THE ADVENTURES OF THE BADGER’S SON, 299 
ska’qtci ama (pia ¢ab¢i™ w Agi” cugi, 4-biamé. Ci usd-biamd. Cuide 
very white they Your sister’s three having the a he said Ene, they Again he fired it, they Smoke 
say. husband them is, coming, ay. say. 
Nd = , 
té yugti ama. (pigdha” wan gi¢e wa¢i" cugt, d- tits B ei¢e é¢a"be agi 
the very they Your sister’s Ale luving there one said she, they Atlength insight he came, 
green say. husband them is, coming, say. 
biama. (pigdtha” cég¢ii hé, 4-biama. Agikfpa a¢a-biama. Wan’ sige éawa¢e, 
they say. Yoursister’s yonderhe . said she, they To meet her she went, they All I killed them, 
husband has come say. own say. 
d-biama Wijaha™ najiha ey cti i¢éb¢i" agdi, 4-biama. Ca™ hé, 4-biamé. 
said he, they My wife's hair his too I have I have said he, they Enough . said she, they 
say. brother for him come home, say. Bay. 
Wan i’ gite wahni" ¢ag¢f vda" hé, a-biamé. Ha” yi Qtga igdq¢a™ aka 
having you have good a said she, they Night ei Baaeee his wife the 
them come home say. (sub.) 
dib¢i wagiquya-biama. Weéwatci a¢i”’-biama. Egasani té, Ie jég¢an-ga, 
three sang for her own, they say Sealp-dance they had it, they hes nextday when, Stone put in the ne 
say. 
4-biama. Uda-biama Iy4ha® ¢inké najiha ¢izaf té snd ké gidskebé-biama. 
said he, they They entered, they Hiswife’s the (ob.) hair took when scar the ae seraped for him, they 
say. say. brother (ob.) say. 
, 
Wamt gactiba-biama yi najtha ée¢a®-biamd. Ki najfha égiga"-biama. 
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Blood he forced out, they say when hair he put on for him, And hair ee as before, they 
they say. say. 
Udarqti giydxa-biama. (he é najiha wa‘ dtba wa¢i" ag¢i té ca’ ca® 
Very good he made his (relation), This hair woman four having hecame as _ continually 
they say. them home 
wat¢igaxa-biama., 
danced they say. 
NOTES. 
294, 5-6. nuda*hafiga uju, the principal war-chief was, in this case, the head-chief. 
294, 11. Gab¢ir ja"-qtiega" ag¢e ta minke. Frank La Fléche inserted “yi,” when, 
after “ja"-qtiega®.” 
295, 7. kig¢edega®, in full, kig¢é édega”. 
295, 9. Uwaq¢ai yi. Can’ge-ska gave ‘“ Uwaq¢e yi, if he overtake them.” 
295,11. Ceatie. Frank La Fléche reads, “‘Céati 61 hé, yonder they have come.” 
295, 11. Uwagq¢ai, a-biama. TWe¢i¢ée te. Gicka-a hé, a-biama. Frank La Fléche 
reads: “Uwaq¢ai. Té¢i¢é tai. Gicka™/-a hé, 4-biama,” as “tai” refers to many, and 
“te” to one or two. 
295, 15. zande ce akibanan ga. Zande céhi¢a” akibanan-ga.—Frank La Fléche. 
295, 17. Gicka™ iha-ga. Rather, Gicka® ¢iqa-ga. Pursue him more rapidly.—Frank 
La Fleche. 
295, 17; 296, 2; 296, 7. Ci wa¢iqe Edi ahi-biama. Insert ‘ama, the (sub.),” after 
“wad¢iqe.”— Frank Ta F bate 
295, 18. Gicka*i-ga, dictated by mistake, instead of the singular, gickan-g4. 
296, 1; 296; 9. eata™ aja”. Hata® a4ja"—Frank La Fléche. When the interroga- 
tive sign, “a,” follows, we can say, “Hata® aja” 4.” But otherwise we must say, 
“Hata® ajar.” z 
296, 2. Mandeya® b¢ise ega® nija g¢e, ceté. Frank La Fléche reads: “ Man/deya™ 
b¢ise Ega™, nivya g¢é ha, cét®, He has gone back alive, in that direction, because I 
broke the bowstring.” 
296, 5. q¢abe akibanan-ga. Insert ‘“cehi¢a", yonder.,—Frank La Fléche. 
