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248 THE (EGIHNA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
da“ba-gi ha. Egi¢e Haxige i¢i¢é te ha. Ki, AYha®, 4-bi ega™ ag¢a-biama 
look at him 4 Beware Haxige. detect lest. And, Yes, said, having went homeward, 
you they say they say 
We's‘a-nideka amd. K/di akf-bi ega™ u‘tide jimiqtei icté ¢a” ugds4”-biama. 
Grass-snake the There he reached having hole very small eye the peeped in, they say. 
(sub.). home, they 
say 
Ki Haxige aké da™bé-biamdé. Huhi! gf-ga ha. Waonate tace, 4-biama 
And Haxige the saw him, they say. Ho! ho! come . You eat must, said he, they 
(sub.) say 
ida-bi ega” = G¢é ga” ga yi na” wape te Wée's‘a-nideka aka. Gan‘ki, Giga, 
detected having. To go he wished when feared him Grass-snake the And, Come, 
him, they back (sub.). 
say 
aes era . ies . Oye heya . 
d-bi ega™ @diaga-biamd. Gan’‘ki, Und¢e ya™ha ke'di eé¢u jan’ga, 4-biama. 
said, having there he went, they say. And, Fire-place border by the yonder lie, said he, they 
they say say. 
Waonate yi wé¢anandé’qti oné taté, A-biamé. Waondte yi oné yi, Haxige 
You cat when you being gorged you go shall, — said he, they You eat when you when, Haxige 
say. go 
ak’ é akéde Wakan’dagi akiwa t?éwa¢é aké ha, ecé te ha, a-biamé. 
the he itis, but Water-monster both h» has killed them F you — shall é said he, they 
(sub.) say say. 
Gan‘ki waci™ hébe ¢izi-bi ega™ tgp u‘a“ha-biama Haxige aka. Gan‘ki 
And fatmeat apiece he took, having bowl he put in, they say Haxige the And 
they say (sub.). 
waci™ ¢é¢aska s‘t-biama. Gan’‘ki, (hasni™ ¢é¢a-gi ha. éta™ é¢a™be 
fat meat this size he cut a long strip, And, Swallow it doitsuddenly . his far in sight 
they say. 
ité¢a-ga. Gan’ki waci” hébe é¢a*be itéyi¢d-biama { té. Ki natbé ¢ingé 
put it. And fatmeat piece insight he put it for himself, mouth the And hand without 
they say (ob.). 
¢i® éga" e¢fonudaji té waci” ké. A¢a-bi yi na” ji®cké’qtci nfaci”ga amadi 
he ag he did not pull out his fat meat the He went, when barely people to them 
was (ob.). they say 
ahi-biamé We’s‘i-nideka aké. We's‘a-nideka ¢é té‘di ékita" ag¢af Haxige. 
arrived, they Grass-snake the Grass-snake went when at the went Haxige. 
say (sub.). same time homeward 2 
Isan’ga ¢inké g¢iza-bi ega™ a” he ag¢ai-biama. Gan‘ki We's‘a-nideka fe 
His younger the (ob.) took his, having fleeing he went homeward, And Grass-snake to 
brother they say they say speak 
, 5 Ol a as , i. —  *ynseesy / : , 1 ay pal / : 
giteqi, Haxige, Haxige, ¢ yi cai™iji-hna’’-biama. Niaci"ga ama eca™’qti 
hard for Haxige, Haxige, said when his voice failed invariably, they People the very near 
him, say. (sub.) to 
hi yi ca" wéahidéqri e¢éga"-biama. Gadi" We's‘i-nideka Haxige é ha, 
ar- when yet very far they thought, they say. That one Grass-snake Haxige says 
rived 
d-biam4 Gan‘ki und-bi yi égi¢e eca’qtci ahf akama Wé's‘a-nideka. 
said they, And they sought when behold very near had come, they say Grass-snake, 
they say. him, they say 
Huhi! We'sta-nideka ée ¢i éde waci” nide ké ukf¢ata-qtia” ¢i", 
Ho! ho! Grass-snake itishe theone but fat meat throat the sticks very tight in the one 
(my.) (mv.), 
4-biama. Gan’ki ef¢ionuddé-biama. Gan’‘ki nfkaci"ga ama yf ¢a 4a ag¢a- 
said they, they And they pulled it out for him, And people the village to the went 
say. they say. (sub.) homeward 
biamé. Gan‘ki Haxige amd ag¢ad-bi yi égi¢e Jdbe-wa‘ujin’ga édedt akama 
they say. And Haxige the went when behold Beaver-old-woman was there, they say. 
(sub.) homeward, 
they say 
Ki, WA‘ujin’ga, edta™ ¢andji® a, 4-biami Haxige akd. A™ha™, yuepaha, 
And, Old Woman, why youstand 7? — said, they say Haxige the (sub.). Yes, grandchild, 
