300 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
296, 12. Ki wa‘u aka waji*-pibaji-biama. This probably refers to the woman in the 
earth-lodge. If so, this sentence is out of place, and should follow the next one. 
296, 16. Mandehi abaha cté ce¢é-wa-baji-biama. Frank La Fléche gives: 
Man‘dehi abahai ama cté cé¢é-ctéwa™-baji-biama. ; 
Spear it was brandished even he did not heed it in the least, 
at him, they say they say. 
297, 2. eAta" ajam tada™+. If spoken by a male, it would have been, “eata® dja" 
tada®.” 
297, 4. ¢ij4ha® ucb¢a ga’ eata® gaxe tada®. This should be, “‘¢igaha™ uéb¢a 1, 
edta™ gaxe tada’+.”—Frank La Fléche. 
297, 7. edta™ ukéta" da”/ctea” tada®. As it was spoken by a female, it should be, 
“edta™ ukéta® da™ectea” tada”,” or “tadar+.”—Frank La Fleche. 
297, 18. Ki, Gar’ ca” édi b¢é ti minke. ‘“Ga*” is superfluous. Read, “Ki, car’ 
edi b¢é t4 minke.”—Frank La Fleche. 
298, 3. For “wag¢ade,” read “ wag¢ade.”—Frank La Fléche. 
298, 7-8. catqti ga" kidaaze ga" atia¢a-biama. Sanssouci reads: “ea™qti ga®™ ki- 
diaze ga" a™he Atia¢a mar¢i’-biama, they continued scaring each other, and started 
to flee.” carqti ga*t—e‘a™ ¢ingeqti, for no reason whatever. 
298, 11-12. wici‘é ja™ a¢iqa™ tan’/gata® ga’ wakida tai. Sanssouci reads: ‘ja™ 
an¢iga™ tan/gata™. Wicité ga” wakida tail, We will break the wood. My sister’s hus- 
band will, in the mean time, be on guard (for us).” : 
298, 13. ‘IMwéaki¢ai-a, Cause us to carry it on our backs: ‘“ Help us to our feet with 
the packs on our backs.” The women lie down and put the pack-strap around them. 
Then some one has to raise them to their feet. 
298, 18. Hata™ ¢izaha"™ wa¢i" gi tada™. It should be, ‘‘Hata™ ¢ijaha™ wa¢i" gi ta- 
da"+,” as spoken by a female. 
299, 3. Qijaha" cég¢ii h&. Frank La Fléche reads: “@ij4ha™ ecég¢i 6.” 
“Your sister's yonder he.” 
husband has come 
TRANSLATION. 
The Badger’s son went as a visitor to a very populous village. ‘Badger has come 
as a visitor. Go ye with him to the lodge of the chief,” said they. ‘Badger has come 
as a visitor,” said they, when they addressed the chief. ‘Oho! Let him come, O first- 
born sons,” said he. And they arrived there with him. They used to invite him to 
feasts. ‘I have come to invite Badger’s son to a feast,” said one. Still, they con- 
tinued inviting him to feasts. The principal war-chief had a beautiful woman for his 
daughter. When they invited this son of the Badger, the woman said as follows: 
“You will please bring back for me a piece of the fresh meat of which you are in- 
vited to partake.” ‘Yes, if it be so, so shall it be,” said he. And he was going back 
from the feast. And the woman was sitting outside the door. The Badger’s son 
said, “I have brought back this fresh meat for which you begged.” And the woman 
said, “Bring it to me.” And he took it to her. And when he gave it to her, she said, 
“How long shall it be before you go homeward?” ‘In about three days I shall go 
homeward,” said the Badger’s son. ‘And when the time comes for you to go home- 
ward, we shall go homeward,” said the woman. And still they continued inviting him 
to feasts at the village. And he said as follows: ‘I shall go homeward to-morrow 
You said heretofore that when I went homeward, we would go homeward.” ‘Yes, 1 
