224 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
219, 10. cingajiiga ke. Here “ke” denotes the horizontal attitude of the infant. 
220, 11. ugajideqtia", from ugajide. Jide means “red;” u-, “in,” and ga- implies 
the effect of striking, falling, of the wind blowing or of light shining through a red 
medium, as through colored water in the window of a drug store. 
220, 13. hégajiqti, pronounced he+gajiqti. 
220, 21. ti¢ai ¢aeti: “They used to be famous (but they are not so now)”; but t¢ai 
ama ¢a™ refers to a class: ‘They who are famous, it is said,” See last line of p. 223, 
222, 11. qi haci qii¢andi. In going to the lake, his last stopping-place was the fourth 
village. On his return homeward, it was the first place which he reached. As he had 
a wife at the lodge, and as the lodge had been given him, he could call it his home. 
222, 16. wijaha" mandé gatédi ab¢i" ag¢i. This is an elliptical expression. It should 
read, wigaha® aka mandé a™ii ké gatédi ab¢i™’ ag¢i, I have brought back to that place 
out of sight (that is, to the creek) the boats which my sister’s husband gave to me. 
222, 19. ka™b¢éga", a contraction here of ka™b¢a and éga™. 
228, 3. hebadi aki-jat. Hebadi shows that they had gone but part of the way 
home; and aki-ja®, means “they lay down, having gone that far on their way home.” 
TRANSLATION. 
There were four brothers who dwelt by themselves. They had neither mother nor 
sister. One day three of them went hunting, and the youngest one remained at the 
lodge. He chanced to hurt his foot with a splinter. Having pulled out the splinter, 
he wrapped it up in some fine buffalo hair, and placed it at the side of the lodge. He 
wished his elder brothers to see the splinter that had caused him pain. By and by 
the boy went for water, as he was thirsty. And when he had come very near to the 
lodge again, a child was crying inside the lodge. While he went homeward, behold, it 
was the splinter which had hurt him; it had become a child. And having wrapped it 
up again, he laid it at the side of the lodge. When his elder brothers reached home, he 
told them. ‘Elder brothers, my foot was hurt, and I took the splinter which hurt 
me; but it is an infant.” Said they, “Stop! Younger brother, get it and show it to 
us. We must see it.” And when he got it, behold, it was a girl. ‘ Younger brother, 
heretofore we have had no children. Let us bring her up very well,” said they. And 
the younger brother said, “‘ Elder brothers, what relation shall we consider her?” And 
one said, “‘Let her be our child.” And they said, ‘‘No. We have no sister. Let us 
have her for a sister.” Having said, ‘ Yes,” all had her for a sister. And as she was 
an infant, and they wished to bring her up, they took very great care of her. And 
she became a grown woman. At length all four went hunting. The woman alone did 
not go. The four men were always very kind to the woman. At length a man arrived 
at the lodge. And he went homeward with the woman. When he went homeward 
with her, behold, all of her elder brothers reached home. Behold, their sister had dis- 
appeared. When they searched for her, they did not find her. And when the rest 
went to hunt for her, the youngest brother had been to hunt for her, but he reached 
home without finding her. Then all the grown ones went to search for her. (That is, 
the youngest brother went first, alone; but he could not find her. After his return, 
the three grown brothers went for the same purpose, leaving him at the lodge.) At 
length something very red was shining through the lodge from the inside. When he 
peeped in, after thinking, ‘‘ What can it be?” behold, it was a bird. And seizing a bow 
