ICTINIKE AND THE TURTLE—AN OMAHA MYTH. 565 
akd fyi¢d-biamd. y¢ ¢inké ba‘t-bi a”, ¢izi-bi a”, ye-Anita té wi” u¢a™i 
the awoke, they say. Turtle the (st. having pushed into having taken it, animal the one grasped 
(sub.) ob.) the ashes to find the they say, limbs it 
turtle, they say 
ega™, ¢ida” yi sitar¢e’qti ¢izé gi. “Sal” (A-biama Ictinike aka) Ci wit 
having, pulled when only that and he took was Pshaw! (said, they say  Ictinike the Again one 
it nothing else it coming (sub.) 
back 
té éga" yi ci éga%qti sifar¢é ¢izé ama. “Qa!” ¢ ga®, ci wi" té ize 
the so when again just so only that he was taking, Bshaw! said as, again one the took 
they say. it 
y ye Le v/ . , Sey ; 2 ay ” f : 1y *n/ S ar, = 
i ci si‘a¢ée'qti ega" ¢ize ama. “Qa+!” é€ ga, ci wi" té ¢ize HI, 
when again only that 80 he was taking, Pshaw ! said as again one the took when, 
they say. 
ci éga™ si‘a¢e’qtei ¢izé ama. “Qé-i-na+! fja"xe-a’, ¢aja”aji te ehé ¢a™cti.” 
again so only that was taking it, Surprising! O Tja"xe, you sleep shall Isaid formerly. 
they say. not 
° nf ° Panta / / ares “ / So i a L * , 
Tja"xe yig¢fyuba-bi a”, a“ he-na"’-bi 1, “A™haji-ga,” éma™-biamd. “ Qa- 
Tja"xe having scratched his own, fled often, they when, Do not flee, said often, they say. Sur- 
they say, say 
: / ape (Pp SOS Tay aan , 
i-na+! A™ha™, ag¢dsni™ ¢a™cti,” A-biama. 
prising! Yes, I devoured it, formerly, said he, they 
my own say. 
NOTES. 
Another version is given on pp. 60-69. George Miller did not know any more of 
the version just given, so it ends rather abruptly. See White Eagle’s Ponka version 
on p. 66. 563,3, et passim. a, having (not they say), same as ega™. 
564, 18. ugidada® used instead of ubada® or uibada™ because the Coyote had already 
eaten all the flesh of the turtle, so it was inside of him and part of him, his own prop- 
erty, so the bones, too, had become his. In the myth of Ictinike, the women, and 
child, ugig¢a" is used instead of ug¢a" or uig¢a”, to describe Ictinike’s act, though he 
had not yet eaten the child. 
TRANSLATION. 
Ictinike was journeying. When he came insight at a bend of a stream, a Big 
Turtle was sitting there in a sheltered place warmed by the sun. Ictinike drew him- 
self back out of sight, crouching at intervals as he retraced his steps, and ran down 
the hill to the place where the Big Turtle was. “Why! how is that you continue to 
pay no attention to what is going on? It has been said that yonder stream is to dry 
up, so all the quadrupeds that frequent the water have kept close to the (deep?) 
water,” said Ictinike. And the Big Turtle said, “Why! I have_been coming here reg- 
ularly, but I have not heard anything at all. 1 usually come and sit in this place when 
the sun gets as high as it is at present.” ‘“ Hurry !” said Iectinike, ‘*for some of the 
young men died very soon for want of water. The young otters died, so did the young 
muskrats, the young beavers, and the young raccoons.” 
“Come, let us go,” said the Big Turtle. So Ictinike departed with him. As 
he accompanied him, Ictinike sought for a dry bone. Having found one that would 
be good as a club, Ictinike said, “ Friend, go on. Mingam.” When he was alone, 
Ietinike seized the bone, and soon overtook the Big Turtle, walking beside him, 
