THE ADVENTURES OF THE PUMA. 307 
qtei hi yi aki-biama. Dadiha, kagé dhigiqti téwa¢ée ha, A-biamd ntijinga 
very arrived when _ they reached O father, sane very many killed them - said, they say boy 
home, they say. brother 
aki. Egasini té tthe ad¢af té, wan ‘gi¢e. I¢ddi jigig¢e a¢d-biama, iha™ 
the The. next day when to bring went, all. His father with his he went, they say, his 
(sub.). in the meat mother 
, —~ ' 
edabe. Ing¢a™-si"-snéde aké& a¢a-bajf- Biama: Wenaxi¢é-biamd nfac@ga Aji 
also. Long-tailed-cat the did not go, they Attacked them, they say Seanioae differ- 
(sub.) ent 
ama. Cénujin’ga pahan Vga gaq¢i-biama. “Watijinga éduata™ gaq¢i-biama. 
the Young amr 2 they killed him, they Old woman next SiGe killed her, they 
(sub.). say. say. 
I¢idi ama na" ji'cké’qtei akf-biamd. (iha™ ¢iji”¢e eddbe wAq¢i, 4-biaind. 
is the barely reached home, Your your elder also they killed said he, they 
.father — (sub.) they say. mother brother them, say. 
Ki'di anga¢e té, 4-biama. E’di ahi-biamd. Ing¢a"’-si"-snéde i¢ddi &/di hi 
There let us go, said he, they There they arrived, they Long-tailed-cat his father there  ar- 
say. Say. rived 
witiwatan’ ga t ‘E¢a-biama niaci"ga ama Ing¢a™-si"-snéde aka wénaxi¢a-biama 
as soon as killed him, they pacnlen, the Long-tailed-cat the attacked them, they say 
say (sub.). (sub.) 
niaci"ga ¢anka. Can’ge ké edabe wi” t’é¢a-biama Ing¢a”-si"-snéde aka. Ci 
people the (ob.). Hoses, the also one killed them, they Long-tailed-cat the Again 
(ob.) say - (sub.). 
wénaxi¢a-biama. U¢tikihehébe wa¢i?-biama Ing¢a Bea’ v-si"-snéde aké. Niaci"ga 
he attacked them, they say. One after another had them, they say ong-tailed-cat ue Man 
(sub.). 
wi" can’ge u¢dsi" éga"-hna"-siqti té¢a-biama. G¢écbahiwi’ to’ téwa¢a- 
one ~° horse sticking to so throughout he killed, they say. A hundred the he killed them, 
biamad. Wa¢igapi u¢iqpa¢é téwa¢ée-hna”-biama. Mi" i¢é ckita™’ qti wi'qtei 
they say. Piercing them he pulled off he killed regularly they say. Sun had just then only one 
with claws them gone 
ugdcta-biama. ; 
was left they say. 
NOTES. 
304, 6-7. kagé, ¢é imdadi ‘acpae eté té. Another elliptical phrase, which is, in full, 
kagé, ¢étéedi mdadi ‘acpae eté, 6 té (younger brother, in this place, my father, you hunt, 
may, Said it), or some like phrase. Frank La Fléche gives: ¢ée hi i"dadi ‘acpae etéé té. 
304, 12. iyig¢ag¢idai. This was caused by the bite of the bear, as well as by the 
struggles of the Puma himself. 
304, 19-305, 1. ca®’ 6ga” gdxa-ga, a strong command. 
305, 3. i¢adi t‘an’ té. The Puma was considered the real child of the man and 
woman; and the young man was merely called so. He was adopted after the Puma. 
“Kage,” in the text just above this phrase, may be translated “my child”, being used 
instead of ‘nisiha.” 
306, 9. agi" ‘Aag¢aa¢ad¢ag¢in, contracted from a”/¢i" “ag¢aa Gags agin. 
TRANSLATION. 
A manwas keeping a Puma. And he had no children at all. And so he regarded 
this Puma as his child. At length a young man was going. When he arrived very 
near the lodge, behold, some deer were walking. Concealing himself from them, he 
reached the iedes, as he had no gun. And the father of the Puma, too, had none. 
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