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The next morning the erier passed through the village, commanding the people to be 
stirring. And they said, “ paqtigikidabi is the one for whom they are to kill the 
game.” So they went hunting. They scared some animals out of a dense forest, and 
thus they shot at them. The Rabbit went thither very quickly. But he found that 
the Giant had anticipated him, having taken all the game as he departed. When 
the Rabbit heard the shooting in another place, he went thither immediately, but again 
he found that the Giant had anticipated him. “This is provoking!” thought the Rab- 
bit. When some persons shot at the game in another place, the Rabbit noticed it and 
went thither immediately, arriving there in advance of the Giant. “ Friend,” said he 
to the man who had killed the deer, “Jet us cutit up!” But the man was unwilling, 
saying, “No, friend, qaqtigikidabi will come by and by.” “Fie! friend, when one 
kills animals he cuts them up and then makes an equal distribution of the pieces,” 
said the Rabbit. Still the man refused, as he feared the Giant. So the Rabbit rushed 
forward and grasped the deer by the feet. 
When he had slit the skin the Giant arrived. “You have done wrong! Let it alone!” 
saidhe. “What have I done wrong?” said the Rabbit. ‘ When one kills game, he cuts 
it up and makes an eyual distribution of the pieces.” “ Let it alone, I say,” said the 
Giant. But the Rabbit continued to insert the knife in the meat. “ F will blow that thing 
into the air,” said the Giant. ‘Blow me into the air! Blow me into the air!” said the 
Rabbit. So the Giant went closer to him, and when he blew at him the Rabbit went 
up into the air with his fur blown apart, Striding on, the Giant seized the deer, put 
it through his belt, and departed. That was his custom: he used to suspend all the 
deer that were slain by his belt and take them to his lodge. He was a very tall per- 
son. At night the Rabbit wandered about, and finally went all round the Giant’s 
lodge. He seized an insect (louse) and said to it, ““O, insect, you shall go and bite 
him right in the side.” Atlength, when it was morning, it was said that the Giant was 
ill. His side itched him. And as he continued to scrateh there, he made a hole in 
his flesh, and died. And the people said, “‘ Make a village for the Rabbit!” But the 
Rabbit said, “ I do not wish to be chief. I left my poor old woman by herself, so I 
will return to her.” 
THE RABBIT AND THE TURKEYS. 
TOLD BY GEORGE MILLER. 
Mactcin‘ge-i” amd a¢é amdma. EKei¢e Ziztka d‘iba édedf amma. 
Rabbit the (mv. was going, they At length Turkey some were there, they say. 
sub.) say. Sa 
ate Pai fi Foie P Pn nse Aine ae, P 
K'di ahi-bi a”, “ Gfi-g ha, wiquya taf minke,” 4-biamé. Ga™ Ziztka ama 
There having arrived, Come ye ! I will sing for you (pl.), said he, they And Turkey the (pl. 
they say, say. sub.) 
a . / a ~ f ees . , . , , 
ati-bia”, “Ahati! wéquya tai ha, Mactcin‘ge-i",” 4-biamd. “ Wiquya taf 
having come, Oho! singforus will . Rabbit, said they, they I sing for 
they say, say, 
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