316 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
August, 1881, spoke of the (two) Ictinike who planned to catch the crabs. Frank La 
Fléche says that the Raccoons were as cunning as Ictinike, knowing all his tricks, but 
he and they should not be confounded. 
315, 11. inde-q¢exe, or inde g¢eq¢e, “spotted face,” is a Gegiha name sometimes 
applied to the raccoon. Frank La Fléche says that ‘hi" ja"xe yaniga” cannot be said 
of a raccoon. 
315, 14-15. Haha! ete. Such phrases were commonly used by Ictinike in express- 
ing his delight at having overreached others. 
TRANSLATION. 
At length the Raccoon was approaching. He sang as follows to his younger brother 
in the distance :—‘‘O younger brother Coon! O younger brother Coon! O younger 
brother Coon! We go to eat grapes, O younger brother Coon!” “QO my elder brother! 
whenever I eat those, my stomach aches me, and when I drink water I have the cholera 
morbus so bad that I have an action whenever I take a step,” said the younger. “O 
younger brother Coon! O younger brother Coon! O younger brother Coon! We go 
to eat hackberries, O younger brother Coon!” said the elder. ‘O my elder brother! 
whenever I eat them, I am constipated for along time. I get out of patience,” said the 
younger. “QO younger brother Coon! O younger brother Coon! O younger brother 
Coon! We go to eat buffalo-berries, O younger brother Coon!” said the elder. ‘““O my 
elder brother! whenever I eat them, anulus meus prurit me, et scabo. I get out of patience,” 
said the younger. ‘O younger brother Coon! O younger brother Coon! O younger 
brother Coon! We will go to eat Crabs, O younger brother Coon!” said the elder. 
“Thanks, elder brother! Thanks, elder brother! elder brother, thanks! I always 
think of eating those alone,” said the younger. And they departed, planning as they 
went. They went towards a very large village of Crabs which was close by. ‘O elder 
brother! let us pretend to go and pay a friendly visit. And when they stand very 
thick around, let us attack them and eat them,” said the younger. “No, let us kill 
them one by one as they go for water; and then we can eat them,” said the elder 
brother. And the younger brother said, “No, I have a plan. Let us pretend to be 
dead on top of a ridge of hills, where the path which they take when they go after 
horses turns aside as it comes back this way.” ‘Yes, that will do. That shall be 
it,” said the elder. They went thither. And both lay flat on their backs in the path. 
They pretended to be dead. ‘Do your best,” said the elder. “No matter how they 
treat you,—even if they thrust their claws into your eyes, even if they tickle you on 
the side, even if they thrust their claws up your nostrils, even if they kick your head 
aside very suddenly with their toes,—do not stir.” At length one who had been 
seeking horses was coming back. He was coming back along the path. When he 
discovered them, he said, ‘Ci, ci, ci! those who are lying are two.” He went around 
them. Then he approached them. He kicked one aside suddenly, but the Raccoon 
lay without stirring at all. And the Crab went homeward to tell it. ‘Two of those 
whom you call Wa¢axuxe lie dead. Halloo!” said he. Those in the village sat as 
they were. ‘ Hark!” said he who heard the call. At length an old man, who had 
been sitting at a very remote place, heard the call, and went further homeward to 
tell it. “He says that two of the Wa¢axuxe lie dead. Halloo!” said he. The lodges 
were in great confusion.(i. e., they made a great commotion by talking and shouting.) 
