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k'e'yas li'la 'owq'yak-wastestepi 2 * sk'e". 'aksa'ka 25 li'la wasi'cu 



but very they were good it is Unfortunately very White-men 



to look at said. 



sk'e". yu'k'q' mak'o'c'e wq 'ec'i'yatqhq hi'pi k'u he'c'i p'ezu'ta wq he' ta'ku k% 



it is Then land a from the one they the known there medicine a that something the 



came one 



t'alo' 'o'ta hq'l hu'kupi k% 'e'l 'i'pi nq 



meat much when their the there they came and 



mother 



c'qke' — 



said. 



'owa' ste-slolya^pi, 27 



for good they knew, 



c'qke' wana'sapi " nq 



and so there was a and 



buffalo-hunting 



'ina K t'asu'pa-wasi 29 nu'p 'uk'v!pi ye' 



s'e p'ahi'-m.napi 26 



like they porcupine-smelled 



leya'pi sk'e" - 



said this it is said — "Mother, intestines fat 



hena' to'k'anupikta 30 he'? ■ — 'eya', 



these what will you w. sp.?" — she said, 



do with it 



'ap'i' ukic'iyapikte 31 lo' - - 'eya' sk'e". c'qke' wana' he'c'a-wasi 



we will cure ourselves m. sp. 



two give us, please" — 



yxi'k'q' za'ta-cik'ala 



then Forked- Little 



eya pi, 



they said. 



and so — 



'ayu'ptj nq — 



replied and — 



c'jks 



"Sons, 



'i'se' 



"Just 



he said it is said. 



that kind fat 



k'eya' wawi' c'akihlayi 32 



some she peeled off for them 



nq wic'a'k'u c'qke' yuha' man\'l 'i'pi sk'e". tuwe'ni 33 'u'sni wq 'ekta' c'et'i'pi 



and gave it to and so having it in the they arrived it is Nobody was there not a there they built 



them wilderness said. a fire 



'o'ta 'e'l 'a'u'pi 3i nq wana' 'iya'sni 36 tk'a's hehq'l wasi' k'u hena' 'e'l 



it died down but there fat the aforesaid those there 



c'qke' p'e'ta k% 'anu'k yqka'pi nq 'azi'l-'ic'i- 



And so fire the on both sides they sat and smoking 



on themselves 



he' 'aki'snipi 37 sk'e". hehq'yela 38 'owi'hqke'. 39 



nq 



and many there 



'au'pi, c'qke' 



they laid on and so 



wana 



now 



yahqpi'; 



they were 

 making 



an pf* nq 



tbey laid on and 



li'la 'izi'ta 36 



very it smoked 

 against it 



yil'^q p l ahi-?n.napi lc'% 



sfc e 



it is said. 



then 



porcupine-smell the aforesaid that 



died down on 

 them 



it is said. At that point 



it ends. 



NOTES TO PAGE 170 

 78 Adjective, accented (p. 69). 

 bo ho' campcircle, 'ag.la'g.la along. 



s 1 ya' to go, pi dual exclusive, kta future, 'ak^i'ta to look for. The whole is adverbial. 

 si o- in a circumscribed area, ma'ni to go; hq continuative pi plural. 

 * s 'efq'l implies an unwelcome incident (p. 120, no. 20J. 

 m takii't some little thing, see ta'ku, something. 

 bs i against; o in, ki dative, p'i good, sni not. 

 sfl 'iyo'pteya to go through or past. 

 " ka'l at some place yonder, more definite than tukte'l. 

 ss ska white, -yela<ya-la adverb (p. 60). 

 88 'iteyaket adverb (p. 56). 

 90 'ec'e'ca T. invariable a; S. variable. 



w tok'e' 'ec'a'c'a an idiom: without particular purpose, aimlessly, just. 

 m 'e'<ai', o into, ka by force, s'i craned neck. 

 » For t'ima'heKt'V-mahe'1 tent inside. 

 8 * kic'i' with one person (p. 138). 

 811 n%p'\' or niip'i't both. 

 » o- nominal, wqya'ka to see, waUe' to be good, 'oniya-waste, note 21, p. 175. 



87 yu'za to take, especially to marry. 

 •8 P. 94. 



88 te'c'eca after s'e it seems to be; '«' s'e le'c'eca he seems to be coming, lit. as though coming it is this way; also abbreviated: he' mat'o' 'e' s'e te't 

 (Kle'c'eca) that seems to be Bear; he' V s'e le'l he seems like to him (he resembles him). 



1 'ak'i'ya to discuss, wa' k*iya<.wa-ak'i ya to confer, wa indefinite object. 

 1 wqya'ka to see, wic'a them, pi plural, §ni not. 

 ' nah'ti' to hear, wic'a them. 



* 'eya' to say, wic'a them, 'eki'ya to say to, or about someone; to'k'el 'eni'ciyapi het how are you called? ta' keniciyapi het what are you called? 

 1 Vq'ka, ci'k'ala as adjectives lose their accents. 



8 'e' general verb "to be." 



i 'eya' to say, leya', heya' , ke'ya' to say this, that (p. 101). 



8 'iho' oh, come onl 



* tok'e' tuke c'e'yai an idiom: any vr&y<.tok f e'tu-ka k'e'yas (pp. 123, 145). 

 » he'c'etu it is right, literally it is that way, la to consider. 



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