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wahte'sni 26 k\ 



"No good the, 



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'iye 



he 



'e'ha' 26 makte' ye le! — 



instead he kills me w. sp.l" — 



em 



she 



said 



nq 



and 



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t'a' ke". hetq'hq wic'a'sa 



died it is said. From there man 



k'u ya'hi nq wizi'la wq hq' c*a 'e'l 'i' yy'k'q' winu'hcala wq 'e'l yqka' ke". 



aforesaid was going and little yellow a stood such there he went then old woman a there sat it is said, 

 tent it was 



— hin%, mit'a'koza wq'cahci' hi' ye It to'hinis 27 hi'sni k'% — 'eyi' nq 'ina'hni 



— "Hiny, my grandson for once arrived he w. sp., who never arrived not past" — she said and quickly 



who never 

 before 



c f e'ga wq k*alya' 28 



kettle a heating 



'e'g.le 29 



she set it 



nq ta'ku to'k\hq 



and something she was doing 



c x qke' 'ao'kaki 31 yu'k'q' p'esle'te 



and so he peeped in lo and behold! crown of 



head 



kj 'e'l p'o'wiwila 32 k\ he'e^ena 'ohlo'kya 17 hq' c t qke 'etq'hq 1% nasu'la hqke' 'iki'kcu 



the there fontanelle the still perforated stood and so from there brains part she took 



her own 



nqsna c*e'ga k\ 'ekta' 'iyo'hpeya 33 ke". he'c'eg.la 34 'i'yq wq yuha' hi' k'u he' 



and always kettle the into she caused it is Immediately stone a holding he arrived the past that 



them to fall said. 



nq yqka'hq yu'k'q' wana' wo'hqhe 36 c'u he' spq' c*qke' 



and he continued then now cooking the past that was done and so 



to sit; 



tkWs 3S hoka' k'u he' Vepye'k'iyi 39 nq he'c*enas 34 



but badger the that one he caused him to make and immediately 



aforesaid it to be consumed 



he' p^esle'te-ohlo^ka k\ 'e'l 'oi'hpeya 40 c^qke' — wahte'sni 



that crown of head-hole the there he made it fall in, and — "No good 



k'alki'yi 35 



he heated 



'e'kig.le 



she set it 

 before him 



37 



H, 



the 

 one, 



waksi'ca 'og.na' 



dish in 



'fyq-kWta k'% 



stone hot the 



aforesaid 



'iye' 'e'ha' makte' 



he instead kills me 



ye W, 



w. sp." 



nq nat{fti 41 hpa'yi nq t'a' sk*e". 



and kicking she lay and she died it is 



writhing said. 



ho 



he' wip'e'Mokewi 'eye' c'u 



Oh that Hole-in-Head- she the 



Woman said past 



42 *,„•'„-, 43 



nu p 



two 



e'e'yas 



em 



she 

 said 



he' V sk'e". hetq' 1S 'ak'e' ya'hq yu'k K q' wizi' wq 'e'l winu'licala-ista^gyga 



that she was it is From there again he continued then yellow a there old women blind 



said. to go, tent 



tH'pi c*a 'e'l 'i' ke". Via'nuk 44 yqka'hqpi ke". wqwi'c'ayak 46 na'zjhe 



lived it being so there he arrived it is said. On both sides they were it is said. Watching them he was standing but 



of tent sitting 



'a'tayas 46 slolye' snihei 47 yqka'hqpi ke". c*eK-ni(fp 4S wo'hqpi 3! 



entirely knowing not verily they continued it is said. Kettles two they were 



to sit cooking 



jnak'a'tom.nica c'a kHnu'k^q® 'ohq' g.le'pi nq spq-'a'p t e 



earth beans it being so each cooking they had and to be waiting 



standing cooked 



c'i'lahcaka 54 c'qke' 



he much desired it, and so 



c'qke' wqya'ka yu'k'q' 



and so watched then 



60 yqka'hqpi ke". 



they were it is 



li'la 



Very 



sitting 



waste' m.na M hiyv! 52 k\ '%' l 



good smelling it came the with 



c'e'ga 



kettle 



%ma 



other one 



' 65 



XCU 

 he took 



nq 'ak K e' 'i(.ma' t*epyi' nq 



and also other one he caused to and 



be consumed 



ke". k'e'yas 5S ta'ku 'oslo lye snihei m yqka'hqpi'. 'o'hqketa 60 



it is But anything not knowing really they were sitting. At the end 



said. 



'eyi' nq heya'ta M c*e'ga k'u 



she and away kettle the past 



said 



said. 



nq t'epyi' 39 



and caused it to 

 be consumed 



c ( e'ga k\ ha' 'ece'kce 56 p ( e'ta k\ 'e'l 'e'wic'akicig.le " 



kettles the containers only fire the on he set them back 



for them 



mi'cispq"' se ca c'a' 



mine is cooked probably (it being so)" — 



uma 



one 



'iki'kcu 



she took 

 it 



65 



'itW 61 

 — "Indeed 



n q 



and 



hehq'l — 



then — 



wana 



now 



mq' K 



"Oh 



See footnotes on pages 163-166. 



