312 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
NOTES. 
310, 9. ha jin¢e. ha jin¢e, jim¢éha. Used in expressing thanks, approval, or a peti- 
tion. So, ha giga", ha giga”, giga™ha, 102, 9. 
310, 11. au, pronounced auc. 
311, 4. wa¢aququxe na"ba te aké a¢a ut. ga¢i"-na"paji uses “ wa¢axuxe” instead 
of “wa¢aququxe.” As “A¢a” is a masculine term, it shows that a man cried out, not 
the girls. 
311, 11. icta-ya"ha ¢izibéqtei u¢a®-biama, pronounced ¢izi+béqtei, ete. 
311, 12. ai a¢u+, in full, ai a¢a ut. 
311, 14. The dancing-song sung by the old man Crab was as follows: 
SESS so=a Se == Sa SoS Sears Ss: 
Wa-té-qu-qu/-xe na”-ba t?é6 a-ké A-ma si-¢é-de gne-dé, A-ma in/-djé q¢é- 
? ) Je q 
xe, u+. 
$11, 19. ma®cka", from ma®, ground; and cka™, to move, stir; 4. e., “they who 
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scainpered over the ground.” Perhaps the craw-fish, rather than the crab, is referred 
to in this myth. 
TRANSLATION. 
At length the Raccoon was going. At length he said as follows: 
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er Coon.” “Omy elder brother, whenever I eat them, my teeth chatter rapidly, and 
therefore I am unwilling.” “Younger brother Coon! Let us go to eat plums, Younger 
brother Coon.” ‘O my elder brother, whenever I eat them, they make me sick, and 
therefore I am unwilling.” ‘Younger brother Coon! Let us go to eat choke-cherries, 
Younger brother Coon.” ‘O my elder brother, whenever I eat them, I am chilly, and 
therefore I am unwilling.” “Younger brother Coon! Let us go to eat Crabs, Younger 
brother Coon.” ‘QO! elder brother, O! elder brother, elder brother, O! They always 
agree with me.” At length they departed. At length they reached the place where 
the Crabs got water for the village. Atlength they pretended to be dead. “ Beware. 
_Don’t you dare to stir at all. When Isay,‘Oho!’ you willstir. Beware. Even if you 
are tickled in the sides, even if they push their claws up your nostrils, even if they 
reach into your eyes, do not stir at all. When I say, ‘Oho!’ you will stir,” said the elder 
Raccoon. At length some Crab girls arrived there for water. When they had been 
there some time, they found the Raccoons. They ran homeward totellit. “Two Wa¢a- 
ququxe are lying dead. Halloo!” said some of the men. At length they arrived at 
the lodge of the Crab chief, whither they had gone to tell it. And the Crab chief came 
