292 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
TRANSLATION. 
Some lodges camped. And a girl was fully grown. And her mother used to comb 
her hair for her. The girl went for wood. And she reached home with grass sticking in 
her hair. “Though it is so, she has just had her hair combed for her. It is indeed bad!” 
said the mother. Behold, the girl was in love with a Grizzly bear. A man arrived there, 
seeking a horse. He found the Grizzly bear lying down. ‘He says that a Grizzly bear 
is lying in that place. He is lying in a den, sound asleep. Beware lest he kill one of 
the peoplesuddenly. All ye take guns,” said the people. They sat on the horses. So 
they went in a circle, surrounding the bear. At length the girl said as follows: “O 
father, please bring me the skin of the Grizzly bear.” And they killed him. And her 
father petitioned to all the people; therefore the skin was given to him. And he said, 
“Fasten down the skin yonder,” referring to her mother. So the girl took it away, as she 
had hastened to anticipate her mother. She sat working atit. She cried continually. 
When she sat at work, her younger sister sat with her. And when the girl worked, she 
condoled with the Grizzly bear. She continued saying, ‘“E¢a+!” The younger one 
called to her mother in the distance to tell it. ‘‘O mother, this one when she works on 
the skin of the Grizzly bear, says nothing but ‘ E¢a+!’” said she. And when the girl sat 
working, it was so again. She said nothing but ‘E¢a+!” Again the younger one called 
to her mother in the distance to tell it. ‘‘O mother, this one, when she works on the 
skin of the Grizzly bear, says nothing but ‘E¢a+!’” said she. The girl finished it. She 
dried it. When she placed it so, as she dried it, she finished it. They went to play 
children’s games. And she who loved the Grizzly bear joined in the sport. ‘O little 
sister, go after my Grizzly-bear skin,” said she. So the younger sister brought it to 
her. Then the elder sister tied it on over the whole of her body. Then, erying regu- 
larly like a Grizzly bear, she rushed on them. They fled without exception, in great 
confusion. ‘The Grizzly bear will attack us,” said the girls and boys. It was so each 
time; she invariably rushed on them. At length, when the fourth time arrived, she 
continued a Grizzly bear. And she destroyed all the girls with whom she played. 
Her little sister was the only one that remained. And she destroyed all in the lodges. 
And the elder sister slept, lying down alone in the den. Having dug a corner in a part 
of the den by the door, she made the younger sister sit there. ‘You are probably 
hungry. Go to the lodges,” said the elder sister. The little sister arrived there, and 
walked along, following the line of the lodges, whose owners had been destroyed. And 
she reached the den again, having a very full stomach. Again on the morrow the elder 
sister said to her, ‘Go thither. You are probably hungry. You will eat.” And she 
sent her thither again the next day. 
At length she went, following the line of the lodges. Behold, four persons were 
there. They were sitting in the lodge. She recognized them. The four elder brothers of 
the Bear-girl had reached home. ‘Oh! Elder brothers, my sister has utterly destroyed 
those who dwelt in the village!” said she. She stood crying and telling about them. 
“T alone am left of my people,” she said. ‘Why is it?” said they. ‘Elder brothers, 
my sister is a Grizzly bear,” said she. And they said, “At what time has she com- 
manded you to be coming? Begone. You will be coming when the time arrives again 
and she tells you to becoming.” ‘No, elder brothers, I invariably walk for some time 
in the morning; therefore I shall have come hither at the proper time in the morning. 
