550 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
q¢ag¢aidja-ga! In¢éni taté. Qitida® taté ha,” 4-biama Tetinike akdi. Ci 
flesh often with your You eseape shall. It shall be good . said, they say Tetinike the Again 
teeth! from me for vou (sub.) 
, , : f~ VOUGe TIL, Ne , eraee Z Yon! ff P Eye “ni 
eytha ¢cé¢a-biamda jé ké. Ci hébe ¢asi-biamd. Ca™ éga"-hna®™ ¢asé agi” 
further sent, they say mem- the Again part bit off, they say. Still so only biting having 
brum (lg. off it 
virile ob.) 
a¢a-biama. Ki, ‘Tsi-tsi-tsi!” 4-biamda yaonin’ge aka. “A™ha™, Tef-tci-tef, 
he went, they say. And Tsi-tsi-tsi! said, they say Streaked chip- the Yes, Tei-tei-tei, 
munk. (sub.) 
, S or; , FTS9) oe . , Chi fs ie 72 , , ” fia . 
d-gi ha. (fivida® taté hi,” 4-biama Ietinike aka. “Kata” éda® e¢éga®-bi 
say ! It shall be good : said, they say Ictinike the What can be 2 he thought, 
jor you (sub.) the matter they say 
ega”, Ictinike aki jé ké g¢iza-biama. Ki égi¢e teéckagtci u¢acta- 
having Ictinike the mem- the took his back, they And behold very short it remained 
(sub) brum (lg. say. of a (lg. ob.) 
virile ob.) 
bikéama. ‘‘ He+-i-ci! a ¢ijudji tnahi" Aha",” 4-bi ega™, g¢i‘uda-biama. 
after biting, Alas! he has made truly ! said, they having took his out of the hole, 
they say. me suffer say 4 they say. 
- , . ey, ; / 5 1 bes * 9 
Ca” hébe g¢iza-bi té udta™ a™¢a ¢é¢a-bi-dé, “ Ganinke hazi ¢i¢ade tal,’ 
Then part took his, when next threw it away, they say, You who are grapes they call — shall 
they say when (as) that (unseen) you 
i ps re . 1 "T° . Ful Y rs J 
a-biama. [Xi edita" maja™ ¢a"™ hazihi é¢a"ba-biama. Ki’ ei hébe g¢iza-bi 
said, they say. And from that land the grape-vines came out of, they say. And again part took his, 
they say 
ega™, ci a” ¢a ¢é¢a-biama. “Ganinke yan‘de ¢i¢ade tai,” 4-biama. Ki 
having, again threw it away, they say. You who are plums they call shail, said, they say. And 
that (unseen) you 
xe / el ; . if 2 2 x , ene 2 
edita® yan'dehi é¢a"ba-biama, Ca” éga™ waqta ké -b¢tiga ugdciba-biama. 
from that plum-trees came insight, they say. Then 8o fruit the all he accomplished (the 
making of) all, they say. 
NOTES. 
This myth should follow that of Ictinike and the Buzzard. (See pp. 74-77.) It 
should precede that of Ietinike and the Four Creators. 
552, 3. Tci-tci-tci! Could this have been intended as the explanation of the ori- 
gin of the verb, tci, coi ? : 
Le da u¢iqaga told part of this myth, as follows: (bétédedi-biama Laonin’ge. 
There was they say Striped 
2 here chipmunk. 
“T-eti-ni-ké ga-¢ir-cé!  Cat-te-¢& ¢a-gi-i” — ¢a-¢im-cé,  ¢A¢i-cé! ~~ Hé-cka-¢a-¢a! 
Ictinike you who Letting it you carry you who you who 
move alone yours on move move 
your back 
Te!te!te!te!te!” a-biama. “ Wit! nikaci"ga ieta gan/ga pé/ji,” 4 biama Ictinike aka. 
Ah! person eye big bad said they Ictinike the 
say (sub.) 
[It is said that there was a striped chipmunk. And they sang thus: “O I- 
ctinike, you who move! You who move, you who move carrying your own on your 
back though you do not disturb it! He-cka-¢a-¢a! Te!te!te! te! te!” “Ah! the bad 
person with big eyes!” said Ictinike.] Then Ictinike took four sticks (sic), one being 
part of a da’qé (artichoke? ), one part of a potato plant, the third a turnip or a part of 
that plant, and the fourth part of a plum tree. He threw them among the ‘‘ja” (veg 
etation resembling and including sunflowers), saying to the first, Han, ga-ninke da™qé 
Ho! you who are arti 
that unseen choke 
one 
