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Title: Illustration Of The Method Of Recording Indian Languages
From the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian
Institution
Author: J.O. Dorsey, A.S. Gatschet, and S.R. Riggs
Release Date: November 11, 2005 [EBook #17042]
Language: English
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Transcriber's note: The following symbols are used to represent special
characters: [n] = raised (superscript) "n" [t] = turned (inverted) "t" [k] =
turned "k" [K] = turned "K" [T] = turned "T" [k=] = "k" with inferior
macron [k.] = "k" with inferior dot [=x] = any letter "x" with superior
macron [)x] = any letter "x" with superior breve [/x] = any letter "x"
with acute accent [.x] = any letter "x" with superior dot [/c.] = "c" with
acute accent and inferior dot [ng] = lower-case "eng" character [x] =
Greek letter chi ['] = single (curly) closing quote
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
J.W. POWELL, DIRECTOR.
* * * * *
ILLUSTRATION OF THE METHOD
OF
RECORDING INDIAN LANGUAGES.
* * * * *
FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF MESSRS. J.O. DORSEY, A.S.
GATSCHET, AND S.R. RIGGS.
* * * * *

ILLUSTRATION OF THE METHOD OF RECORDING INDIAN
LANGUAGES.

HOW THE RABBIT CAUGHT THE SUN IN A TRAP.
AN OMAHA MYTH, OBTAINED FROM F. LAFLÈCHE BY J.
OWEN DORSEY.
Egi¢e |mactciñ'ge| aká | i[k]a[n]' | ¢iñké |ená-qtci|[t]ig¢e| júgig¢á-biamá.
It came| rabbit | the | his |the st.| only | dwelt |with his| they to pass| |
sub.|grandmother| ob. | | | own,| say.
K[)i]|ha[n]'ega[n]tc[)e]'-qtci-hna[n]'|`ábae | ahí-biamá. | And | morning
very habit- |hunting|went thither| | ually | | they say. |
|Ha[n]ega[n]tc[)e]'-qtci| a¢á-bi | morning very|went, they | | say
ct[)e]wa[n]'|níkaci[n]ga|wi[n]'| sí
|sned[)e]'-qti-hna[n]|síg¢e|a¢á-bitéamá.| notwith- | person | one |foot|
long very as a |trail| had gone, standing rule they say.
|K[)i]| íbaha[n] 3 | And | to know him
ga[n]¢á-biamá.|Níaci[n]ga|¢i[n]' |[)i][n]'ta[n]|wíta[n]¢i[n]|b¢é | tá |
miñke,| wished | Person |the mv.| now | I-first |I go|will| I who,| they say.
ob.
| e¢éga[n]-biamá. |thought they say.
Ha[n]'ega[n]c[)e]'-qtci|páha[n]-bi|ega[n]'|a¢á-biamá.|C[)i]|égi¢e
|níkaci[n]ga| Morning very| arose |having |went they |Again| it | person |
they say say. happened
| amá |the mv. sub.
síg¢e|a¢á-bitéamá.| Égi¢e | akí-biamá. | Gá-biamá: |[k]a[n]há,| trail| had
gone, |It came| he reached |Said as follows,| grand- | they say. to pass
home they say. they say: mother,
|wíta[n]¢i[n]|b¢é 6 | I-first |I go
a[k]ídaxe |ct[)e]wa[n]'|níkaci[n]ga |wí[n]'| a[n]'aqai |a¢aí te a[n]'.| I

make | in spite | person | one | getting | he has gone. | for myself of it
ahead of me
|[K]a[n]há,| u[k]ía[n]¢e | Grand- | snare mother
dáxe| tá |minke,|k[)i]|b¢íze | tá
|miñke|h[)a].|Áta[n]|ja[n]'|tada[n]',|á-biamá I |will|I who,| and |I
take|will|I who| . | Why | you | should? | said, make| him do it they say it
wa`újiñga|aka.|Níaci[n]ga|
i¢át'ab¢é|h[)a],|á-biamá.|K[)i]|mactciñ'ge|a¢á- 9 old woman|the | Person
|I hate him| . | said, | And | rabbit |went sub. they say.
biamá.| A¢á-bi |[k][)i]|c[)i]|síg¢e|¢étéamá. |[K][)i]|ha[n]'|t[)e]| i¢ápe |
they |Went they| when |again|trail|had gone.| And |night | the |waiting|
say. say for
|ja[n]'-biamá. |lay they say.
Man'd[)e]-[k]a[n]|¢a[n]|ukínacke|gaxá-biamá,|k[)i]|síg¢e|
¢é-hna[n]|t[)e]| bow string | the | noose |he made it | and |trail| went | the
| ob. they say, habitually
|[)e]'di|i¢a[n]'¢a- | there | he put it
biamá.| Égi¢e |ha[n]'+ega[n]-tc[)e]'-qtci|u[k]ía[n]¢e|¢a[n]| gi[t]a[n]'be|
they |It came| morning very| snare | the | to see | say. to pass ob. his own
|ahí-biamá.| Égi¢e 12 | arrived |It came they say. to pass
mi[n]'| ¢a[n] |¢izé | akáma. |Ta[n]'¢i[n]-qtci| u¢á | ag¢á-biamá. | sun |the
cv.|taken| he had,| Running very|to tell|went homeward,| ob. they say.
they say.
|[K]a[n]há|[)i]ndáda[n] | Grand- | what mother.
éi[n]te| b¢íze |édega[n]|a[n]'baaze-hna[n]'|h[)a],| á-biamá.|[K]a[n]há,| it
may |I took | but | me it habitually| . |said they| Grand- | be scared say.
mother,

|man'de-[k]a[n]| ¢a[n] | bow string |the ob.
ag¢íze |ka[n]bdédega[n]|a[n]'baaze-hna[n]'i|h[)a],| á-biamá.|Máhi[n]| I
took | I wished, but | me it habitually| . |said they| Knife | my own
scared say.
|a¢i[n]'-bi|ega[n]' 15 | had they | having say
[)e]'di|a¢á-biamá.|K[)i]|eca[n]'-qtci|ahí-biamá.|Píäj[)i]|ckáxe.|Eáta[n]|ég
a[n] there |went, they| And |near very| arrived | Bad | you | Why | so say.
they say. did.
ckáxe|[)a].|[)E]'di|gí-ada[n]'|i[n]¢ická-g[)a]|h[)a],| á-biamá |mi[n]'|aká.|
you | ? |Hither | come and |for me untie it| , |said,