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556 THE GEGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
gixa-biama, hégaji. age ¢atcki¢a-biama Ictinike. Ki ag¢a-bi yi, 
he made, they say, not a few. Black he caused to eat, they say Ictinike. And he started when, 
walnuts home, they 
say 
na"bi¢ici" masaniha gisi¢aji gaxe o¢é amd. Ki ntyinga ta" é wagiké-bi 
glove on one side ‘not to re- pretend- he was starting And boy the that he Fecu his 
member ing home, they say. (std. (afore- own, they say 
an. ob.) said) 
ega™, “ Cé¢a™ i¢é¢i™ mar¢in’-gi! Qa*xadja igia™¢a ¢é¢a-ga! Décteda-na™,” 
as, That seen having it walk “anaah Ata great Finor it back to him, the He talks in- usu- 
(ev. ob.) for the distance owner ! cessantly ally, 
owner 
i-biama (Sin’ga aké). ki cin’gajin’ga ama i¢é¢i" a¢a-biamd. Qa?xdja 
said,they say (Flying- the (sub.). And child - the having it went, they say. Ata great 
squirrel) (mv. for the distance 
sub.) owner 
fgia“¢a ¢é¢e tabi yi, “Didiha! didiha!” a-biamd Ictinike aké. KE jéha 
iat was about to throw it back when, ‘This way! this way ! said, they say Tetinike the Further 
to the owner, they say (sub.). 
wéaga¢i® hi ama yi'ji, “ (hadi a” da"be hi te, uf¢a-gi,” 4-biama. ‘ Dadiha, 
having Sing m hewasreach- when, Your toseeme he shall, tell him, said he, they O father 
for the owners ing there, father reach say. 
they say there 
wacta™be ci te, ai,” 4-biamaé niyinga aka. “Gé wian’yuhai éga", Qa™xdja 
yousee them you shall, he — said, they say boy the + That we apprehended aN At a great 
reach said, (sub.). distance 
there 
weeia™¢a ¢é¢a-gi, aga] ¢a”cti,” 4-biama Sin’ga aké. Ga™ @'di da™be 
aber it back to them, the we said heretofore, said, they say Flvi ine. the And there to see 
owners, squirrel (sub.). him 
a¢a-biama Sin'ga ama, Tetinike. E’di hi ama yj, Ictinike akA wéyu ¢izd-bi 
went, they say Flying- the (mv. Ictinike. There he was when,  Ictinike the awl took it, they 
squirrel sub.), reaching (sub.) say 
there, 
they say 
ega™, uf té Agine a¢i-biama. Pahaciaja éctiama¢a™qti ahi-bi yi’ji, candé ¢a® 
as, lodge the climbing went, they say. At the top he barely he reached when scrotum the 
(std. his own there, part 
ob.) they say 
jayiha-biama. Ki wami sAbéqti badija-biama. “Qé! nicjiqtel yiyaxe ¢ aha”, # 
‘stabbed himself,they And blood very black he forced out by stab- Why! not paining he made 
say. bing, they say. at all for himself, 
A-biama Sin’ga aka. Sin’ga aka wayu ¢izi-bi ega”, vi té dne aga-biama. 
said, they say Flying- the Flying- the awl he tuok, they — as lodge the climb- he went, they say. 
squirrel (sub.). squirrel (stub.) say es ing 
ob.) 
Ki yage hégajiqti gidxa-biama Sin’ga aka Ictinike. 
And Black an exceedingly mace they say Flying- the Ictinike. 
walnuts great number for him, squirrel (sub.) 
NOTES. 
Ictinike married after his adventure with the gaoninge, as told in the preceding 
part of the myth. The order of his adventures is as follows: 1. With the Buzzard 
(see pp. 74-77). 2. With gaoninge. 3. With the Beaver. 4. With the Muskrat. 5. 
With the Kingfisher. 6. With the Flying-squirrel. 
The four Creators were the Beaver, whose deeds are told in the myth; the Musk- 
rat, who made rice out of water, roots of trees, and men; the Flying-squirrel, who 
made nuts of his ““cande”; and the Kingfisher, who made all the fishes. 
554, 16. Naxidecka"ni (O.), eq. to Nida"-b¢eya (P.), the blue kingfisher. - F. La Fléche. 
