MASON, TEPECANO, A PIMAN LANGUAGE OF MEXICO 379 



I. Fox and Opossum 



ka'cio* havagaho'v 



Fox and the Tacuache. 



3. 



avicna'g-iukat 



He hung was 



natpuva* 'tot 



Then he said 

 to him, 



has'6'puMk*a' 



How is it eaten ? 



ho*'vrta"ba 



zapote in. 



tirmo'no 



"Brother, 



kutmo wadu'via 



Then there now arrived 



hogaho #/ v 



that tacuache. 



yamha'ctu' 



not anvthing 



O. 



6. 



a*'pitai'vo -/ ya 



"You mouth-upward lie will 



narpulnV'koda'ma'hi kuti'cgaMpo'pMo'a 



Then he with it threw. Then he killed him. 



ni'ctuka' gahcv'vit 



I eat it, the zapote. 



konho"ku'duma / hina 



that I with it you hit will". 



kunatpumovadu'via 



Then he there now arrived 



ho'ganui 



o*v uMciv apiga'ga'imida kupMo'ak 



that vulture. "Now, at once, you seeking him go will. Then you kill him". 



kuti't'6 va'vaiko'vta' avi'cda - kat natpuwa'to't 



cliff at the edge he seated was. Then he now said 



to him, 



Then saw 

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piaminmo'moa'da 



■'You not me kill will ! 



ho'gavainuM 



that money. 



kutmana'gia 



Then there hung. 



na -/ puvaka'i'da 



Then he now say, 



kuti ciamcida'k'ta 



Then actually loosed him 



kunatpumovadu'via 



Then he there arrived 



r navicna gm 



Here it is hang 



ing 



maicimna gia 



There yourself hang 



kutbai'cida 



Then there seized it. 



ho'gaho'V 



that tacuache, 



gatumpiirt sii'dam 



the tompiate full of 



kupbito'sa'da 



that you here bring it up will". 



kumticiampop'tiik'u'R 



Then they simply thus stung him. 



vw6 / t*an*m6' 



beneath. 



ho'ganui 



that vulture. 



ci'nva ni'sax 



"Do me let down!" 



ku/ticgampopmu 



Then thus died. 



kupigamiga'ga'imida 



"Now you seeking him go will !" 



o'Vasinimo'ak 



"Now, yes, I you kill!" 



kuti'to avictai"ka*t va / va*ivo / t , a' 



Then saw He mouth-upward cliff beneath, 



him. was stretched 



kupia'minmo'moa'da mita'puigiri gacc'yheUs 



"Hut you not me kill will; they soon fell the angels; I uphold 



nicto'tNit 



ho'ga 



that 



to'do' 



blue 



kunatpovadak't'a 



Then he now left it; 



to'vwaG kuga.ir'c 



heaven". Then the tree 



mok'pop'tu't 



far jumped. 



va'chio't 



already was blossoming. 



siempre 



Continually 



