THE MAN AND THE SNAKE-MAN. 283 
Pwi"¢a-ga ha, 4-biama Wé's% akdi. A%¢a™sabe héga-miaji. Iwi’ ¢a-eii, 
tell me < said, they say Snake the (sub.). I suffer I very much. Tell me, 
ps . ° i= , 
d-biama. Qa-f! ikige Ana‘aji fnahi®, 4-biamé (yéyanga akd). Uwib¢a 
said he, they Wonderful! Hise he does not indeed, said, they say (Big turtle the). I tell you 
say. friend listen to : 
L a = 4 — / pa . , ~~ y — a » ba A 
ta minke, 4-biamé. Wackan’-ga, A-biama Wé’s‘’ aké. Cé nijangaqti té’di 
will I who, said he, they Do your best said, they say Snake the That very big water at the 
say. (sub.). 
Eat] ey Rome pe. ° Tele . 
cta™be ke¢a™ nikaci"ga u¢dne ¢i” &di ja“i. Wackan’-ei, 4-biamé yeéyanga 
what you saw formerly person — youseek the there lies. Do your best, said, they say Big turtle 
one who 
-odL. 
ns y . ey oe ans . 
aké. Kagéha, wi ¢aké a, 4-biama We's‘a akdé. Hi’di ja“i. Wackan’-¢ 
the Friend, youtellthe ?% said, they say Snake the There he lies. Do your best. 
(sub.). truth (sub.). 
Wécpaha ji tédthi ¢f té¢ig¢e ta aka ha, 4-biamé ypeqyanga alka. B'di bee 
You do not know when you he killyou will he who . said, they say Big turtle the There I go 
him (sub.). 
tai minke, 4-biama We’s‘i aké. Wackan’-o%. Wécpaha ji tédthi ¢f ?é¢igé taf, 
will LIwho, said, they say Snake a Do your best. You do not know when you he you kill will, 
(sub.). him 
i-biama. Nijan’ga gaza™adi a¢é amdama. KY @'di ja™-biamé nfaci"ga unaf 
said he, they Big water inthe midstof he was going, And there lay, they say person sought 
say. they say. 
Des f / . : . . : 
¢inké. Ga" Wee's ama é@'di a¢d-biamd. Ni ké ug¢ib¢i gi” edi ahi- 
he who So Snake the (sub.) there went, they say. Water the eddy the there he ar- 
was. (moving) Tived 
biamé. Egi¢e nf ké mattiha a¢i™ Aid¢a-biamd. FE nfaci"ga qti¢a-baji aké 
they say. At length water the underneath having ithad gone,theysay. He person who did not love him 
him 
aké, nf yix4xa-bi ega”. Wee's ¢i” é¢a™be hi ga” ¢a ctéctewa™ ca™ u¢ib¢i 
it was water made himself, having. Snake the emerging to pened notwithstanding yet eddy 
he, they say arrive 
i’-biam& ma’ taja ca” qti-ga™ nytta¢i" t’é te. We's t’é¢a-biama. Gam 
had him, they say under in spite of — at smothered he died Snake he killed him, 
length they say. 
niaci’ga aka ag¢di-biamé. Ga™ aki-biama. 
man the Sait homeward, So he reached home, 
(sub.) they say. they say. 
NOTES. 
277, 3. ki q¢abe cl Amayata™, ete. On each side of the bluff was a stream, and also 
a forest. Each man followed a stream till his path ascended the hill, instead of con- 
tinuing along the stream. 
277, 5. gaya guata" ai aka, the Snake-man. Frank La Fléche rejects “gaya” as 
superfluous. 
278, 2. @, he, she, or it, referring to a subject or object previously mentioned, ‘the 
aforesaid.” 
278, 3. wa‘ujifigaqtci (the first one), pronounced wa‘u+jingaqtci by Nuda®-axa. 
279, 1. waqitha ga¢a® ¢a‘i te. The mention of paper is a suspicious circumstance. 
Has it not been substituted for something else, as is the case in other myths? See, 
for example, the yoiwere myth of the young Black bear, Miteinye. 
279, 5. ni kéja agi ahi-biama. The lodge was about three yards from the stream. 
Ni ké ¢6ta™ egihi¢e¢a-biama, that is, he plunged them about one foot below the surface. 
279, 8. ahiqti ¢e¢a-biama, a very strong expression, showing the rapidity of his 
movements: “he arrived at the very place, suddenly.” 
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