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the next to lie in the water, and he was not white because the water had 

 by this time become very muddy. Subsequently the negro was made, 

 and as Kuti mankd^e thought that he should continue to attend to work 

 alone, he made the negro's nose flat, and as the water had become very 

 muddy, the negro washed only the palms of his hands, therefore 

 negroes are very black with the exception of the palms of their hands. 



10. Why the Buzzard is Bald 



A'^ya'di o tcayi'xti a'nde o'^'xa. 



Man fish killed all continued in the 

 [=was killing all] past. 



di'x-towe wite'-ya° tcuma'na'^ de' 



he filled to mom- the the next he 



the top ing went 



nita'^'xti aka'nanki kya^'hi kidedi'. 



very large came up scolded went 



him home. 



kike' tca'haye idu'ti pi' hena'ni. 



or you kill you eat good every time 



Na'we na^'ni o tca'ye naha'di 



Day every fish he killed boat 

 them 



nahadi' nate'da°ye. Eka^' o' 



boat he filled half And fish 



full. then 



"Oya' idu'ti te ko' so°'sa no^^'pa 



"Fish you eat wish when one two 



(Ob.) 



A'^'ya nkita'ya"^ de'x tca'yiixki'y^xti 



them 



[=should have.] 



na,' 



ki'ye ka'^' kide'. 



said to when went 

 him home. 



Eya'" ki'di 



There reached 

 home 



People 



ha'^', 



when 



my 



you have 



killed all 



forme 



ji'h'i xidi' e'tiyanko°ni' nixki'," e' ha"^ ama'wo de o'^'xa 



he chief 

 thought 



he did that to me because 



"Ani' ndo^'ni nka'nda hi' 



"Water I see not I continue (sign of 

 thought, 



etc. 

 =ought) 



Ama'wo-k 



said when another went in the Another (ob.) 

 it land remote laud 



i'^'hi", ati'-k i'^'hi'^ a°xti' a^'hi'^ 



he house (ob.) he woman crying 

 reached reached 



ti' ku'duksa'ye do^'hi ne'di. 



house a crack he was std. look- 



ing at her. 



went in the 

 remote 

 past. 



a'kuduksa'ye 



peeping through a 

 crack 



nax-ka"^', 



sat the 

 (ob.) 



Eka'^ha'i' " Dupa'xi-di'," 



And then "Open the door" (male 

 to female) 



do'^'hi ne'di, 



he was std. look- 

 ing at her 



kiye' o^ 



said to her in the 

 past 



tcidike' ni'kixti. " Ka'tcidikte' ho'^'na nkande' na," he ha"^', ku'duksa' 



just like I am 



said 

 that 



when 



how not at all 

 [=al together in vain ] 



10 yiiikixti' u'we ha°, "Tci'dike iya'^'hi^ hi' ina'nki wo," kiyedi. 



very small he when "Why you cry (see you sit ?" said to her. 



went note) 



crack 



Eka*^' 



And 



hu' 



comes 



ha° tidupi', 



when alights 



a°yadi' 



people 



tca'ye. 



it kills 

 them all. 



"Tca'k tidu'wi 



" Where he alights 



ha° 



when 



e'keka'^', "Ka'wa xidi' ko'hidi 



then " Some- strange far up 



thing above 



Pisi'de ko' nkind-he' teya'nka da'nde," kiye'di ka°'. 



To-night when me too he kill me will," she said when 



to him 



xa wo'," ki'ye ka"^' a'kuwe de'di. Heya"^' a' hi. Heya*^' a'hi 



usu- ?" he said when she took him away. She reached there She reached there 

 ally to her with him. with him 



a'^xti' ya"^ kide'di. E'ya"^ a'hi tox ma'nki. Eka° tidupi' ka'wa 



woman the started back. She reached there he was reclining. And then alighted (or some- 

 with him came to • thing 



the ground) 



nito'^'xti naski'xti. Eka°' te'ye. Nixu'xwi 



very large very tall. And then he killed Ear 



it. 



ya'' ki'dakxo'pi : e'tiko'" ha' kide'di. Kide' ka"^ 



the cut ofi from it he d'id that when went back Went when 

 to it (started back 



home.) 



15 xiya'- ya"^, ka'wa xi' 



bad the some- myste- 



( cunning) thing rious 



so'^'sa kidakxo'pi, ptco"^' 



one cut oS from it nose 



