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PKINCE — A MODERN DEL AWAKE TALE. 



[Jan. 3, 



wlunquathitha aleh-mawmjeenah 

 kihkloolaut. " Withkeelno lawa- 

 lindum, leetahah : ''gutauch 

 wlutchawha jeeth. ^ Noolihtoo- 

 mich mihtqueenootee wauk kpu- 

 heekun waukitch nooshwuhtoo- 

 nich uhpeeyuhk nahtau aleenaw- 

 qtheet. ' ' ® Waupungeek andah- 

 keshihtootah mihtqueenootee 

 meelaun. Wsheethaha wlalin- 

 dumoo wekwulup laulpuksho. 

 ' Nulhuh-nuh wtuhlaun wsheetha 

 ahpeewuyuhpeenang. ^ Waupiin- 

 geeka weenumultheet ithpeen- 

 urhka aleet " klithtuh." "" Wti- 

 lawul withkeelno: ''ah wan itch 

 pawhji ; cheepeenawqthoo wauk 

 ahkonjauptoona kweeshulooq- 

 kich, shuqk chee weeshulooq- 

 koowih ; muthkuneetahaul ; pa- 

 woich andah-laweetpihkalik an- 

 dah-wam-quack-kaweet. ' ' 



II. ^ Nulnuh peethkahkeek an- 

 dah-mahji - keeshmeettheeteetah, 

 withkeelno awuthee tindawing 

 Imutawpoowh, pahtoon tah nij 

 alak nih aleetpihkahk. ^ Weerh- 

 kawa quack konjwah wuhkoong; 

 ahwan cheepeenawqthoo wcherh- 

 akahlaun keerhkee th'q'ta : 

 " " Ugh," owh, ^' baum konjah- 

 wan nhukee ; nmihwa linno. 

 Ktuhaulaw ksheeth ; naulaw ; 

 Ugh, kweeshathee." ** With- 

 keelno mutahkawh weelno, shuqk 

 wun keemoorh konjahwan wee- 

 shulooko nawkawh. * Nul muth- 

 kuneetaha neepahwooh ; owh : — 

 " Mawhah geesh-keeshajpinah- 



to say to him his last words. 

 "The young man grieved (and) 

 thought thus: — ''I will make 

 everything comfortable for my 

 uncle. ^ I will construct a bas- 

 ket with (lit. and) a lid, and I 

 will put in it all kinds of 

 downs." ®On the morrow, 

 when he had finished the basket, 

 he presented it. His uncle was 

 pleased and received it weeping 

 (/. e., with gratitude). ^ He then 

 placed his uncle in the soft 

 downy bed. ^ On the morrow, 

 the sick man stretched out his 

 hand which meant " attention." 

 ^ He told the youth (then) :— 

 " Some one is coming at whose 

 terrible appearance and condi- 

 tion thou shalt be terrified, but 

 fear not ; take courage. He 

 comes in the midnight hour 

 when all things are sleeping." 



11. " On that same night, after 

 they had eaten, the youth sat on 

 the opposite side of the fire, 

 awaiting the outcome of that 

 night. ^Suddenly there was 

 something overhead and a cer- 

 tain terrible-looking being 

 dropped down by the fire : 

 ''"Ugh," said he, ''I myself 

 am here ; I eat man ; thou lov- 

 est thine uncle ; I want him ; 

 Ugh, thou fearest me . " "* The 

 youth had fought with wild ani- 

 mals (?), but this wizard, as he 

 must be, frightened him for a 

 while. ''Then, summoning his 

 courage, he stood up on his feet 



