WAHA*GICIGE AND THE BUFFALO-WOMAN. Lot 
also.” “Come! begone! Iam bound to go thither to you,” said the boy. And the boy 
made the very best clothing for himself; and he went thither, taking the tongues. And 
the black man had not yet reached the lodge of the chief. He was in a lodge else- 
where. At length the boy arrived at the chief’s lodge with the tongues. Said he, 
“What wrong have I done you all that you sent soldiers after me? A Water-monster 
was about to devour your whole tribe in spite of all that you could do; but I killed 
him for you. Why did you cause the soldiers to take me?” And having said, ‘‘Those 
are the tongues of the Water-monster with seven heads,” he gave them to the chief. 
And the chief said, ‘That is he, he who killed the Water-monster with seven heads. 
That is my daughter’s husband.” He made him sit with the girl, the wife of the black 
man. ‘Yes, father, it is he,” she said, referring to the man. And the chief said, “Go 
ye after the black man.” And the soldiers went for the black man. They returned 
with the black mau. When they made him stand in the middle, the chief questioned 
him, saying, ‘‘How did you kill the Water-monster with seven heads?” Said he, ‘I 
went thither and attacked him and killed him.” The chief said, ‘“‘ With what did you 
kill him?” He said, “I killed him with a knife.” And the woman came to the lodge 
with the man, and appeared. ‘Father, this is he, the man that killed the Water- 
monster with seven heads. My preserver, this is he,” she said, referring to the Or- 
phan. And the chief having said, ‘Take ye hold of the black man,” they carried him 
outside and burnt him. 
WAHA‘GICIGE AND THE BUFFALO-WOMAN. 
Mrs. La FLECHE’S VERSION, 
Waha" ¢icige é iha™ git’ai i¢adi cti gftai té iyan’ge jigig¢i-biama. 
Orphan ——sihe___shiis died hisfather too died when hissister “he with his they say. 
mother own 
Ki yan’ge aka ni wi" wakidepiqtia® ¢ A¢ixd-biamdé. Ki ‘Abae a¢a-bi yi 
And his sister the man one avery good marksman that she took for a hus- And hunting went, when 
(sub.) band, they say. they say 
yaqti wi" ‘i agi-biama.- Ki Waha"¢icige, Hi"tce+! yangéha, wiytha™ wa‘i”’ 
deer one carry- was coming home, And Orphan, Surprising! O sister my sister’s carrying 
ing they say. husband 
gi gi”. Waciqti b¢ate ta minke, 4-biamd. Ki aki-bi yi yedza™tas{ ¢a™ 
he is coming Very fat leat will Iwho said, they say. And he got home, when kidneys the 
home. they say (ob.) 
waci™ ubcta™ ¢a™ ¢iza-bi ega™ ¢iq¢tida-bi ega” yedi ¢a® edabe ‘{-biamé. 
fat wrapped the shetook,they having .cputledit they having liver the (ob.) also she gave, they 
around (ob.) say outof say say. 
Cé¢a" gatd-& hé. Waci™ cka™hna f¢anahi” 4, 4-biamé iyan’ge aké. Qnate 
That eat thou. Fat you wish you, indeed ! said, they say his sister the (sub.). You eat 
onicta” yi we ké Akihide mam¢i”’-a, A-biamaé. Ki gan’ki ¢atd-bi yi taja 
you finish when field the to watch it go said she, they And then he ate, they when to the 
(ob.) say. say field 
