ICTINIKE, THE WOMEN, AND CHILD—AN OMAHA MYTH. 559 
ICTINIKE, THE WOMEN, AND CHILD—AN OMAHA MYTH. 
TOLD BY GEORGE MILLER. 
Kegi¢e Ietinike ama a¢é amaima. Egi¢e yf wi" gat te ama. Ni-ya™ha 
Atlength  Ictinike the was going, they At length lodge one of some sort was Bank of stream 
; (my. sub.) say. std., they say. 
v , yes 1 “ poms , ~ / / ~ , 
ke‘ya a¢a-bi a”, ni ké uhd-biama. Ni ké ma™taja yan‘de édedf ke ama, 
to the having gone, stream the followed, they say. Stream the beneath plum were there in abund- 
(ig. ob.) they say, (lg. (lg. ance, they say 
ob.) ob.) 
s , , S , ° , . . , 
jide ké ama. “ Wuhu+!” e¢éga™-biama. ‘yig¢ionudd-bi ega™, miydha 
red lay (or they Oh! he thought, they say. Having stripped off his clothing, raccoon skin 
in abund- say. they say, 
ance?) 
wie mya . t vw £ = . . , Bes = . 
peji ge ité¢a-bi a”, yan'de té ag¢ange did¢a-biama. Man¢in’ka ké ¢iq¢at’- 
bad the having put them plum. the divingon had gone, they say. Soil the seizing a 
many down, they say, ad .\ (col. account of (Ig. ob.) large hand- 
(in. ob.) \\n ob) 
. . . , Vas S / . S ey, , 
qti ¢iza-biama. Ag¢i-bi yi, da ba-bi yi, ma™¢in’ka té amd.  “ Wuhu+ !” 
ful took it, they say. Had come when, lookedatit, when, soil a they say. Oh! 
back (to they say mass 
land), they say 
d-biama. Ci ni kéya da™ba-bi yi ci yan’de té éga%qtida™ba-biama. Ci 
said, theysay. Again stream atthe looked atit, when again plum the just so saw, they say. Again 
: (ig. ob.) they say (col. ob.) 
° © ® , ~ , o fe s—/ *n/ 2 £ ® ~ 
éga"qti did¢a-biama. Ci éga"-biama, ma™¢in’ka-na® a¢i™ ag@¢i-biamad. Ci 
co) 5 ’ 5 
just so had gone, they say. Again was so, they say, soil only havingit he returned (to Again 
land), they say. 
da™ba-bi yi, ni kéya, ‘“Wahuat+!” a-biamdé. Ci yan’de ké jide ké ama, 
looked at it, when, stream at the Really ! said they say. Again plum the red in they 
they say (lg. ob.), he, (Ig.) abund- say 
line ance 
vil es . “7s . , fe , . cas . . , 
mi kéya. Ci égarqti aid¢a-biama. Ci égaqti ma"¢in’ka ¢izd-biama. 
stream at the. Again just so had gone, they say. Again just so soil took, they say. 
; , . Ne 7 O 207 . 1 peas 3 oy ela 
“Qat!” a-biama. Ci éga™qti did¢a-bi a”, ag¢i-bi yf, ma®é ké’ya t¢ixida- 
Whew! said, they say. Again justso having gone thither, hadcome when, cliff to the gazed, 
they say back (to 
land), they say 
bi yi, égi¢e yan’dehi ak’ ma" kéya Agadimuaqti f¢istagti naji” akéma. 
they when, behold plum trees the cliff at the having very heavy adhering to were std., they say. 
say (sub.) weight (of fruit) in bunches 
2 that bore down or clusters 
their branches 
Ki é nf keya niuwa¢ikiha’” ke-na” dAg¢angé-biamé. Wa¢aha pé'ji té 
And that stream atthe  reflectionin the water the only dived on account of that, Clothing bad the 
F (lg. ob.) they say. (col. 
zs ob.) 
, Pape toy as s 1°: if / Sees , fae ens pe / , , 
ag¢aha-bi a”, &di a¢a-bi a”, yan’de gé ¢isé ama, a¢ici’-bi a”. Ad¢é ama 
having put on his own, there having gone, plum the was pulling off, having put them into Was they 
they say they say (pl.ob,) they say, a blanket “‘ pocket ” going, say 
made by curving the 
left arm, they say. 
bo 
