|you did. | Why | so

ck[/a]xe|[)a].|[)E]'di|g[/i]-ada[n]'|i[n][c]ick[/a]-g[)a]|h[)a],|
you did| ? |Hither | come and | for me untie it | , |

|[/a]-biam[/a]|mi[n]'|ak[/a].|Mactci[~n]'ge
| said, they | sun | the | Rabbit
say sub.

ak[/a]|[)e]'di|a[c][/a]-bi|ct[)e]wa[n]'|na[n]'pa-bi|ega[n]'|h[/e]be|
the | there | went | notwith- |feared they| having| partly|
sub. they say standing say

|[/i]he|a[c][/e]-hna[n]'-biam[/a].|K[)i] 3
|passed|went habitually they say.| And
by

[k]u`[)e]'|a[c][/a]-bi|ega[n]'|m[/a]sa-biam[/a]|man'd[)e]-[k]a[n]|
rushed | went they |having | cut with they | bow string |
say a knife say

|[c]a[n]'.|Ga[~n]'ki|mi[n]'|[c]a[n]|ma[n]'-
| the | And | sun |the cv.| on
ob. ob.

ci[/a]ha|[/a]i[/a][c]a-biam[/a].|K[)i]|mactci[~n]'ge|ak[/a]|
high | had gone, they say. | And | Rabbit | the |
sub.

|[/a]b[/a][k]u|hi[n]'|[c]a[n]|n[/a]zi-biam[/a]
| space bet. | hair | the | burnt they
the shoulders ob. yellow say

[/a]nakad[/a]-bi|ega[n]'.|(Mactci[~n]'ge| am[/a]|ak[/i]-biam[/a].)|
it was hot on | having.| (Rabbit |the mv.| reached home, |
it, they say sub. they say.)

|[)I]tcitci+,|[k]a[n]h[/a], 6
| Itcitci+!! |grandmother,

n[/a][c]i[~n]g[)e]-qti-ma[n]'|h[)a],|[/a]-biam[/a].|[T][/u]cpa[c]a[n]+,|
burnt to nothing very I am | -- | said, they | Grandchild!! |
say.

|i[n]'na[c]i[~n]g[)e]'-qti-ma[n]'|eska[n]'+,
| burnt to nothing very I am | I think,
for me

[/a]-biam[/a].|Ceta[n]'.
said, they say.| So far.

NOTES.

581, 1. Mactci[~n]ge, the Rabbit, or Si[c]e-maka[n] (meaning uncertain),
is the hero of numerous myths of several tribes. He is the deliverer of
mankind from different tyrants. One of his opponents is Ictinike, the
maker of this world, according to the Iowas. The Rabbit's grandmother
is Mother Earth, who calls mankind her children.

581, 7. a[c]ai te a[n]. The conclusion of this sentence seems odd to the
collector, but its translation given with this myth is that fur