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THE ADVENTURES OF HISQPE-AGGE. eal 
nistha, a-biama i¢adi aké. Nisiha, ni wa¢ixai yi witthe-ona™i ha. 
my child, said, they say her father the My child, man theymarry when they follow inya- 
(sub.). them them riably 
U¢tha-gi ha, a-biam’. Ga” ijiga" aké can’ge Ahigiqti iyan‘de ¢inké 
Follow thou S said he, they say. And his wife’s the oe avery great his daugh- the one 
father (sub.) many ter’s husband who 
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gifi-biama. Gan’ki ca” watt dma aké ca” witha-biama. Nui aka ukfa-baji, 
gave to him, they And atany woman the the atany followed them, they Man the talked not to 
say. rate other (sub.) rate say. (sub.) her, 
ki watt aké cti ukia-baji yi, ca” witha-biama, xagé-hna® ca™ca”™-biama. 
and woman the - too talked not to when, yet she followed them, crying inva- always they say. 
(sub.) her they say, riably 
Kei¢e f té’di ahfbiamd. Keite i¢ddi ¢inké iha™ ¢inké —ctéwa" 
Atlength lodge atthe they arrived, they Beho d his father theone hismother theone notwith- 
say. who who standing 
waqpaniqtia” ¢ankama, yaxe icté wadujd-bi ega”. Egi¢e wa‘ dma aka 
they were very poor, they say, crow eye picked them out, having. Atlength woman the the 
they say other (sub. 
na” aka ga-biama: Wihé, ¢isfga" ¢iya” edébe ictd ¢a® zéawd¢é ta 
grown the said as follows, My younger your hus- your hus- also "ye the Thealthem will 
one who they say: sister, band’sfather band'smother (ob.) 
minke, ehé. Qieg¢ange ang¢a” te hé, 4-biama. Ki mt aka fa-baji-biamaA 
I who, I say. Your husband let him marry me 5 said she,they And man the spoke not, they say. 
‘ say. (sub.) 
Ki wa‘t aka ga-biama: Ja™¢céha, éga"-a hé. Wagqpa¢i® bacé. Ga™ nt 
And woman the (sub.) pee follows, 0 elder sister, do so - They must be poor. And man 
they say: 
¢inké ¢ig¢a™ tate, a-biamd. Gan‘ki wa‘i aké icté ¢a™ wé¢ita’-bi ega™, 
theone marryyou shall, said she, they And woman the eye the worked on for having, 
who say. (sub.) (ob.) them, they say 
icta ¢a® égiga* waxa-biama. 
eye the(ob.) as before she made them, they say. 
NOTES. 
The beginning of this myth, as well as the conclusion, could not be given by the 
narrator, who had forgotten them. 
Hingpe-ag¢e, from hingpé, a fine feather, not a quill (maca™), and ag¢e, to stick an 
upright object or feather in something. ‘He who sticks a fine feather in his hair.” 
162, 6. snedéqti, pronounced sne+déqti by Joseph La Fléche. 
163, 16; 168, 18; 170, 11. b¢ugaqti, pronounced béu+gaqti. 
164, 17. ega™qti ctéwa® ¢iji"¢e Pewa¢é-hnari hé: “ Notwithstanding it is so (i. e., 
though they have always seemed to give your brothers the advantage in the contest), 
they invariably killed your brothers. Do your best, and try to outwit them, as they 
are very cunning. Do not be elated so soon. You have not yet overcome them.” 
166, 1. wa‘u wi akipa-biama. ‘This was the surviving bad man in the shape of a 
beautiful woman. The hero suspected this at first. . 
166, 3. ena+! e ta" uwagi¢ega” etede, spoken as if addressed to another, but really 
equivalent to “Ena+! ¢ieoni® ¢ata®cé-de i@wi’¢aona éga® etéde: Fie! as it is you, you 
should have told me a little (or, you should have given me some intimation).” 
169, 4. ete. yigatha, ¢igucpa .. . ediati. The woman addressed the hill and cliff 
as grandfathers, that is, as sacred beings or gods. 
169, 19. udanqti akama, pronounced u+da"qti akama. 
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