114 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
110, 8.-4kie amajya. The old woman did not live near the rest of the people; her 
lodge was far to one side. 
110, 11. za‘éqtia-biama, pronounced za+‘éqtia®-biama by Frank La Fléche. 
110, 12. écpa¢athé is used; but qyuepa¢athé is the better form. 
110, 15. ia¢e etai ega*, etc.: “‘The monster is apt to open his mouth (and devour her), 
so the relations are condoling with her.” 
110, 16. t’e¢ etai yi, contraction from te¢é etai yi, they ought to kill him. 
110, 20. i¢ar¢a-bi¢inkéama. They say that she had been put in a sitting posture, 
in which she remained till the Orphan found her. 
111, 2-3. i¢a™a*¢ai ati atathe, ‘I have come hither, and am bere now where they 
placed me.” Ata™he should not be translated literally (‘I who stand”), but “I am now” 
(i. @, just at this moment); on the other hand a¢ithe and minke (from ‘“¢inke”) denote 
a longer continuance. 
111, 3. ¢ickab ega*, contraction from ¢icka-biega™. See ‘¢icke,” in the Dictionary. 
111, 13. je¢eze, literally, ‘“buffalo-tongue.” See “¢eze” and ‘qe¢eze” in Dictionary. 
111, 14. duba*, four times, that is, four days. 
111, 15. waqe-sabé. Some say that this was Ictinike, who cheated the Orphan, and 
married the eldest daughter of the chief. He was not put to death at that time. The 
Orphan received the second daughter for his wife. The adventures of the Orphan in 
this variation are almost identical with those of the young Rabbit, pp. 50-54. 
113, 2. Wahar¢icige aka e akedega® (a™¢a™baha"-baji a/gata® acti): “The Or- 
phan was he who did it, but (we continued ignorant of it in the past),” an elliptical 
expression. 
113, 3. e t?e¢a-bi ai, he said in our presence that he killed him. 
TRANSLATION. 
The Orphan had a bow (gun). Whatsoever bird he shot at with it, he never 
missed. And he went hunting. And he met a man who was with two dogs that were 
very white all over. And the man carried a sword on hisarm., “My friend, what have 
you?” said the man. ‘My friend, I have an arrow,” said the Orphan. ‘ No matter 
what I shoot at with it, | never miss.” “Let us see, my friend. Shoot at that thing,” 
said the man, pointing at a very small bird that was sitting. And the Orphan shot 
at it and killed it. ‘My friend, truly do I love your weapon,” said the man. “T will 
buy it from you.” ‘My friend, | cannot spare it. What could you possibly give me?” 
said the Orphan. ‘1 will give you these dogs and this sword,” said the man. ‘ Do the 
dogs scent game?” said the Orphan. ‘“ Yes, they scent them. No matter what animal 
one causes them to go for, they invariably bring it back, dragging it as they hold it with 
their teeth. And no matter what I hit with this sword, I always kill it with the blow,” 
said the man. And the Orphan said, ‘Let us see. Make one of the dogs go after a 
deer.” “Ho! Ma®ze-¢aqa", go for a deer,” said the man. The dog had gone headlong 
into a thicket. And scarcely any time had passed when he returned bringing a deer, 
which he made ery repeatedly by holding it in his mouth. “Let us see. Send the 
other one,” said the Orphan. ‘Ho! I™é-¢acije, go for a black bear,” said the man. 
The dog departed. And scarcely any time had elapsed when he returned with a black 
bear which he held with his mouth. ‘Let us see. Strike that tree with the sword,” 
said the Orphan. When the man hit the tree with it, he knocked it down very sud- 
