THE BROTHERS, THE SISTER, AND THE RED BIRD. 223 
A-biama = [ji ‘fe wagija™ be ‘“i¢ai éga" ag¢é “¢ai hé, a-biama. Ga™, Niu 
said she, they His el to see them his hespeaks as going hespeaks . said she, they And, Man 
say. brother own of homeward of say. 
d¢ixai yi wiuhe-ona”i ha. U¢tha-gi, 4-biama nikagahi aka. Ga™ wa‘i 
they when they always follow Follow him, said, they say chief the And woman 
marry them (sub.). 
aké jig¢e ag¢a-biamé ni ¢i". Ki hebadi aki-ja"-bi yi nu eonagqtei ja’’- 
the withhim wenthomeward, man_ the And onthe way reachingagain, when man alone ” lay 
(sub.) they say . (mv. ob.). they lay down, a 
they say 
biamaé, wa‘t aka cti eondqtci ja’-biama. Ja™ ‘a"ha-baji-hna™-biama. 
they say, woman wee too alone lay they say. Ho did not lie on her at all they say. 
(sub.) 
(The rest of the myth was obtained from Frank La Fléche.) 
Ki watt aké, Kata" dda", e¢éga"-biamd ha. Kgi¢e iji¢e wagisi 
And woman the Why is it? thought they say 4 Beho id his elder he was say- 
(sub.), brother ing her 
akama ha. Ega™-hna™-bi yi ta” wang¢a"™ wéduba ¢an‘di aki-bi yi, nikagahi 
for him, : so. regu- they when Ny eee the fourth atthe he arrived when, chief 
they say larly say again, they say 
ijan’ge ¢inké g¢a"-biamé hi, na” wa"zi-Aji amd ga", qta¢éctea”-biama 
his daugh- the one he married her, they c she was not jea alous they as, he also lovedher they say 
ter who say say 
ga®. Wa‘t ucté ak& na™wa"zi-hna”-biama ha. Aki-bi yi wa‘i ucté 
as. Woman the rest they were all jealous they say . He reached when woman the rest 
home, they say 
¢anka ii” ‘fe wagi‘i-biama ha, Ada® wan ‘gi¢e mi” e¢a"-biama ha. Ceta™ ha. 
fa who hiselder he gave them to his, A There- all took wives they say. So far 
brother they say fore 
NOTES. 
Another version of part of this myth, given by F. La Fléche, is as follows: When 
his brothers reached home he told them what had happened. But they ridiculed his 
story as an impossibility. When he unwrapped the bundle, they exclaimed: “ Brother, 
you spoke the truth. It is indeed an infant. She will grow up and be our sister. She 
can then keep the lodge for us.” She was not long in reaching womanhood, although, 
when found she was tiny, just the size of the splinter. When she was grown a red 
bird came to see her. It was not a real bird, but a man who took the form of a bird. 
One day, when the brothers were absent, the red bird carried her away. When the 
brothers returned, lo! their sister was missing. So they started in search of her. In 
the mean time, the red bird flew back to the lodge, his intention being to lead them to 
the place whither he had taken the girl. When he reached the lodge, the younger 
brother was there. As soon as he spied the bird, he tried to shoot him. But though 
he emptied his quiver, he could not hit the bird. At last he made a sacred arrow, 
which he shot at the bird, wounding him. But the bird flew off with the arrow stick- 
ing to him. The young man followed the bird. 
Cénujiti/ga daiba nikaci"ga b¢iga wand‘a"-biama fi¢ai té. Ki ¢6 nijinga ¢i* e/di 
Youngman four people all heard their, they say thereport And this boy the there 
about them. moving one 
hi yi fbaha*-biamé, Gé-biam4, niaci"ga diba ti¢ai ama ¢a" wi” ti ama ha, d-biama. 
ar- when they knew him, Said as follows, person four theyof whomitis one has they . said they, 
tived they say. they say, reported, they say come say they say. 
All people had heard of the four young men by report. And when the boy reached 
there, they knew him. They said as follows: ‘One of the four persons, who, as they 
say are famous, has come hither, it is said.” 
