Transcriber's note: The following notations are used to represent special characters:
  [K] = turned (inverted) "K"
  [T] = turned "T"

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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.


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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 iʞaⁿ' ¢iñké ená-qtci ʇig¢e júgig¢á-biamá.
It came
to pass
rabbit the
sub.
his
grandmother
the st.
ob.
only dwelt with his
own,
they say.
haⁿ'egaⁿtcĕ'-qtci-hnaⁿ' `ábae ahí-biamá. Haⁿegaⁿtcĕ'-qtci a¢á-bi
And morning very habitually hunting went
thither
they say. morning very went,they
say
ctĕwaⁿ' níkaciⁿga wiⁿ' snedĕ'-qti-hnaⁿ síg¢e a¢á-bitéamá. íbahaⁿ 3
notwith-
standing
person one foot long very as a rule trail had gone, they say. And to know
him
gaⁿ¢á-biamá. ...

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