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200 THE @EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS 
é waka-bi ega™). Ké, yiga”ha, ag¢é ta minke. I"dddi agija"be ka b¢a, 
that he meant, having). Come, — gre vandfi ather, F go will TI who. My father I see mine I wish, 
they say homeward 
d-biama Ag¢a-biama. Can’ge wahi¢agéqtia™i, wa¢aha piiijiqti, wa¢age 
said he, they He went homeward, Horse very lame, clothing very bad, hat 
say. they say. 
plijiqti, b¢ab¢azéqti. Ki i¢adi aka t’é giyaxa-biama. T’é té dha’, 
very bad, torn very much. And his father the (sub.) dead eeide ered his, they say. He died Y 
e¢éga"-biama. Aki-biamé. pii ¢an’di aki-bi yi tbaha"-baji-biama 
thought he, they say. He reached home, Lodges at the he reached when did not know they say 
they say. home, they say him 
niaciea amd. Niaci"ea waqpani teabe [g¢i} ti, 4-biamd. Nikagahi ju 
pe oplee the Man — poor very {come has said they, they Chief prin- 
(sub.). back] come, say. cipal 
PO if) aeiher fey Fane py: Cols ae TIC rime / re . 
¢inke’di [edi] a¢é-biama. [adi ii té’di aki-bi ega” uda-biama I¢addi aka 
by the {there] went,they say. His father his atthe reached having he entered,they His father the 
lodge poms, say. (sub.) 
they say 
cti fbaha"-baji-biama& Dadiha, wieb¢i’, 4-biama. Ag¢i, a-biamaé. A™ha’, 
too did not know him, they say. O father, it is I, said he, they T have said he, they Yes, 
say. come, say. 
, ¢ag¢t, a-biama. Gate éska™ eb¢éga™ éga™ i” ¢a-maji ag¢i" , A-biama. 
ee you have said he, they ou died it might I thought as I was sad I sat, said he, they 
come, say. be say. 
Qlag¢i té ca” ha, 4-biamaé. Ajin’gadi, nisfha, ¢égima”, 4-biamé. Maja” 
You have as enough . said he, they When Iwas small, my child, Idid thus, said he, they Land 
come say. say. 
yangd¢éha udgaca’-hna"-ma™. A*wa™ qpaniqti ag¢i-hna"-ma” ga” a” qti- 
overalargetract I traveled regularly. I was very poor Tess regularly Iwasa 
ome 
an’ga®, -biamd. Hau! mi*’-¢ag¢a™ te, nistha. Wa‘t wi™ ahni™ te, 4-biama 
great man, said he, they Ho! female you will marry, my child. Woman one you shall have, said he, they 
say. ay. 
Gaé-biama: Dadiha, wa‘i gatédi qtda¢é, a-biami  Wa¢ixaji a, a- eee 
He said as follows, O father, woman in that place 1 love her, said he,they Is she unmarried ? said, they say 
they say: Say. 
ijin’ge aké. A”ha®, wa¢ixaji, 4-biama i¢adi aka Ca, dadiha, ¢¢waki¢a-ga. 
his son the Yes, she is unmar- said he, they his the Then, O father, send them. 
(sub.). ried, say father (sub.). 
Ki i¢adi aka edi ¢éwaki¢a-biama. K’di ahi-biama. Nikagahi ijin’ge aka 
And his father the there sent them, they say. There they arrived, Chief his son the 
(sub ) they say. (sub.) 
¢ijan’ge ofa” ga™¢ai, d-biamda. Gan‘ki watt i¢adi aka gd-biama: Aha", 
your to marry wishes, said they, they And woman her father the said as follows, Yes, 
daughter her say. (sub.) they say: 
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niacitga a*wa™ qpani ga” éga®™ taté eb¢éga*-maji ¢a’cti, a-biama. Ga” 
man Tam poor “as so it shall be I did not think tormerly, said he,theysay. And 
¢aé¢s ga” ca” ha, d-biama. Ga™ ‘i-biama wa‘t ¢inké nu ¢inké. Ga™ 
he pities as enough : said he, they And gave tohim, woman the man the. And 
her - say. they say 
e¢a”-biama. Wat cti t‘a™-biama, 41 t‘a™-biama niyinga aka Gan'‘ki 
he married her, Woman too he had, they say, lodge he had, they say boy the And 
they say. (sub.). 
niacitga Ajiayita" wénaxi¢a-biama. Weénaxi¢a-bi yi iki¢itan’ga Akiki¢at té. 
people from a rushed on them, they say. They rushed on them, when here and there they attacked 
3 different (place) they say one another. 
Ki @di té¢a-biama niyinga i tea™ min’g¢a" aka. (Higa® té ahigi ucté 
And there they killed, they say boy just now married a woman the (sub.). (Myth the much remains 
ca™ja agisi¢a-maji ha.) 
though I do not remember it 5)} 
