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442 ‘THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
Hajitiga wéka"ta’i éga™, fki wAbaqtai. Hau! nikawasa™, ¢é¢u wafi i gi¢e 
Cord they ticd them with as, chin they tied them. Ho! warrior, here 
iskfe Ui¢a™ o¢i“i-ga, ehé. Nikawasa™, nuda™hanga edabe, a pane eet 
ga, ’ g ) 
together BOUENE sit ye, I said. Warrior, war-chief also, they found me out 
hem . 
etéwa™-baji. Pi ati’gi‘a™ taf, ehé. Ucté amd wagdq¢a™ amd can’ ge-ma 
in the least not. Anew let us doit to him, I said. The rest servants the (sub.) the horses 
waka™ tai ga” cka™aji t¢a™ g¢i”i. Hau! nida*hanga, 6’di anga¢e té, ehé. 
tied them so motionless holding sat. Ho! O war-chief, there letustwogo, Isaid. 
em 
E’di angd¢e, na™ba ¢éga.. Ugahanadaze, ca” bamamaxe afiga¢ai. 
There we went, two thus. Darkness, yet bowing the head we went. 
repeatedly 
Egazéze ga’ qti yf amé. Nuda™hangé, yf uhan’ge dma téya hnéd td, ehé. 
aise cet so they camped. O war- chief,” tent end theone tothe you go will, T said. 
Atha, &di béé t& minke, ai. Qi, Awaté/di ond ta, ai. i uhan’ge dma 
Yes, there Igo will Iwho, saidhe. You, by which yougo will? said Tent end the 
he. other 
té’ja b¢é t& minke, niida*hanga, ehé. ‘A qti ctéctewa” diba wab¢i" ag¢i 
tothe Igo will Iwho, O war-chief, Isaid. Justhow notwithstanding some Ihave Ihave 
it happens them come 
ta minke, ehé. E/di b¢é. Egi¢e can’ge-ma yijébeqti ugdck i¢a™ wa¢ai ama. 
will Iwho, Isaid. There Iwent. Atlength the Sirs (at) the very fastened they had been placed. 
door 
E’di pf. Can’ge amd 4ji a®wa ¢ib¢a™i éga™, fathaf. Mahi" ag¢ize ga” 
There I Horse the different they smelt me as, they fled Knife I took my so 
arrived. (pl. sub.) . for that reason. 
wéka"ta® gS mdawdsasa; wadasi ag¢é. Hau! nikawasa”, ¢éama ci d‘iba 
lariat the I cut them ahr I drove them Twent Ho! O warrior, these again some 
(ob. edly; homeward. 
ci wab¢i" agi, ehé. A” ¢istibai. Ha! nuda”hanga! ha! nuda”hanga! 
again Ihave Ihave Isaid. They extended their Thanks! war- Aaa? thanks! war-chief! 
them come, hands towards me. 
ha! nuda”hatiga! ntiida™hangd, wéonaa¢dgi¢é, ail. Ha™ wirdqtci té, 
thanks! war-chief! O war-chief, you cause us to bethankful, saidthey. Night justone when, 
na*ba™ wib¢ize. Hau! Wag¢i"i-ga! wag¢i"i-ga! wag¢ini-ga! ehé Can’ge-ma 
twice I took them. Ho! Sit on them! sit on them! sit on si Isaid. The horses (ob.) 
wigajad i¢a’¢ati. Can’ge dg¢i"-baji amédega™ uskaskaqti dagajade ga” 
they straddled they did it Hors a ae ridden it was of that directly (on it) I straddled so 
them ees sort 
dag¢i® ga” yig¢ijemuxa ga”, a™a¢aqti i¢é¢ai. Hau! nikawasa™, sind¢hadi 
I sat on it oa kicking up his heels _ so, he threw me very far away. Ho! warrior, at the tail 
i¢a™ ¢ai-gi. Angig¢e tabacd, ehé. Ca” ¢iskié’qti angdg¢ai. Ca™ a®na™abat. 
place him. We gohomeward must, Isaid. And alltogether we went home- We rode till day. 
ward. 
Gicka™qti ang¢i”i, Ca™qti a™na”mi"™¢uma”cii. Hdihi yi, ana” cta?i. 
Very rapidly we sat. We rode even till noon. It arrived when, we stopped going. 
Cka™aji¢a’i. Egasini yi, mi ké cktbe hi. gnite wawakan’di¢al. 
They were suddenly Thenextday when, snow’ the deep j Feeling we were impatient from. 
motionless. cold 
gnidwatai, snidwatai! Né¢é ada", ai. Can’ge-ma wedag¢ae. (iéta" a¢in’-ga, 
We are cold, Weare cold! To kindle aa said The horses I divided This one have thou, 
a fire they. among them. 
ehé dé¢ab¢i’a®. Ké! ca” angdg¢e tai. Gicka™qti atig¢i“i. Ca™qti ci 
I said eight times. Come! still let us go homeward. Very rapidly we sat. Still, indeed again 
