284 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
279, 15. yyange ahi-biama. “yran’ge, near to, refers to a time or place towards 
which one moves; but 4cka, near to, implies rest. jade, near, near to, implies that the 
destination is near the starting-point.”—Frank La Fléche. 
279, 20. ci ega® hitbe ‘i-biama waqi"ha edabe. Judging from the context, this 
sentence is out of place, and the correct order is: Edi ahi-biam4 (at the place of the - 
third man). Ahat, wandq¢in-ga, 4-biama. Hinbé Aciadi i¢a®’¢a-biam4é. Ki g4-biama: 
Gatédi ni wi édi ké ama. Sihnize ¢é¢a¢é yi ni ké da"baji-ga, 4-biama. Ci éga™ himbé 
‘-biama waqi”ha edabe. Ki éga™-biama. Ga a¢ai té. 
280, 4. ““zaze ahi-biama,” is incorrect. Read “gaze hi ama.”—Frank La Fléche. 
280, 8. itbejide, the red-tail fish, has red fins; but the body is not red. 
280, 9. igag¢eze ja’-biama. Sanssouci reads ugag¢eze, but Frank La Fléche thinks 
that it should be gag¢éze ja"-biama. He does not understand igag¢eze (given by a 
Ponka). The Fish lay in shallow water that struck against it and divided, flowing 
below it in ripples. 
280, 9. dahe ¢a™ é¢a"be ja®-biama. The Snake lay in sight, on the hill, and called 
down to the little Fish. 
280, 19-281, 1. ni ké uhdé a¢a-biama - - - - nigangaqti ida*béqti agi-biama. After 
leaving the Toad, he followed the shore of the lake, expecting to head off the young man. 
But he could not find him, so he retraced his steps. Again he did not find him, so he 
went back the third time. The Snake came back, and right to the middle of a stream 
(the big-water). There was a large Fish in shallow water next to the shore. 
281, 2. uan ede, 7. ¢., uane ede. 
281, 4. aakip ede, 7. e., aakipa ede. 
281, 10-11. uwa¢aki ece ama, in full, uwa¢akie ece ama. 
281, 13. ni ma™te a™dai. Ni matte ¢é atdai, He asked me to go with him under the 
water.—Frank La Fléche. 
282, 1. né ¢a” niugacupa edita®, etc. Sanssouci reads “¢e¢a™ (this curvilinear 
object)”, instead of “ne ¢a™”. 
282, 7. cta™bei"te, 7. e., cta’be é6imte; so ¢éi"te, 280, 18., in full, ¢é éitte. 
282, 12-13. yeyaniga - - - e¢abe egai-gi. The Big turtle was nearly on the surface 
of the water, pushing up the 4aji®xe as he moved along. Suddenly the Snake got on 
his back. “I will ask you something. Do come up out of the water (7. e., do lift your 
head out of the water so that you can answer my questions).” 
282, 20. piqti yig¢iha™ g¢i-biama. The Snake once more raised his head higher, 
then he raised it still higher, so as to be ready to attack the Big turtle, should his 
suspicions prove well-founded. 
TRANSLATION. 
Some lodges of a people were there; they were a great many. Anda young man, 
who was a very handsome person, departed ina bad humor. At the very dense forest 
he went up-hill to a very large bluff. And at length, from the forest in the other direc- 
tion, a person was approaching, following the other creek. He, too, was approaching 
the hill which was near him. Right together they came, meeting each other. They 
stood looking at each other. At length the man who had been approaching arrived 
there, and stood with him. “Why! Let us go homeward. You will eat,” said he. So 
the youth went with him. Behold, the bones of men had lain for some time in a cur- 
