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THE BUFFALO AND GRIZZLY BEAR—AN OMAHA MYTH. 585 
NOTES. 
The narrator did not remember more of the myth. 
582, 5. q¢aqtia®, pronounced q¢a+qtia®. 
582, 14. niajiqtei ckaxe aha", though in the negative, must be rendered by an 
affirmative, nie a*ckaxe aha®, you cause me great pain ! 
583, 1. ninde kucti ega*, 7. e., bob-tailed. MKucti refers to the shape of the hams of 
the Grizzly bear. ; 
584, 13. baogna®9na” a¢i"-biama, pronounced ba+ona"9na" a¢i®-biama. 
TRANSLATION. 
The Grizzly bear was going somewhere, following the course of a stream. At last 
he went straight toward a headland. When he got in sight a Buffalo bull was stand- 
ing beneath it. The Grizzly bear retraced his steps, going again to the stream, fol- 
lowing its course till he got beyond the headland. Then he drew near and peeped, 
and saw that the Buffalo bull was a scabby one, very lean, and standing with his 
head bowed, as if very sluggish. So the Grizzly bear crawled up close to him, made 
a rush, seized the Buffalo bull by the hair of his head and pulled down his head. He 
turned the Buffalo bull round and round, shaking him now and then, saying, “Speak! 
Speak! Ihave been frequenting this place a long time, and they say that you have 
threatened to fight me. Speak!” Then he hit the Buffalo bull on the nose with his 
open paw. ‘ Why!” said the Buffalo bull, “I have never threatened to fight you, 
who have been frequenting this country so long.” ‘+ Not so! you have threatened to 
fight me,” said the Grizzly bear. Letting go the hair he went around and seized the 
Buffalo bull by the tail, turning him round and round. Just as he was quitting him 
he gave him a hard blow with his open paw on the scrotum. This made the Buffalo 
bull walk with his legs far apart. “Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! you have caused me 
great pain,” said the Buffalo bull. The bob-tailed Grizzly bear departed. The Buffalo 
bull thought thus: “Attack him! You too have been just that sort of a person.” But 
the Grizzly bear knew what he thought, so he said, ‘‘ Why! what are you saying?” 
“T said nothing,” said the Buffalo bull. Then the Grizzly bear came back. He seized 
the Buffalo bull by the tail, pulling him round and round. Then he seized him by 
the horns, pulling his head round and round. “ Now, when I said that you thought 
of doing that, you denied it,” said the Grizzly bear (referring to his previous charge of 
threatening to attack him). Then he seized the Buffalo buil by the tail, treating him 
as he had done previously. He hit him with his open paw. And the Buffalo bull 
walked with his legs wide apart, exclaiming, ‘Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! you have caused 
me great pain.” Again the Grizzly bear departed. And the Buffalo bull soliloquized 
as before. But the Grizzly bear knew it, and attacked him as he had previously done. 
A third time did the Grizzly bear depart. But when he asked the Buffalo bull what 
he had been saying, the latter replied, ‘‘I said nothing of importance. I said to my- 
self, ‘Attack him! You too have been just that sort of a person.” ‘ Yes,” said the 
Grizzly bear. Then the Buffalo bull stepped backward, throwing his tail into the air. 
“Why! do not flee,” said the Grizzly bear. The Buffalo bull threw himself down, and 
rolled over and over. Then he continued backing, pawing the ground. ‘ Why! I 
