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260 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
ma"b¢i"’-de awdnaq¢i” qti ma"b¢i”, a-biama (ypéyanga akd). A™ha™, mida®- 
I walk while I am in a great hurry I walk, said, they say (Big turtle the). Yes, O war- 
hanga! éga", 4-biamé (Ca™janga aka). Wagaca" ma*hni"’-bi ai u¢i¢a- 
chief! 80, said, they say (Big wolf the). Traveling you walked,it was they was told 
said said of you 
hna”™i, ki &/di ma™b¢i” ka™b¢a ga™ uwinai, 4-biama (Ca™jafiga aka). Hau! 
regu- and there I walk I wish as IT have said, they say (Big wolf the). Ho! 
larly, sought you, 
kégan-gi, d-biamé (yéjanga aka). Aja" ga™ cécei*te. Cka™ ¢i¢ija ya be 
do so, said, they say (Big turtle the). How so you may have Ways yourown Ise 
é you do thonght that. 
ka™b¢a, 4-biamd (yéjanga aka). yi‘a” amd. qa té jide¢a-biama. Si te 
I wish, said, they say (Big turtle the). He decorated himself, Nose the he reddened, they Foot the 
they say. (See note) say. 
wan r gife jide¢a-biamd. Nan’ka ké gi¢&’ maca” ugdcka-biama. Qa-i! 
he reddened, they say. Back the eagle feather he tied on, they say. Why! 
sae Kégati-gi, 4-biama. Cka™ ¢i¢ija té ya™be ka”b¢a. Keégan-ga, 
said he, they Do 80, said he, they Ways yourown the Iasee I wish. Do so, 
say. Bay. 
d-biama (yyéyanga ak4). Ca™janga ama uxfg¢ica"ca”-biama. Ki watei’cka 
said, theysay (Big turtle the). Big ae the turned himself round and round, And creek 
(sub.) they say. 
9 jin’ga ja” ké’di wawénaxi¢a a¢a-biama. paqti wi" té¢a-biama. (ahé 
email wood by the to attack he went, they say. Deer one he killed, they olding 
say. with the 
teeth 
ag¢{-biamé. Nida*hangé! gama™ téska"b¢éga", edada® naa*xi¢a ‘tai xi, 
he came back, they O war-chief! I do that will, I expect, what to scare or vex 6 if, 
say. me threatens 
A-biama (Ca™yanga ao Uciat¢a¢é. Nikaci®ga d‘iba wagdca™ judwag¢e 
said, they say (Big oles the). You have disap- Person some traveling I go with them 
pointed me. 
ganké wada™ba-gi hi. Wahche ctéwa™ ¢ingaf. Ké, ma*¢in’-ga. Hea 
the ones see them A Faint-hearted in the least there is Come, walk. So 
who none. 
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hna® jitiji-ma ¢éawaki¢é, 4-biam4 Nikawasa™ Sin’ga, wada™be ma*¢in’-o, 
regu- the inferior send them off, said he, they Warrior Gray-squirrel, to see them walk, 
larly ones say. 
d-biam4.. Sin’‘ga amd wada™”be a¢a-biama. Egi¢e agi-biama, nistda 
said he, they Gray squirrel the to sce them went, they say. Atlongth he was returning, horn 
say. (sub.) they say, 
bihthuta*. Nitida™hangd, cugi, 4-biama. ydyanga &’di a¢a-biama. Hau! 
blowing on. O war-chief, he is said they, they Big turtle there went, they say. Ho! 
returning, say. 
nikawasa™, wAgaztiqti gdxa-gi. Ega™qti iwi'¢a-gi, a-biama. Aha’, 
warrior, very straight do (=act). Just as it is tell me, said he, they say. Yes, 
nida*hanga! éga™qti Ata! A®wa™ besni®-baji’-qtia” pi ad¢a! a-biama. pi 
O war-chief! Sa 80 indeed ! They did not find me out at all Iwas indeed! said he, they Lodge 
there say. 
ya” hagqtci ké a ang i taf, 4-biamad (yféyanga aka). yeanga a¢é ‘i¢a-biama. 
border very the let us sit, said, they say (Big turtle the). Big lanai going spoke of, they 
say. 
Wégaska"awai¢é ta minke, nikawasa™! édiqtci 4namdi"te, 4-biama. Ag¢i- 
Tlook around to see how will Iwho, O warrior! just there how many said he, they He re- 
things are may be, say. turned, 
biamé. Nikawasa”, ey4ha angd¢e taf. (léta" ug¢i" tida™ ¢a", 4-biama. 
they say. Warrior, thither- let us go. This far sitting-place good the, said he, they 
ward say. 
