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kake'ba hasbie'rehi." — Hu'bak ba hu'na pu'aban. — Ka 



your mother will catch you." — And (so) it occurred. — That's 



hui'kiem. 



your tail. 



Text IT. The Race of the Two Champions. 

 Ka'pio kawe'-ide na tii'wiban ^je' shamba'k. 



"Cold-Hearted" the chief, the earth pierced through (and) came out. 



above 



Shamba'g pa-hwi'e muba'n, hu'ba kai'ban "Shi'ba 



After emerging a lake he saw, and he named (it) " Tears 



fun'-a-i," hu'ba yeti' itai' we'ban nabat'hii' tii'ei. 



dark," then thence (his) people he took to the white pueblo. 



Ye'dit'hii ta'ban wim'a natii'ei we ai', na'dsbur' tii'ei, 



Here they found another village being there, the yellow village, 



yo-u-a' i-uwe'-siem tai'nin pa'-in it'hiipan a'-i. Hu'bak 



where wicked people were living. Hereupon 



nadshu'ri tii'ei wesie'mnin i-ukwiewi' a'-uban nabat'hii' 



the yellow pueblo, the wicked people, racers invited, of the white 



tii'ei hi'tai we'-in an. Wi'en t'hii' ibemakiiamba'n, 



pueblo its people (to be) with them. Four days did they make ready, 



hu'bak shi'mba ibe'tiiyiban, hu'bak imi'ban natchu'ri 



then all assembled, then proceeded to the yellow 



tii'ei. Nabad'hii' tii'ei tai'nin an natchu'ri tii'ei 



pueblo. The white pueblo people (and) the yellow pueblo 



tai'nin an yu'na kumna' kierba'n, ibenahumiba'n ; 



people thus their clothing laid down, they did bet; 



hu'bak natchu'ri tii'ei pi'eni-ai hu'li'mihi'nab; 



and the yellow pueblo (expected?) to be victorious ; 



natciiii'ri tii'ei tai'nin ibe'wa humiba'n, hitu'mik 



of the yellow pueblo the people their lives staked, saying 



pa'y'a 'limba'-i 'ludehina'b natii'ei ii'er, en hi'ria-a 



that 'who was beaten would be burnt the village with, with property 



we'-in. Nabat'hii' tii'ei hiira ibe'wa humiba'n, wi'en 



his. The white pueblo also their lives staked, (and) four 



t'hii' we-i' kwie'win inwu/rihiei. Shi'mba tai'nin 



days after the racers were to start. All the people 



hitii'tcheban, witchunaida'd kwi'ewnin hinmakii'" ai. Uu'bak 



assembled, of both sides the racers were ready. Hereupon 



thii' be'kti hinuri'ban, wi'm'a na'hwe'-iakin tai'nin himi'ban, 



the next day (they) arrived, on one eminence the people went, 



hu'bak ycti' a'wan wi'tad inmi'ban. Wi'vvai wi'm'a 



and from there (the racers went further. (From) single 



onward only) Another 



na'bwe'yak i'nkimbak, natciiii'ri tii'ei kwiewi'de be ta'kie 



eminence when they disappeared, of the yellow pueblo the racer into a hawk 



