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PKINCE — A MODERN DELAWARE TALE. 



[Jan. 3, 



V. * Withkeelno andah-wam- 

 loohmoonda uliloomthoowh. An- 

 dah-nuhpahtah, wama wtilauch 

 mookuhwaun wsheethul. ^ Nul 

 andah-keeshmeetthihteet, wtul- 

 wachpeen alningich keesha-wam- 

 cheekhung neethkak. " Wsheeth- 

 ul wtuhlaun nakah wtupeenang 

 wauk wluqknuhaun waupah- 

 thauni alpookwuhk andauch 

 pookwuheeng, warheetawshta 

 nakah wsheethul wtupeenang. 

 "^Nul wtilahmooltheen wtilkee- 

 shich uhloowhweekwaun. ® Nul 

 ninandpeethkahk lawpee chee- 

 pawaun lawinda wcheerhakah- 

 laun : '* Ugh,dupih,neecheepah- 

 waun konjawan ; keeshajpe." 

 ^Nul andah-tahwining kpuhee- 

 kun, pajkcheewh withkeelno 

 cheepeenawqthoo uhj althith- 

 poocheengwat uhpee. ^Wiyoh 

 mawhaul linnapa weeshauth- 

 oowh uhloomihlawh. 



VI. * Withkeelno wauk wshee- 

 thul nulowhwee ayahpoowhuk. 



V. • After the youth had been 

 shown all, he departed. When 

 he returned, the young man told 

 all to his uncle. ^Then after 

 they had eaten, ? ? ? ? he swept 

 up all the dirt. "^ He put his 

 uncle in his (the youth's) bed, 

 and covered him with a white 

 blanket with a peep-hole in it, 

 and he lay down on his uncle's 

 bed. ^ Then he felt that some- 

 thing strengthened him (with 

 power) to overcome. ®In the 

 dead hour of night, the hideous 

 monster again dropped down in 

 the middle (of the wigwam). 

 '' Ugh !" (he said) ^^ am here. 

 I am a monster. Be ready." 

 ^Then when he opened the lid 

 (of the basket bed), the young 

 man, looking terrible, stepped 

 out completely covered with 

 feathers. ^ That man-eater be- 

 came frightened (and) departed 

 (through the smoke-hole). 



VI. * The youth and his uncle 

 are (still) living (there) con- 

 tentedly. 



Philological Commentary. 



I. * Weekwaum (A.® wigwoni) ' house, dwelling ' from V week. 

 Cp. Weekena * they dwell, inhabit' (A. tu'wigino), of which week- 

 zvaum is the cognate accus. : — ' they inhabit a house.' Note the 

 use of the present tense in narration to denote past relation. Lawee 

 * in the midst of = O. D. lawi and A. nowi (reduplicated nano- 

 wiwi) in the middle. See V.^ Kohpe * forest ' is undoubtedly 



^ A. = Abenaki; O. D. stands for Old Delaware, the mixed language of the 

 missionaries. 



AJP. ^ Amer, Journal of Philology. 



