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156 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
eyita” C¢a™be ati té yan’de ké bacpé ¢é¢a-biama, yéska ama waji"’-pibaji 
thence in sight he when ground the thrust off sent suddenly, ox the enraged 
came a piece they say, (sub.) 
ma*na™‘u ta" égarqtia’-biamaé. Ga", A™ha-gi, ¢-hna"-biama. Ca” 
pawingthe the standing just so, they say. And, Flee saidall they say. Yet 
ground one 
cé¢éctewan ji naji”-biamd. Gida™be naji”-biama ni aka. E’di  ahi- 
not stirring in the he stood they say. To see him stood they say man the (sub.). There he 
least arrived, 
. my, q° . , © , **n/ fps / . ‘ 
biama. [H’di ahi-biama yi, ni aka waii” i”i ¢a™ a™¢a ¢é¢a-bi ega™, 
they say. There he arrived, they when, man the (sub:) robe he wore the threwaway. suddenly having, 
say (ob.) they say 
man‘de ké ugina"qpa-biama. Jawahe ¢é ama yi, hi'qpé g¢iza-bi ega™ 
bow the strung his they say. To gore went they say when, fine feather took his, they say having 
bihi¢a ¢é¢a-biama. (id Amajddica™ ahi-biama ni aka. Ci éga™-biama. 
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blew it off suddenly, they say. Side towardstheother arrived they say man the (sub.). Again so they say. 
‘U ¢ingé kéy4¢ica" ci @'di ahi-biama. Ga’ niaci*ga aka pe-ntiga 
Wound none towards the side again there he arrived,they say. And man the (sub.)  Buffalo-hull 
t‘é¢a-biama. Gan‘ki iya™ ¢inké idnaxi¢e ag¢d-biama. Ga™ fyidaha™ 
he killed, they say. And his wife’s _ the (ob.) to attack he a back, they say. And he knew for 
mother himself 
am& Ada" yibaq¢a a-i-biama. Ga™ t’éoi¢d-biama iya” ¢inkd. 
they therefore from anoppo- he wascoming, And he killed his, they say wife’s the (ob.). 
say site direction they say. mother 
NOTES. 
147, 1. ma¢e ¢ega*-da". Nuda?-axa told this myth during the winter; Hoe he 
refers to the season: ‘It was during the winter, as it now is.” 
147, 2. a¢a+. Criers say a¢a+, instead of 4¢a, when those addressed are at a great 
distance. 
148, 3. waii"ci¢e, equivalent to the Omaha ahi*ci¢e. See 99, 11. 
148, 20. natha, wijit¢e aka. The Corn-woman’s son was the younger, so he calls 
the Buffalo-woman’s son his elder brother. 
149, 7. dazéqtci, pronounced da+zéqtei by Nuda?-axa. 
149, 12. je-jinga ake ake. Sanssouci gives the equivalent jiwere: yoe-yihe e aré 
ke, “‘ Butfalo-calf that is it”; to be distinguished from the following: ye-jinga aka éaka 
ha/ (in gaiwere, yoe-yine e ae tahe ke), said by one (not the father) who discovered, all 
at once, the calf for which he had been seeking; ¢éaka ye-jin’ga aka: “There is the calf,” 
or, ‘There is a calf” (one for which he was not hunting); ¢éaka é aka 4e-jin’/ga aka hi: 
“There is the calf for which I have been looking!” (denoting surprise at finding it 
unexpectedly). 
149, 13. i¢adi ¢at‘a™ edecté a®ba¢éqti mar¢i™ ¢axage ma™hni®. Sanssouci gives as 
the goiwere, atce ratt™’ cke, ha” we yoe manyi raxéye ramanyi; and he says that the 
3uffalo-woman doubted that it was the father whom her son saw. “If you had a 
father, you would not have been crying to-day when walking”; or, ‘‘ You should have 
had a father, for to-day you have been crying while walking.” 
149, 15. ja®-uqpe jingaqtci. This bowl was not over two inches in diameter, and — 
the water barely covered the bottom. 
149, 18. uqpe. The larger bowl was about six inches in diameter; and the piece 
of jerked meat was about three inches in diameter. 
