334 THE #EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
whole earth, wheresoever they are. And they said again as follows: “Let the men eat. 
Cook ye for them.” All the villagers cooked for them. They carried many kettles 
thither, also water. And the youth said as follows: “My friends, we cannot eat it 
all.” And Ni-¢Ata"-yaigé (He-who-drank-much-water) said as follows: ‘“ My friend, we 
shall devour it.” “Yes, my friend,” said the other one. All ate. Though they ate, 
Ni-¢ata™-yanga took a kettleful and belted it down. And he swallowed all the water. 
At length they ceased. 
“There is one woman who is very swift at running. If you run a race together, 
and you come back ahead of her, you can marry the other woman,” said the people. 
At length I°“é-sfya"-ika"ta” said as follows: “TI will go with her,” referring to the 
woman. And he went with her; I‘é-siya"-ika"ta™ went with the woman. She arrived 
with the man at the land whence she was accustomed to be coming back with them 
when she ran races. Said the woman, “I always go homeward from this place with 
those whom I accompany. Let us rest now.” And when he sat with her, the woman 
said as follows: ‘Lie in that place.” When she said it, she hunted lice for him. And 
the reclining man was sound asleep. When he was sound asleep, the woman left him 
and went homeward. The woman came in sight again on a very distant hill. ‘Yonder 
they come,” said they. When they looked, behold, the woman was coming alone. And 
the youth said as follows: “Friend Wana‘a" (Listener), my friend is missing. Listen 
to him.” And Wana‘a® listened to him. And, behold, he heard him snoring. “My 
friend lies sound asleep,” said he. “Ho, friend Ma™¢ida™ (Pull-the-bow), make an 
attempt,” said the youth. And big Ma*¢ida” took an arrow and bit off the end, and 
pulling the bow, he sent the arrow with great force. And when the man lay thus, 
sound asleep, me Man¢ida" wounded him right on the nose. And when he arose, 
behold, the woman had disappeared. And I™‘é-siya®ika™ta”’ went back. At length, 
when the woman had nearly reached home, he overtook her. Having gone homeward, 
the man left the woman behind, and reached the goal before her. So he overcame 
the woman; and the youth married the other woman. 
THE ORPHAN: A PAWNEE LEGEND. 
DICTATED IN (/EGrIA BY BiG ELK, AN OMAHA. 
Pahan’gaqtei qa¢i® am&é Wakan‘da ¢inké fbaha™-biama. Héga-baji- 
At the very first Pawnee the Deity the knew him, they say. ‘They were always 
hna”-biamd. Gaq¢a™ a¢di-biamd. Waha"™ ¢icigé’qti Bee juigig¢a-biama, 
numerous, they say. On the hunt they went, they , A real orphan his he with his own, thee 
say. grandmother say, 
3 waityingdqtci, sig ¢e. Liha ¢iq¢ige gii’-hna"-biama iya™ ama. Waha’’- 
a very old woman, dwelt. Tent-skin worn by c eed her own regularly, his the. 5 
use they say grandmother 
¢icige akA man‘de ké a¢i’’-biama Waii™ ¢a® cti pfiji, ba waii’; najfha 
phan the bow the had they say. Tobe the too bad, skin robe; hair 
