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dda" afiga”¢ai héga-a”’¢i"-baji wabag¢eze ad¢ade té. Ga™ 
there- we desire it we are not a little book reading the And 
fore ob. 
/ , , wif pas: . o./ ser / , eens 
Can wabag¢eze ad¢acde 1 té tida"qti em gajin ga ama nay" 1 
Atany book vead- house the very good ehild the pl. stand 
rate ing sub. 
dha",” at¢a”¢ai ha. Ki ca” wabag¢eze a¢ade té ¢apiqti 
! we think A And yet book reading the speaking it 
very well 
waséya" agai-de ébéwa'l ¢i"te wabag¢eze ad¢ade yi té 
rapidly they when whocausedit it may book reading house the 
went (the trouble) be 
. , : . , , ° n / , 
¢icé¢a'i. Ga igadi¢af ama wa¢i", cin’gajin'ga a™ba_ hébe 
was broken And agent the pl. had them, child day part of 
up. sub. it 
bag¢eze A radewaki¢at, Ki ¢éama cin’ gajin’ga-ma pa- 
book caused them to read. And these the chiliiven De- 
=b , , *H/ , , 2; 
han’ga wabiag¢eze a¢ade ama ni“ya ama e¢éba-cade ki 
book read faye alive the ones — sixty and 
sub. who 
é’di sata’. Le ¢api, wabaxu ctéa™i. Te ¢api ¢anka edita™ 
onit five. Lan- speak they even write (letters). Lan- speak they who from 
guage well, guage well (them) 
wi” ITyziga"¢at i¢ska; ci edita™ wi" wabag¢eze weé¢ade 
one Grandfather (his) inter- again from one book reads for 
preter; (them) them 
] x Cx li Pon : un} ur t ns ] a Ab Hessel Oc = J 
1A. Vie edilta. oRasoa ja "i a"l ha, ci ¢ab¢i" wage ny gaxe 
Again from two va as car- : and three white house to 
(them) penters people make 
ibaha”i hai. Ci edita™ ¢ab¢i" ma” zégaxai ha. Ci edita™ 
they know 5 Again from three work as blacksmiths : Again from 
(them) (them) 
. / , . , . , wo, P ae ° / , . wv 
wi” u¢ijibadi wa¢ita" ha. Ki i tea" Quaker-mda wa¢i" té 
one at the grist mill works ; And new the Quakers have had the 
them 
/ (a = w 
ceta” wi'aqtcicté wage ta-baji: ma™zéska té u‘a?’ ¢iNge’ gti 
so far even only one white donot speak money the allin vain 
people the language: 
uqpa¢e, edada” ctéctéwa" fyiyaxa-baji. Ki pahan’ga té tida® 
fell down what soever they did not make And before the good 
(lost), for themselves 
by means of it. 
, ° , / rye , , , rae , (Sao Tr 
inahi® tédega™, wé¢icé¢a® éga" wé¢a-baji héga-baji. Ucka* 
indeed was apt, but, — they broke it “as we are sad very. Deed 
up for us 
pahan’ga te¢a™ ci O'qti anyiya'¢at. Ki éska" Tyiga™¢af aka 
before the again that we desire for And probable Grandfather tie” 
(past) very ourselves. (or, per- sub. 
thing haps) 
uawagiya’ i e¢éga wade. Iki ci’ éskana, ka iecha, wdwa¢agi- 
he helps us is reasonable. And again oh that, ) friend, you help 
ve / . = . , . . , ~ . 
yan"1 at¢a™¢ai. Pahan’gadi udwad¢agiya”i éga" ci i’tea® 
us we ; thins Formerly you helped us as again how 
p 5 fe e : , 
uawa¢agiya”i anga”¢ai. I” cte ta” wate¢a" ¢a™ wabdag¢eze 
you help us we desire. Asif tribe the book 
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