138 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS, 
TRANSLATION. 
When the Orphan’s mother and father died, he dwelt with his sister. And his 
sister married aman who was a very excellent marksman. And when he went hunting, 
he brought back a deer on his back. And the Orphan said, “Surprising! O sister, my 
sister’s husband is coming home bringing something on his back. I will eat some very 
fat meat.” And when he reached home, she took the fat wrapped around the kidneys, 
having pulled it out of the animal, and she gave it to the Orphan with the liver. “Eat 
that. You truly desire fat! When you finish eating,” she said, “go and watch the field.” 
And then he ate and departed to the field. He departed very sad. And when the man 
reached the field, he stood on a tree, and said, ‘‘ Ye birds, come ye to devour the corn in 
the field.” And when it was night, he went homeward. When it was morning again, 
his sister’s husband was bringing home a deer on his back. “Ho! ho! O sister, my 
sister’s husband is bringing home a deer on his back. This once I will eat a piece of 
very fat meat,” said he. She did so again. Having taken the fat wrapped around 
the kidneys, she gave him that with the liver. ‘Hat that. The fat piece you truly 
desire!” And she said, ‘Go and attend to the field.” And it was thus four times (7. e., 
four days). On the fourth day she said, “Sit here to take care of things. We will go 
to see the field.” And when he was alone in the lodge, the Orphan lay sound asleep. 
And a very beautiful woman arrived there very suddenly, and roused him by pulling 
at him. ‘Arise. Why do you sleep?” said she. And when he arose, she said, “You 
ought to eat a piece of those very fat parts of meat. Why do you not eat one?” 
“Though (you say?) so, it is my sister’s. Iam afraid to eat it, lest she scold me,” he 
said. And she said, “ Cut off part with a knife, and eat it.” But the boy said, “Though 
(you say?) so, lam unwilling.” And the woman stood and cut off part of the best piece, 
just the size for one person to eat. She roasted it. Having given it to the boy, she 
said, ‘Eat it.” And the woman made the slice that she cut off, just as it had been, 
restoring what she took from the piece of meat. And it was thus again four times 
(i. é., four days). And when the woman went homeward, she made her trail very 
plain. And the boy went following her trail. He walked throughout the day, and at 
length, when he arrived there very late in the evening, behold, there was a very good. 
lodge, a whitened lodge. And when he entered, behold, it was the woman who was sit- . 
ting there. And she was sitting on a very good couch. And she gave him a small 
wooden bowl, filled very full with pounded and dried buffalo-meat. And when she 
gave it to him, he sat thinking, ‘I have been very hungry. How shallit be possible for 
me to get my fill?” And the woman said,“‘No. Hat it at any rate. You shall surely 
have enough.” And when he ate it, and was filled to repletion, he still left some in 
the small bowl. And he gave back the smali bowl to the woman. And at night he 
lay down, she having made an excellent couch and a pillow too. And it eame to pass 
as he lay in a sound sleep, that when he awoke in the morning, there was not even a 
lodge, he was lying on the grass. And this occurred four times (7. ¢., on four days.) 
And she was a Buffalo-woman. And when she was pregnant, she was delivered. 
When she gave birth to the young one, it was born very short, and it was very white 
all over. And Ictinike was going, and he arrived there very suddenly. ‘O first-born 
daughter of the household, why do you so?” said he. “Grandfather, my stomach 
pains me,” she said. ‘Alas! my dear little grandchild! her stomach pains her!” he 
said. And then when the Buffalo-calf was born, he stood very white. And Ictinike 
