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THE ORPHAN: A PAWNEE LEGEND. 341 
NOTES. 
334, 1. Wakanda, as here used, means “The Great Spirit,” not ‘a deity.” 
335, 1. q¢arje, equivalent to “q¢a™-baji” or  gahaji,” uncombed. 
335, 1. 4i ké refers to the shape of the Pawnee camp. 
335, 5. Sanssouci, the Omaha ex-interpreter, said that the Orphan had so great an 
appetite that the Pawnees grew tired of him. They put him on the ground, flat on his 
back, and fastened down his hands and feet with tent-pins. A wolf approached him. 
The Orphan told his trouble; whereupon the wolf pulled out the tent-pins, and took 
him to the camp. 
335, 6. ¢éaké aka ha: “This is he for whom we have been hunting;” said by one 
not a relation, on discovering the object suddenly. Compare “yejinga aka é aka hi,” 
p. 156, note on 149, 12. : 
335, 7. egi¢e wage duba akama. Wage ama jat’é ké yi da”be ahii té i¢a‘e¢é 
ga’ qtiati: “When the white men arrived there to look at him as he lay sound asleep, 
they had compassion on him in reference to something.” They thought that the Great 
Spirit pitied the Orphan, who was poor; and this caused them to help him. 
335, 8. ugagq¢a™ ujetige, the road made by the party in moving along. 
335, 17. uhe u¢uciqti ¢aqi te hé, you will pitch the tent directly at the front, ahead 
of the party. 
336, 8. hi"+ ehna®-biama: The old woman was so astonished that she could say 
nothing else. 
338, 16. igiga" ... . g¢uba gi‘i-biama. This must not be taken literally, as he 
sent the people to his own lodge with great piles of goods. 
339, 13. na*pa agihi-maja cenawa¢éqti wa¢i® a-i-bi ai a¢a, a-biama. Here ‘ya,” to, 
at, in “agihi-maqa,” has the force of from. Compare “ wenuda® ati-hna®-biama nika- 
ci"ga aji amaja,” in the myth of the Turtle on the war-path, 254, 2. Note the several 
speakers implied in this sentence. Some one who witnessed the attack gave the 
alarm, saying, ‘Napa agihi-maqja cenawa¢éqti wa¢i" a-ii a¢a.” Those who heard this, 
but who were not witnesses of the attack, said, ‘Na™pa agihi-maja cenawa¢éqti wa¢i" 
a-i-bi ai a¢a.” The narrator of the myth, in repeating this to the collector, added to 
it “4-biamaé:” “It is reported that they said it.” 
339, 19. eceqti-hna® ¢a™cti. The woman was cross, waji"-pibaji. She remembered 
the words of her husband, the Orphan, whom she reminds of what he had said:—“ You 
did say that. Remember this, and act accordingly.”—Sanssouci. 
The narrator made the following rhetorical prolongations :—3884, 1. pahattgaqtei, 
sees 
TRANSLATION. 
At the very first the Pawnees knew the Great Spirit. They were always numerous. 
They went on the hunt. A real Orphan dwelt in a lodge with his grandmother, who 
was a very aged woman. The grandmother used to carry her tent-skin, one that was 
worn by use. The Orphan had a bow. His skin robe was unsightly, and his hair was 
always uncombed. He lived by visiting the lodges and begging. He went throughout 
the camp, from one end to the other, visiting the lodges and begging for food. They 
called him “The Beggar;”. they made him have the name. They removed the camp. 
