WAHA‘GICIGE AND WAKANDAGI. 127 
116, 1. waqpaniqtci, pronounced waqpa+niqtci by the narrator. 
118, 1. iwija"be, from igida"be; i¢a-ga, from i¢é, to cause to be coming, ete. 
119, 16. aki¢aha mactinge ¢anka wi" wa‘i-ga hi—aki¢aha, apart, apiece, hence both : 
“Give each dog one of the rabbits, but place them apart, each one by itself.” 
119, 18. hegajiqti, pronounced he+gajiqti. 
119, 18; 121, 17; 122, 19; 128, 19. za‘éqtia®-biama, pronounced za+‘éqtia"-biama. 
120, 2; 120, 17. b¢ugaqti, pronounced b¢u+gaqti. 
120, 8. gacibaga ma"¢i"-biamé. He did not walk in their ranks (baza", or gaza"adi), 
but outside of them (gacibe), and to a place outside of their ranks (gacibaqga). 
120, 12; 123, 4; 125, 18. udamqti, pronounced u+darqti. 
121, 13. quepa¢a"s, ifgit g¢i-enat+. The first time that the Orphan brought the 
rabbits to her lodge, it was not his home: so the old woman used ingi‘i® ti; but now 
she uses g¢i instead of ti, as he lives with her. 
124, 1. xage ame¢é, contracted from xage ama é¢é. 
126, 7. waqe-sabe igaq¢a", his promised wife. 
TRANSLATION. 
A boy went traveling. The boy was very poor; he continued wandering about 
without a lodge, without any kindred at all. And at length he suddenly found a 
small writing. When he found the writing, behold, it said, “IT will give you a gun.” 
And as he went he found the gun. And then he took the gun. And the boy having 
taken the gun, when he looked at the small writing, he was taught what the gun did. 
And the boy took the gun, and put in powder and shot. And having found a prairie- 
chicken, the boy shot at it, knocked it down, and killed it. The people (7. e., Indians) 
knew nothing at all about guns. And when he departed, he saw a deer. Having seen 
a deer he shot at it, and killed it. Then the boy thought, “Truly the gun is good!” 
And as he went, again he saw a deer. And having killed a deer, again the boy was 
very glad. Having thought, “Truly the gun is good,” he was very glad. And at 
length he heard a person speaking. He was walking in very dense woods. He urged 
on his dogs suddenly. He said, “Hu! hu! hu! hu!” He made the dogs hunt game. 
And the boy, who was the Orphan, stood leaning against a tree, he stood hiding 
himself. As he feared to see the dogs, he stood holding his gun. And at length the 
dogs discovered the boy. And at length the man went thither and spoke to him. 
“Why do you have that?” He asked him about the gun, as he did not know what 
the gun was. And the boy said as follows, “When I see any animal, [ kill it with it, 
and I always eat it, therefore I keep it.” And the man said, ‘‘ Let me see. Shoot at 
yonder standing prairie-chicken.” When the boy shot at the prairie-chicken, he killed 
it. ‘Let me see! O friend, let me see your property. Hand the gun to me.” And 
when the boy gave it to him, he looked at it and said, “Friend, you have indeed a 
good thing.” And he said, “Stop, friend, teach me how to use it.” He taught him. 
And when the man shot at a prairie-chicken, he killed it. ‘O, friend, I wish to buy 
the gun from you,” said the man. And the boy was unwilling. ‘Nevertheless, I cannot 
spare it,” said he. And the man said, “I will give you something better.” “And what 
can you give me?” said the boy. The dogs were two. “T will give you both of these 
dogs,” he said. And the boy said, “‘ What can I do with the dogs?” Said he, “You 
can cause them to hunt for game.” “Come, now, I wish to see. Command them to 
