622 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
aka, Ci ha” yi cénujin’ga aka, “Ci a¢tha fgaska” ¢é ma™¢i"’-ga ha. Wi 
I 
the Again night when young man the Again in addi- to try it walk ye 
(sub.). (sub.), tion to 
cti hébe i™¢i® gii-gi ha, ¢ikige méga", wai” a®¢in’gé-qti-ma™ A¢a,” 
too piece havingit beyecom- ! your friend eae robe if have none at all in- 
for me ing back deed, 
ez h - é Kk =I, ks re ka 2 ia ot -bi 
a-Dilalma. Ne C age aka wan ‘gi¢e wiaman Ka- etéwa"’ rayi- lama, u¢t aga- -bi 
said, they say. Aud old men the all became altogether out of patience with him, they were un- 
(coll. they say, willing, they 
sub.) - bay 
ega™. Sasti 
as. Frangois 
(Frank). 
NOTES. 
619, 10. yima™¢uhe té e¢a"be i¢at¢é, he pulled out some of the skewers, and thrust 
his head out between the skins. 
620, 1. nini gake’, tobacco is named, but gaké shows that the pipe (niniba) is meant. 
While this was said the pipe was held out to the corpse. 
620, 6. waq¢i gia¢a-bi, the two old men fainted. 
TRANSLATION, 
Long ago a Dakota died and his parents made a lodge for him on the bluff. In the 
lodge they erected a scaffold on which they laid the body. Now, there was in that vil- 
lage a young married man, whose father dwelt with him, And two old men visited 
the father, and smoked with him, talking about various things. At length the father 
of the young mau said, ‘‘ My friends, let us go to the corpse and cut off summer robes 
for ourselves from the tent skins.” But the young man opposed this, saying, ‘‘ No! 
Do not do so! The death of the young man was a very pitiable occurrence, and, as 
they had nothing else to give up for him, they erected the tent there and placed him 
init that he might decay init. Let him rest undisturbed!” In spite of his son’s 
words the father remarked, “As he is already dead, what possible benefit can he get 
from the tent? We have no robes, so we wish to cut off parts of the tent skins for 
ourselves.” Then the young man said, *‘ Really! You have determined to have your 
own way! Well then! Go as you have said and we shall see what will happen!” 
He spoke thus by way of reproof. Aud the old men arose without saying a word, and 
went to the place where the corpse lay. When they had gone the young man said to 
his wife,“ O wife, get my piece of white clay. I must scare one of those old men nearly 
to death.” But the woman was unwilling, saying, ‘‘ Let them alone! They have no 
robes. Let them cut off robes for themselves.” But as the husband would not stop 
talking about it, the wife got the piece of white clay for him. The husband took it, 
and with it he whitened his whole body and even his head and face. When he had 
finished he went in a course parallel to that taken by the old men, and reached the 
corpse before they arrived. He climbed the scaffold and lay on it, thrusting his head 
out through the tent skins just above the door-way. At length the old men were ap- 
proaching, ascending the hilland talking together in a low tone. The young man lay 
listening to them. At length when they had reached the lodge, the old men sat down. 
And the leader said, ‘* Friends, fili your pipe. We must smoke this last time with our 
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