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980 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
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eddbe. ‘di ahf-biamé. Ahau! wandq¢in-gi, 4-biama. Hi"bé dciddi 
also. There he arrived, they Oho! hurry, said he, theysay. Moccasin at the out- 
say. side 
. 1 . hee . . , Dey) hao f : my 
i¢a’ ¢a-biamd. Ki gi-biama: Gatédi nf wit édi ké ama. Sihnize ¢é¢ade 
he placed them, they And he said as fol- In that water one there lies they You take sudden steps 
say. lows, they say: place say. forward 
yi, nf da™baji-ga, d-biama. Ki éga"-biama. Ga™ a¢af té. Masdni alii- 
when, water do not look at it, said he, they And 80 they say. So he went. The other he 
say. side reached 
biamé. Hibé ¢a" wégi¢ionuda-biama. daze ahi-biamé. E wa‘tjinga 
they say. Moceasin the pulled off their (from his feet) Evening arrived, they say. That old Woman 
(ob.) for them, they say. 
tédai edfta" a¢af té daze té& ¢& ha. Watcfcka uff¢a*be tite uhd a¢a- 
he killed since he went evening the that : Creek up-hill passed  follow- he 
her was it on ing it went 
biama, damti. Niti¢ican fda™bé’qti ahf-bi ega” égi¢e niaci*ga ubdsni”- 
they say, down-hill. Lake in the very arrived, having behold person he found out 
middle they say 
biamé. Kgaxe agfi té& Sig¢é ké ugiha qa¢a agii té. 
they say. Around he was Trai the following back he was coming. 
returning. his own again 
I’ bejide-ma ¢a™ éga*qti 4iy4xa-biama cénujin’ga aka. Hult jinga 
The red-tails the just so made himself, they say young man the (sub.). Fish small 
mi ké fgag¢éze ja’-biami. We's‘a aka dahdé ¢a" é¢a"be ja”-biama. 
water the causing ripples lay, they say. Snake the hill the in sight lay, they say. 
(ob.) (sub.) (ob.) 
We's‘a aké fmaxd-biamdé. Niaci™ga wi” udne, 4-biama. Ca™ wa¢ionaqti 
Snake the asked him, they say. Person one Iseek, saidhe,they And in full sight 
(sub.) say. 
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dgahaqti ma™hni™ ¢éga™ wajin’ga ¢i" ctéwa™ gia" mam¢i” yi cta™be te, 
on the very you walk sO bird the (ob.)  soever flying walks if youseeit will, 
surface 
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A-biamdé. A™ha™, éga" éde ya™ba-maji, 4-biama. pa™be yi uwib¢a te, 
said he, they Yes, so but I have not seen said he, they Iseehim if Itell you will, 
say. them, say. 
d-biamé. Ga" ag¢d-biamé Weé’s% ama agaq¢éqti. Niya™haqtei uha-biama 
said he, they So went, they say Snake the right with the On the very edge followed, they say 
Say. (sub.) current. of the stream 
Wee's amd. Egvi¢e Ikan’gitte qudéqtci g¢i akdéma. (iéganqti ahf-biama. 
Snake the At length Toad very gray was sitting, they say. Just thus he arrived, they 
(sub.). say. 
Niaci"ga wi” ¢é¢u' f éga"™ cta™ bewa¢é-hna™, a-biama. ylénaq¢e ctéctewa™ 
Person — one here having been you may have seen him, said he, they Shadow even if 
coming say. 
eta” bewad¢é-hna™, A-biamd. Uane, 4-biama. A™ha", kagcha, ¢é¢u nfaci"ga 
you may have seen it, said he, they Iseek said he, they Yes, friend, here person 
say. him, say. 
wit a bi¢dja™ yi niaci"ga wi” a” ¢i" yan’de na"p’an'de; éde Awaté’ja e‘a™ 
one Ilay by day when person one camenear ground shaking it as but whither how 
(=almost) he walked ; 
¢citte i¢Apaha"-mdji, 4-biaméa. He ha, 4-biamd. FE udne ¢i" é, 4-biama. 
he may I do not know, saidhe,they Thatis . said he, they He Iseek the he, said he, they 
have gone say. e say. him one say. 
Ga” nf ké uhd a¢d-biamé. Ga™ dnasa-biamd yi hfiji ama. Ci égaxe 
So water the follow- he went, they So he ent off (hisretreat) when he had not ar- Again around 
(ob.) ing it say. they say rived. 
agi-biama. Ci ahfi téya ¢ingéé ha. Ni ké ci ugtha agfi té. Kgi¢e 
he wasecoming Again hear- atthe there was : Water the again following he was re- At length 
back. they say. rived none (ob.) his own turning. 
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