THE RABBIT AND THE TURKEYS. a9 
hiuta”na te’di, “Wuhu+! yathd, tea ¢agi¢e’qti ja”,” A-biama. Gan’ yi 
pudendum at the, Oho! grand- you have indeed killed me, said he, they And then 
mulebre (in mother, your relation, say. 
this case) 
OC , *n/ / Ore | : / mye a 1aO , Nn 
wa‘tyinga aka, “Hi”, cpa¢a™, t’edgi¢é’-qti ma™ eha"+,” 4-biamd. Ga’ 
old woman the Oh! grandchild, I have indeed killed him, ! (fem. in said she, they Aud 
(sub.), my own soliloquy), say. 
sie Pea e , . Ne Ase) com . , , . , 9 
wa‘tjinga aka aciaja né¢a-biama. Gat Zizika ¢inké qa¢i" wéku ‘i¢a-biama 3 
old woman the outsideof kindled a fire, And Turkey theone Pawnee to invite he spoke of 
(sub.) the lodge they say. who (ob.) them to they say 
feast on it 
Mactcin’ge-i” aka. Ga™ wag¢a a¢a-biama. Ga™ aki-bi ega™, &qti sijcbe- 
Rabbit the And messenger went, they And having reached he him- door- 
(sub.). to invite say. home again, self 
guests to a they say 
feast 
, Pay *n/ 1 , pani) . 7 F, , Ne F 
g¢a" ¢a™ bahé i¢é g¢i"-biamd, gayiqi ki¢a™ té, ‘“Ndwa, Si¢é-maka®™ 
flap the knocked it out sat, they say, it fell back and made when, Ho! Si¢e maka» 
part from the lodge a sudden tapping 
by pushing sound 
4 hie Me 7n/ 16 4 n/ ae iv i re aL ree (34 Y mee ves Tey 2 
¢eca¢u,” ¢ g¢i"-biama. Tya™ aka ga” yi aciayata®, “puiepaga”! qid¢i™ i" 6 
chief, say- sat, they say. His grand- the and when from theout- My grandchild! Pawnee they 
ing it mother (sub.) (2) side of the 
lodye, 
oy Cy . ” epee , . ee Cy ice 
¢i baha™-baji’-qtci eha’+!” & g¢i”-biamé. ga¢i® wéku-bi ai win‘ka- 
do not know him, my kins- ! (fem. in say- sat, they say. Pawnee thathe had said _ he did not 
man, at all soliloquy)! ing invited them speak 
to a feast 
baji’-qti ga" &qtci fe hébe ugikie g¢i™’-biama. 
a single as he words part speaking sat, they say. 
word that himself to his own 
was true (words ?) 
NOTES. 
See Susanne La Fléche’s version, pp. 65-66. 
578, 10 and 11, sapiqtia" and na*ji»ctcéqtei, pronounced, sat+piqtia® and na®+jictce- 
qtei. 
579, 1 and 2, tea¢agi¢é-qtci ja"and Peagi¢é-qti-ma*, references uncertain; the Rab- 
bit and his grandmother probably spoke of the catamenia, which they say originated 
when the Rabbit threw the blood. Otherwise the references are to the injury done to 
the Rabbit by the old woman’s disobedience. 
579, 5, bahe i¢é is used instead of bahe ¢e¢%, because the door-flap was knocked 
out from the Rabbit, toward the spectator, his grandmother. Nawa! isa Pawnee intj., 
Ho! The Rabbit was known to tiie Pawnees as Si¢e maka*. It is uncertain whether 
this was a Pawnee name, or the Pawnee pronunciation of an Omaha name. The next 
word, ¢eca¢u, is the Omaha notation of the Pawnee, recaru (re-sha-ru), chief. All this 
paragraph about the Pawnees appears to be a modern addition to the myth. 
TRANSLATION. 
The Rabbit was going somewhere. At length he reached a place where there 
were some (wild) Turkeys. “Come,” said he, “I will sing dancing songs for you.” 
Then the (wild) Turkeys went to him, saying, ‘Oho! The Rabbit will sing dancing 
songs for us!” “When I sing for you, you larger ones must go around the circle next 
