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324 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
THE WARRIORS AND THE THREE SNAKES. 
ToLtp By NuDA®’-AxA, 
Niaci#ga nuda” ahi-biamé. Ag¢{-ja"-hna™-biamé. Egi¢e maja™ ja™ 
Men to war arrived, they say. They sre on the way homeregu- At length land sleep 
arly, they say. 
tai ¢a™ ag¢i-biamd. Egi¢e pee ae an ga (Ededi-ke ama). be uja™ uda”- 
will the they came back to, Behold Bice (were lying ee, they is to blesp very 
they say. say). 
qtia™, JES ete ¢ab¢i?-biama. Kgaxe ja”-biama. Egi¢e a“ba amd 
good, three they say. Ree pet oat they res ee day they pauls 
say 
jadésage (amd). Nuda”hanga aka u¢ixida- ons Egi¢e jat¢a qa ami, 
high wind (they say). War-chief iar) looked around, they say. Behold log 
Wée's‘a yan’ga akama. Hau, ¢é4 n| ‘piiiqtian. daha" i-gi, 4-biamaé. Wan'gi¢e 
Snake ies were, they Ho, servants! itis very bad. Arise, said he, they All 
Bay. say. 
id¢ixa ja” akama. Gan’ki ukig¢a’-biama. Kig¢idindi"’-biama. Ki yadé- 
with open were fies they And they took hold of one They held firmly to one another, And high 
mouth another, they say. they say. 
sage gasnu- hina? a¢a-biama. Uhan’ge naji” aka xagé naji’-biama. Ga™ 
wind blowing along went they say. The end stood ipey erying stood they say. And 
regular] ly 
gd-biamd: Hau, ¢é4"hal wétig¢a” wi™ i¢da¢é ti 4-biama. Ca™ inddda™ 
he said as fol- Ho, O servants! plan one Ihave found . said he, they In fact what 
jows, they say: Bay. 
jirjin’'ga a¢i™-bi ké’ ca™ b¢iga, ma” ké, hi*bé, mahi", wa‘t- Sant We's'a 
smallthings they had, the in fact all, arrow ay moccasins, knife, Pose gavetothem, Snake 
they say they say 
¢anké. Gan’ki f té A¢apti té éceta™ ga” ab¢age ké amd. W's ama 
the (ob.). And mouth the closed when that far 80 a calm (lay) they say. Snake the 
é ¢ajddesagé-biama id¢ixa ja” té. Gar ¢é g¢adi™ ja” ké’ datsi g¢é-hna?- 
that made wind with their with open they when. And this across it the leaping they went 
mouths, they say mouths lay lay (ob.) across homeward 
regularly 
biamd. Hau, ¢é%"hd! wi” pahan’gai-ga, 4-biama. Ga™ u¢f‘aga-biama, 
they say. Ho, O servants! one go ye before, said he, they And they were unwilling, 
say. they say, 
na™pe-hna®i té. Ahat! 4-biama. (é4"hA! wieb¢i" te, 4-biam4 nuda”- 
they poaren regu- as. Oho! said he, they O servants! Iam he will, said, they say war- 
larly say. 
hanga aké. Ca” inddda® ctéwa” nuda“hanga ¢ wacka™ ma™¢i” améga™ ¢ 
chief the. And what soever war-chief that ak an walks that ae that 
eno 
gaxe ma"¢i” améga" t’é te na pa-baji ga" ‘ wieb¢i® ta minke, 4-biama 
doing walks that ABS die will fears not Iam he will Ivwho, said, they say 
nuda” hanga aké. Ga™ nuda”hanga ¢inké &'di g¢é ama yi id¢ixa ja™ ama 
war-chief the. And war-chief — the there wasgoing when withopen was lying, 
homeward mouth they say 
