, too, have done a similar thing to me,” said Ictinike. They 
went different ways. And the Coyote made a tail for himself out of twisted grass. 
