146 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS, 
over the water. And the next thing which they will make for you will be a cation 
hollowed out by a stream, so deep that the bottom can hardly be reached. When you 
get there, say, ‘Well, my wife, here, just as you said, I will be going to you” When 
you say it, close your eyes and make a stride across the canon. And next to it they 
will make for you sharp thorns over the’surface of the whole land. When you arrive, 
say, ‘Well, my wife, here, just as you said, I will be going to you.’ When you say it, 
close your eyes and make a stride over the thorns. And next to it they will make a 
road to the upper world, and go thither. When you arrive at the place, say, ‘ Well, 
my wife, here, just as you said, I will be going to you.’ When you say it, close your 
eyes and make a stride in the air,” said the woman. The woman departed and left 
him. She reached home, and walked among the Buffaloes The Buffaloes had reached 
their home on the other side of the water. The Orphan came in sight again. ‘ Really! 
that Orphan has come hither,” they said. He continued following his wife and child. 
“Seek ye a difficult thing for him,” said the Buffaloes. And when he arrived they 
made four female Buffaloes lie in a row. ‘Come,” said they, “which one lying down 
is your wife?” She moved her right ear very briskly. “That one is my wife,” said 
the Orphan. ‘Well, seek again for him a difficult thing,” said the Buffaloes. The 
next morning when the Orphan awoke, he lay alone on the grass. The woman had 
gone with the Buffaloes. The Buffaloes went across a very deep canon hollowed out 
by a stream. The Orphan reached the canon. Closing his eyes, he said, “‘ Well, my 
wife, here, just as you said, I will be going to you.” He made a stride, and behold, he 
was across the cafon. ‘Really! that Orphan has come hither. Seek ye again some- 
thing difficult for him,” they said. At length, on the morning of the next day, when 
the Orphan awoke, he lay alone on the grass. The woman had gone with the Buf- 
faloes. And they had made sharp thorns extending all over the surface of the land. 
The Orphan arrived there. Having said, ‘‘ Well, my wife, here, just as you said, I 
will be going to you,” he closed his eyes, and made a stride across, and had gone. 
“Really! that Orphan has come hither. Seek again something difficult for him,” said 
they. At length, on the morning of the next day, when the Orphan awoke, he lay 
alone on the grass. The woman had gone with the Buffaloes. Having made a road 
to the upper world, they had gone. Having gone up above, the Buffaloes kept bel- 
lowing. As the road went up hill, the Orphan arrived there. ‘Well, my wife, here, 
just as you said, I will be going to you,” said he. Having closed his eyes, he made a 
stride and departed. He went far beyond the clouds, and he reached the other side. 
“Really! that Orphan has come hither. Make an end of your attempts. You must 
fail. You shall go home,” said they. So they were coming down-hill (7. ¢., from the 
upper world to this earth). They reached home at the bottom. ‘ Well, go ye in all 
directions,” said they. The Orphan said as follows to his wife: “‘Come, let us go home. 
Let me see your husband’s sister.” Having gone home, he placed the child and the 
woman by the outside of the tent. And behold, his sister was very poor; she and her 
husband had been, and were still, apt to die from starvation. ‘O elder sister, and my 
sister’s husband, I have come home,” said he. ‘‘ Without any cause for complaint, the 
boy, our relation, went to some unknown place. We have not found him, and we are 
great sufferers. It is not necessary to ridicule us,” said she. “Indeed, sister, I am he,” 
he said. At length his sister rubbed her eyes repeatedly with her hands, and looked 
toward him. She recognized him. “Heigho! my dear younger brother has come home 
