ICTINIKE AND THE CHIPMUNK. 551 
e¢ige tai. Nikacitga uké¢i" i i¢icka’’¢é tai, ¢i¢ate tai, 7. e. “Ho, you who are out 
they call shall Indian mouth madeto shall they eat shall 
you move by you 
ry ou 
of sight! You shall be called ‘da"qé!’ Indians shall move their mouths on account 
of you! they shall eat you!” 
qa¢i™ na*paji’s version follows: The striped chipmunk ridiculed Ietinike and ran into 
hisden. Tetinike took sticks, which he thrust into the den in order to reach the striped 
chipmunk. But the latter bit off the ends again and again (¢ada"da™ pa) till each stick 
was not more than four inches long. Ictinike threw the da™gé stick among the ja 
(sunflowers, ete.). Uspaspa, nihanga a¢a‘abe éga™ (hollow places, resembling those 
seen where there is a spring on a hillside?) refers to the place where he threw the 
piece of the potato vine. He threw the piece of the turnip on the hill and the plum 
stick among the ‘“ yandehi cugaqti” (very dense plum trees). 
It is evident that the last informant modified his language, not caring to tell the 
myth exactly as he had heard it. 
TRANSLATION. 
After punishing the Buzzard, Ictinike resamed his wanderings. He stopped 
somewhere for the night, wrapped himself in his robe of raccoon skins, and lay down. 
Before he woke in the morning, membrum virile riguit, carrying the robe up into the 
air. And the robe continued waving to and tro far above the head of Ietinike. At 
length Iectinike awoke, and when he beheld the robe it gave him needless trouble. 
Just as he said, “ Fie! this is the Buzzard! Howcan you possibly take your revenge 
on me? Iam awake,” the robe was coming down again very slowly. ‘Then he ree- 
ognized it. ‘“ Bother! how could J have been deceived by my own robe!” So he 
wrapped up the membrum virile and journeyed on till he came suddenly upon a striped 
chipmunk. The latter said, “Tsi-tsi-tsi!” ‘Do not say that again,” said Ictinike, 
but the chipmunk repeated the cry. “ Whew! he veally underrates me,” said Ictinike, 
enraged at the chipmunk, whom he chased into his retreat in the side of a bank. Twn 
Ictinike membrum virile explicuit, et in foramen id trusit donee Tamiam vario colore 
distinctum tetegit. Hic partem membri quod longissimum erat, praemordit. I taque mem- 
brum ulterius intrusit. Iterum Tamias vario colore distinctus partem praemordit, et sic 
Sacere non intermisit. Tum divit, 'Tsi-tsi-tsi.” “Sane,” inquit Ictinike “ dic, = Mery tei, 
tal?” Tum membrum ex foramine extraxit.  Miratus est id tam saepe praemorsum esse ut 
modo curtissima pars remaneret. TItaque in foramen manum trusit et membri partem ex- 
traxit. As he threw it far to one side he exclaimed, “ You shall be called, Hazi (?ha, 
skin ; zi, yellow).” And grape-vines came out of the place where it had fallen. Again 
he thrust his hand in and took out another piece, which he hurled aside, saying, ‘ You 
shall be called, ypande.” And plum bushes (yande hi) sprang up from the ground 
where the piece had fallen. In like manner he accomplished the creation of all kinds 
of fruits and vegetables. 
