WAHA*‘GICIGE’S ADVENTURES AS A RABBIT. 107 
WAHA‘GICIGE’S ADVENTURE AS A RABBIT. 
Toip BY Mrs. La FLECHE. 
eae ° ,°¢ é i, oO : 
Waha™ ¢icige iya™ jigig¢e. ypa"ha, fi ¢a%a b¢é te. Hir+! yuepa¢a’, 
Orphan his he with his Grandmother, to the village let me go. Oh! grandchild, 
grandmother own. 
i¢iqdqa tat. (aji-a hé. An‘kaji, yatha, ca” b¢e ta minke. E’ja a¢ad- 
they abuse will. Go not 6 Not so grandmother, still Igo will I who. Thither went 
you 
. . s t ; ey i ~~ s . 
biama. fi ¢a™4 ahi-biama. Huhti! Mactein’ge ti ha, 4-biamé. Nikagahi 
they say. To the village arrived, they say. Ho! ho! Rabbit has. said, they say. Chief 
come 
gankaja a¢i™ ti¢ai-ga. Mactein’ge ¢ida™ be ti ha. Ké, agi” gfi-ga. U¢izaya 
to them having pass ye on. Rabbit tosee you has . Come having be ye To the middle 
him come him coming. 
ti¢d-ga. U¢ewinsyi¢ai-ga ha Kgaxe i¢a™ ¢ai-gi. Keé, wagatcigaxe taté ha 
Pass thou on. Assemble ye : Around in place ye. Come you dance shall 
a circle 
Ké, i”quyai-ga. Keé, Mactcin’ge wabasna” ¢a” waci”™ oni” éga” fb¢a™ jiwag¢es 
Come sing ye for me. Come, Rabbit shoulder ae fat youare as _ impossible to satisfy 
ob. one 
oni” ha. Gan'’ki giquya-bi ega” watcigaxd-biama. Na®*cta’’-biama 41, 
youare . And sung for him, they having he danced they say. He stopped they say when, 
say dancing 
Gé¢ica4d¢ica® nikagahi ditba awaqiqixe ha, 4-biamé. Awaqiqixe ta minke 
Towards one side chief four Ibreakintheir . said he, they I break in their will Iwho 
(heads) say. (heads) 
ha, éha. Kgaxe ita” ¢ai-ga ha, gan’ki dnasdi-ga ha. Nikagahi diba ¢anka 
he . Around in place ye 4 and cut him off 0 Chief four _ the (ob.) 
said a circle 
wAqiqixa-biama. Gan‘kiahe ag¢a-biama. Uq¢a-baji-biama Gan‘ki a™he 
he broke in they say. And fleeing went they say. They did not overtake him, And fleeing 
their (heads) homeward they say. 
ag¢d-bi ega” utide ¢é¢a"ska udé ag¢i-biama. Iya” ¢inké’di aki-biama. 
went home- having hole this size entering went homeward, His by the (ob.) reached home, 
ward, they say they say. grandmother they say. 
yyanha, ma”’ze gé hébe a™i-ga ha, d-biamé. Ki, Maze cté a®¢in’ge hé; 
Grand- iron the piece givetome . said, they say. And, Tron even me none ; 
mother, (pl. ob.) 
wé‘uhi eona” ¢e hébe hé, 4-biama. A™i¢a-ga ha, 4-biamd. Gan’ki yijebe 
hide- that only this piece c said she, they Let mehaveit, - said he, they And door 
seraper say. say. 
¢a" gaqapi ¢é¢e yi WH te u¢ici gaxd-biama. Agqta" téar¢a¢é taba. 
the threw it through when lodge the covering it he made, they say. How pos- you kill me shall? 
suddenly (ob.) sibly 
Mang¢i"i-ga. Uar¢in’ge ¢andji. Ceta™. 
Begone ye. For nothing you stand, So far. 
NOTES. 
This (egiha version of the myth was told by Mrs. La Fléche, who also gave the 
corresponding yoiwere, to be published hereafter in “ The yoiwere Language, Part I.” 
107, 1. Waha"¢icige, an orphan, syn., waha"’-¢inge: poiwere, woni’’-qcine. 
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