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126 THE @EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
ceta” yf té/di ahf-bajf-bitéama, yf wédaji g¢i” t&  Egi¢e &/di ahf-biama 
so far lodge by the had not reached it, they say lodge elsewhere he sat. At length there arrived, they 
say 
niyjinga aké, ye¢éze a¢i”-bi ega™. lKddda" wib¢ipii-maji ega™” wandce 
boy the (sub.) tongue had them, having. What I did wrong to you because soldier 
they say 
an gihiwa¢aki¢at a, 4-biama. Wakan‘dagi wi™ tam watig ga” ¢a® ca™ gti ¢i¢asni® 
you made them come for / said he, they Water- TOS one tribe the inspite of to devour 
me say. everything you 
ta akédega" t?éwiki¢ai ha. Kata" wanace a™¢izewa¢dki¢at 4, 4-biama. 
will he was the I killed him for 3 Why soldier you caused them to take me ? said he, they 
one, but you. say. 
Ga™ gaté Wakan’dagi dadé¢a"ba ¢éze té, 4-bi ega™ nfkagahi gine * i-biama. 
And that (col.) Water- esi seven heads tongue the said, having chief e(ob.) gave to him, 
(col. ob.) they they say. 
say 
Ga™, I) ¢inké Wakan‘dagi dadd¢a"ba t’é¢s ¢inké, wijan’de 68 ha, 4-biama 
And, That he who Water- ornteee seven heads killed he who my daughter’s itis . said, they say 
him husband he 
nikagahi aka. Mi" jinga gan‘ki jig¢e g¢in’ki¢d-biamad waqe-sdbé igdq¢a". 
chief the (sub.). Girl and with her madehim sit they say black man his wife. 
A™ha™, dadiha, é@ hé, A-biamdé, ni é wakaé-bi ega™. Gan’ki nikagahi 
’ ’ ’ ’ Q% 
Yes, O father, itishe . said she, they man him _ she meant, having. And chief 
say they say 
aka, Wage-sabé ¢inké agi” gii-ga, a-biama Ki wandce agia¢d-biama 
the Black man the (ob.) Havin ral ye eae said, they say. And soldier went for him, they say. 
(sub.), im ing 
Aqi” aki-biama waqe-sabé ta". Ga™ u¢ticiaja i¢a™¢a najin’ki¢4-bi ega” 
Having reached home, black man the And in the middle putting him made him stand, they having 
him they say (std. ob.). say 
wawémaxa-biama. Ki, Awatégija" yi Wakan'dagi dadé¢a"ba ké Pédads a, 
questioned him they say. aa! How youdid when Water-monster seven heads the you killed re 
(past ob.) him 
a-biama. Ga™, E’'di pi ega™ Aakib¢e ega™ t’éa¢é, 4-biama. Ki, Eddéda" 
said he, they And, There I havi ing lLattacked having I killed said he, they And, = What 
say. reached him him say. 
ite¢acé A, 4-biama. Mahi" ited¢e, 4-biama. Egi¢e wat aka nu ¢inkd 
you killed ? said, they say. Knife IT killed him said, they say. Atlength woman the man _ the (ob.) 
him with with (sub.) 
jug¢e é¢a"be ati-biama. Dadiha, ¢éé hé, ni ¢inké Wakaéndagi dadé¢a"ba 
with him insight came, they say. O father, thisishe . man vhe‘one Water-monster seven heads 
who 
téG¢e ¢inkd, nian¢é ¢inkd tee hé, 4-biama. Waqe-sdbé ¢inké u¢a™i-ga, 4-bi 
killed theone hesavedme theone thisis . said she, they Black man the (ob.) old him, said, 
him who who he Say. they say 
ega™ Aci a¢i” a¢a-bi ega™” ndqude¢a-biama. 
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having out having went, they having caused himto they say. 
him say be burnt 
NOTES. 
Mrs. La Fléche says that a part of this myth is of French origin; this includes 
“the gun, paper, powder, shot, sword, table, and the white man’s food for the marriage- 
feast.” She agrees with others in considering the rest of the myth as of Indian origin. 
Mr. Sanssouci, an Omaha half-caste and ex-interpreter, says that the man put the 
gun and paper where he knew the Orphan would be sure to find them Yet in the 
myth itself it is said that the man knew not what the gun was. 
