578 THE ¢EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
minke ¢a™ja, jangéga"-mace Agahdi-gi. Egi¢e ictd ¢ab¢a taf. Wir ictd 
you (pl) though, ye who are somewhat be ye outside: Beware eye you open leet One eye 
(pl.) 
large 
¢ab¢ai yi, icta ¢ijide tafte ha,” d-biamaé. Ga™ waa-biama. “ Heé! 
you (pl) if, eye you red shall : said he, they And sang, they say. Alas! 
open (pl.) say. e 
sy bad ae MO ross 1 . . ; 
wada™be ¢inké! Teta jidé! Teta jidé! I be-na" ¢i‘an’dje! I™be-na" 
looker the one eye red! eye red! Tail(of regu- heopensout! ‘Tail(of regu- 
who! bird) larly bird) larly 
: : ee -0 , . 5 1 ee . . . ° 
¢ifan’dje.”  pangd-ma a¢uta" wa¢izi-bi a”, Wiha uji g¢i"-bi a”, wi” 
he opens out. The large ones of: night having taken them, sack filling having sat, they one 
(pl. ob.) they say, say, 
[He one them wherever they were] 
ictaxa"xa" gaxa-bi yi, “Téna’! na¢uhaqti yangéga™ afi’ga¢i® cénaawa¢é 
eyes opened a made, they when, Why! almost us who are somewhat large exterminating 
little say (pl. ob.) us 
a¢é aka ha,” 4-bi a”, “Kut!” & ga", gia” a¢d-biamé. Qéaka Mactcin’ge-i” 
heis going . having said, Sound of <u as eine went, they say. This one Rabbit 
they say, whirr of the (sub.) 
wings! 
. ays . / . 
wai” ag¢a-bi a”, aki-bi a”, “yathd, gaké égi¢e cta”be te. Awa‘i® 
carrying having gone ~ having reached Grandmother, that beware youlook lest. I carried 
a bundle homeward, they home, they (lg. ob.) at it it on 
or pack say, say, my back 
on his 
back 
ag¢i ¢a™ja, akida g¢in’-ga,” 4-biamé. Egi¢e naqpe gas¢ ¢é ama. “ Edada® 
Ieame though, guarding sit, said he, they Atlength aspit tocut was going, What 
home it say. they say. 
. : rie as ¥; . . S 
‘i”o¢i eda”” e¢éga™-bi a” iya™ aka wiha ké ¢icka-bi a”, wada™be 41, 
did he 2? (fem. having thought, his grand- the sack the having untied, looked when, 
bring soliloquy) they say « mother (sub.) (lg. ob.) they say 
home 
on his 
back 
ee he , ° eS d sa Teas, y , ® 
b¢tiga gia’-bi a”, qide yi té sdpiqtia” gihuya™ té fhe ag¢a-bi a”, 
all having flown, they grass lodge the hitting hard smoke-hole the passing having started 
say, (std. against it (std. that home, they say, 
ob.) ob.) way - 
na” ji'etcé’qtci wi" waté igaq¢i ama iya™” ¢inké. Egi¢e aki-biama ha 
barely one skirt was killing it with, his the st. Atlength reached home, 
they say grand- one. they say 
mother 
Mactein’ge-i” ama. ‘“Hi"! cpa¢a” ‘ag¢adgi¢é i¢anahi” eha'+,” 4-biama. 
Rabbit the Oh! grandchild Ihave made my I truly ! (fem.) said she, they 
(my. sub.). own sutfer Say. 
“Wahua! yatha, cta”baji te, ehé ¢a™ecti.” Ga” Zizika ¢inké ¢iond aka 
Really! grand- youarenottolook Isaid formerly. And Turkey theone was stripping 
mother, at it, ; who (ob.) off its feathers 
Mactein’ge-i” aka. (hiona-bi a”, ¢icta’-bi yi’, ci dada-bi a”, cibe té 
Rabbit the having stripped off its finished, when, again having dissected entrail, the 
(sub.). feathers, they say, they say it, they say, (col. 
ob.) 
¢iza-bi a”, iya” ¢inké gift ¢é¢a-bi a”, ‘ya"ha, gaté cibe té ¢izd-gi 
having taken, his grand- the aap having sent sud- Grand- that entrail the take it 
they say, mother (st.ob.) hisown denly, they say, mother, (col. ob.) 
ob.) 
a ie , , ma oe iS t 
ha.” Iya™ ¢inké wa¢ita" man‘g¢e naji” ¥i, wami gayé hébe gia™¢a ¢é¢a-bi a”, 
! His theone working erect stood when, blood lump part having thrown away at Reed 
grand- who (ob.) they say, 
mother 
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