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FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF MESSRS. J.O. DORSEY, A.S. GATSCHET, AND S.R.
RIGGS.
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ILLUSTRATION OF THE METHOD OF RECORDING INDIAN LANGUAGES.
HOW THE RABBIT CAUGHT THE SUN IN A TRAP.
AN OMAHA MYTH, OBTAINED FROM F. LAFLECHE BY J. OWEN DORSEY.
Egi[c]e|mactci[~n]'ge|ak[/a]| i[k]a[n]' |[c]i[~n]k[/e]|en[/a]-qtci|
It came| rabbit | the | his | the st. | only |
to pass| | sub. |grandmother| ob. | |
|[t]ig[c]e|j[/u]gig[c][/a]-biam[/a].
| dwelt | with his| they
| | own,| say.
K[)i]|ha[n]'ega[n]tc[)e]'-qtci-hna[n]'|`[/a]bae|ah[/i]-biam[/a].|
And | morning very habit- | hunting| went thither |
| ually | | they say. |
|Ha[n]ega[n]tc[)e]'-qtci|a[c][/a]-bi
| morning very|went, they
| | say
ct[)e]wa[n]'|n[/i]kaci[n]ga|wi[n]'|s[/i]|sned[)e]'-qti-hna[n]|
notwith- | person | one | foot| long very as a |
standing rule |
|s[/i]g[c]e|a[c][/a]-bit[/e]am[/a].
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