THE BEAR-GIRL. 291 
biama. Ci égi¢a”-biama: ‘Agd¢aagage hégabaji éga" wanl gi¢e ¢at’é taitd, 
a 
they say. Again she said to him, they You have made me not a little as youdie — shall, 
say: suffer 
i-biama. Na! ji"¢cha, wi i¢igaska”b¢e ti minke, 4-biamA niyinga wit’. 
said she, they Why! O elder I Imake anattempt will I who, said, they say boy | one. 
say. brother, 
Wayu pa-iqti gaxa-biamd. Sf té Akusan‘de baqdpi-biama. Wamf ké gam 
Awl very sharp he made, they say. Foot the throughand they pierced, they say. Blood the so 
(ob.) through (ob.) 
na"bixa™ ga™ ma*¢i"-biamd Ma"tett ama. Ci tiq¢a-biama. Ci égi¢a™ - 
scattered by 80 walked they say Grizzly-bear the Again she overtook them, Again she said 
walking (sub.). they say. to him 
biama: ‘Ag¢aan¢age hégabaji éga", zani ¢at’é ta-bi ehé, d-biamdé. Ahati! 
they say: You have made me not a little as, all you die — shall Ihave said she, they Oho! 
suffer said, Say. 
ie-ga, d-biamaé. Ga™ yan’de hébe usnége gaxd-biamé Aa"si ¢é tédthi 
do you be said (one), they So ground piece cracked he made, they say. Tojump she when 
the one, say. over went, 
yan‘de ké ag¢an’ka"ha™ ga™ ad¢a-biama. Egihi¢é¢a-biamd. Gan‘ki agi- 
ground the on both sides “so it went, they say. She went right into it, they And were re- 
7 (ob.) say. turning 
biama iyinu wan'gi¢e. Wahtita™¢i" g¢iza-biama. (ijan’ge ‘Ag ¢aawa¢e 
they say her elder all. Gun took his, they say. Your sister has made us suffer 
brother 
m ome , , . s we ‘ . 
teabe. Ega®qti iv‘a" taf, 4-biamé. Egaxe naji”-bi ega”’, kida-biama, té¢a- 
very. Just so wedo will, said they,they Around in — stood, they having, they shot at her, they 
to her say. a circle say they say, killed her 
biama. an’de ké ¢ékig¢a"-biama. 
they say. Ground the came together again, 
they say. 
NOTES. 
287, 1-2. giahe-hna"-biama. Her mother combed her hair for her, although she 
was grown. This was customary. 
288, 5-6. miXjinga wekinag¢i", etc. It should read: mi%jinga aka wekinaq¢i®, ete. 
288, 7. ijatiga-biama. The sister was about two and a half feet high. 
288, 8-9. Jinga, ete. Insert “aka” after “jinga.” It was omitted by the narrator. 
289, 9. Hir+!----cenawa¢éqti eda"+! Eda™+! isan interjection of grief, surprise, ete. 
289, 12-14. ha"egattce tédi yaci-hna® ma®bdi" - - - jani-k hé. The idea is as follows: 
s if ¢ 
‘As I can come only early in the morning, do you sleep over yonder by those trees, which 
is nearer to the den. Then I shall not have so far to come, and I can stay longer.” 
290, 2. ta¢aabe ehe¢é, to put the blanket around the shoulders, after rolling it up, 
in order to run swiftly. 
290, 4. ¢ijga-biama. Nuda/-axa explains this by ‘jttha-biama,” they forded it. 
290, 8. agudiqti ci i™¢eni tai eda"+. Sanssouci reads: “agudigti ci etéctewa" it¢eni 
taieda"+.” The inserted word, “notwithstanding,” makes the expression more forcible. 
291, 6. usnege gaxa-biama. It was about two feet wide. 
291, 7. yande ké ag¢afka*ha™ ga” a¢a-biama. The ground went further apart. 
The following rhetorical prolongations were made by Nuda”/-axa: 
288, 16. za‘eqti a"he-hna®-biama, pronounced za+eqti a"he-hna"-biama. 
289, 9. hi"+! ginuhé, pronounced hi"+! tinuha-. 
289, 12. ankaji, yinuha, pronounced an/kaji, yinuhat. 
290, 18-19. ada® yAci hiiiji ama, pronounced ada” ya+tei hiiiji ama. 
290, 19. ¢a¢uhagqtci, pronounced ¢at+¢uhaqtei. 
