390 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
NOTES. 
The exact meaning of Icibaji is uncertain: it may mean, “‘ He to whom they do not 
give any wages.” This is still a sacred name in the je-sinde gens, being borne by a 
son of the present head of the gens. 
384, 7. ja®-weti™. This was about two feet long, and four inches in diameter. 
385, 4. ga®-biama, in this way. The narrator said this when he imitated the action. 
386, 3. nanka ké ziki¢a-biama. He made his back like that of the sparrow-hawk. 
386, 7-8. ya"be-ona™ ctecte ma? te ha, in poiwere, ‘ata-ona qe hau” td,” I wish to 
see him at any rate; but ‘“ga™be te-hna” cte ma” te ha,” in coiwere, “at& yi tanyi hau™ 
t6,” I cannot do anything else, I must see him at all events.—Sanssouci. 
387, 7. ikinewaki¢a-biama. ‘The father of Icibaji was so proud of his son’s success 
that he let the people scramble for the possession of all his property, as well as for his 
ponies. Chips were thrown into the air, each representing a piece of property. Who- 
ever caught the chip as it descended, won the article. There were other adventures 
of the two, but I have not preserved them in @egiha. Only one of these was gained 
and written in English, and it occurred after the adventures given here in the text. 
Mothers used to scare their children, telling them that Icibaji or jexuja™ would catch 
them if they did not behave. 
TRANSLATION. 
A man took a wife and had one child. The boy did not hunt at all, he did not 
travel at all; indeed, he did nothing at all; as he was fond of the women, he was always 
talking to them. The people laughed at him and derided him as a boy without any 
sense. The father was the only one who spared him. He became a man; but he had 
no bow, and he was without any other weapons. The boy made a four-sided club, 
which he always had with him. When the people saw it, they always laughed at it. 
And hostile nations were continually going on the war-path; but this Icibaji never 
went, as he knew nothing about it. At length he made sacred two quill-feathers of a 
sparrow-hawk. He did this secretly. No one knew that he had them. At length 
Icibaji heard the men speak of going on the war-path. When they were talking to 
each other by stealth, Icibaji overheard them. And he thought, “TI will go thither.” 
But he did not tell it to any one at all. When his mother was not at the lodge, he took 
his quill-feathers and departed. When it was night Icibaji walked, watching very closely 
those who desired to go on the war-path. At length when day was near, they went on 
the war-path. And when they arrived some distance from the village, they sat down. 
And the rest assembling, one by one, came and stood; they assembled themselves. It 
happened that the war-chief did not know that Icibaji had joined the party. All of 
the warriors arrived. At length Icibaji was visible at the rear, peeping thus. And 
the warriors said as follows: ‘“‘O war-chief! one has come.” And the war-chief said 
as follows: “‘O warriors! begone and see who it is.” And when two servants went to 
see, behold, it was Icibaji. And when they returned to the war-chief, they said, “O 
war-chief! Icibajiis the one.” The war-chief was very glad. “O warriors! bring him 
hither. When he walked talking about the women, you were bound to laugh at him; 
but now it is otherwise.” They went for him and brought him back. Behold, he had 
