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332 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
amd. Ja*t’é yi/ji a™¢a ag¢d-biama wa‘i aké. gahé wi” wéahidé’qti édf 
a Sound when (oils went back, they say woman the. Hill one ata greatdistance there 
eep 
x égi¢e wa‘ akdé é¢a"be aki-biamd4. Céag¢i ¢, 4-biama. Wada™ba-bi 
a behold woman the insight cameback,theysay. Yonderhas that said they, they Looked at them, 
come back one, say. they say 
ega™, égi e, wat ak& eona” amdma. Ki gaé-biamdé: Kagéha Wana‘a™, 
tae behold. woman the alone was moving, And hesaidasfollows, My friend Listener, 
they say. they say: 
inkage ¢ingés hi. Ana‘an’-gi, 4-biam4. Ga™ Wana‘a” akaé Ana‘a’’-bi 
my friend is not Listen to him, said he, they And Wana‘a” the _ listened to him, 
say. they say 
ega”, égi¢e, ja”q¢ude dna‘a”-biama. Inkdge ja”t’e ké, 4-biamé. Hau, 
neue behold, snoring listened to him, they My friend sound lies, said he, they Ho, 
Say. asleep say. 
kagéha Ma*¢ida", igaska™ ¢a-gi ha, 4-biama. Ga™ Ma® ¢ida®san ga ma™ wi™ 
friend Pull-the-bow, make an attempt 5 said he, they Pull-the-bow-large arrow one 
say. 
¢izd-bi ega”, ma” ké ¢aqa”-biama, ki ¢ida™ ¢é¢a-biama. Ga™ nfaci"ga 
took it, having, arrow the bit off they say, and pailliany sent forcibly, they And man 
they say the bow say. 
¢éga™ ja’ te ké yi, Aaqti ké‘di i-biama Ma"¢fida™yafi’ga aké. Ga™ daha?- 
thus sound lay when, righton onthe wounded him, Mar¢ida™4aii’/ga the. And arose 
asleep the nose they say 
bi ega™, égi¢e wat aké ¢ingd-bitéama. Ga™ ag¢d-biama. Egi¢e wa‘i 
they having, beh woman the had disappeared: they And he went back, they Atlength woman 
say say. say. 
fine yan’géqtci ki ¢inké uq¢4-biama. Wa‘t ¢i" a”¢a ag¢a-bi ega™ nu 
very near to reached shewho he overtook, they Woman the leaving he went having man 
home Say. her homeward, 
they say 
ak& pahaii’ga akf-biamé. Ga™ wa‘i ¢inké uhi-biamé. Ga” wa‘ ¢inké 
the before reached (the goal), And woman the (ob.) he overcame, And woman the (ob.) 
(sub.) they say. they say. 
g¢a”-biamé nu aka. 
he married her, man _ the. 
they say 
NOTES. 
329, 10. in siya" i¢aka"ta™ hi. He tied stones to his ankles to keep himself from 
running too swiftly. 
380, 1. ka"b¢ edega®, i. ¢., ka™ b¢a édega*. 
330, 2. ka"b¢ega*, 7. e., ka™ b¢a éga™. 
330, 7. b¢é-dega” may ne “b¢é édegar.” 
331, 19. gatédi ja™-4 hé; 7. e., lie with your head i in my lap. 
332, 8. ¢ega™ jatt’e ke yi, when he lay sound asleep, with his face on his hand, 
having his cheek turned upward. 
The narrator made the following rhetorical prolongations in the text:—3829, 1. 
u+da*qti instead of uda™qti; 330, 15. a+kiéqti instead of akiéqti; 331, 7. b¢ut+gaqti 
instead of b¢ugaqti; 332, 1. wetahidéqti for weahidéqti; 382, 10. yan+géqtci for 
yangéqtei. 
