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to him, "Help me to get down, and I will give you one of the children." 

 He assisted her, but she did not give him the child. There were birds 

 clinging by their claws to the cloud, their tails alone being under the 

 water, and that is why their tails are always sharp at the ends. One 

 of these birds was the Ancient of Yellowhammers. Therefore its tail- 

 feathers are sharp at the ends. The large Red-headed Woodpecker 

 was there too, as well as the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, therefore their 

 tails have their present shape. 



16. The Rabbit and the Old Woman 



A'^'ya xohi-di' a^ya' tcaxti' ka° tci'diko" de' tetu' hi ni'ki. Eka°' 



Old woman (sub.) people she killed when how to do it that they kill can (?) not. Then 

 very many her 



Tce'tkanadi' a'^ya' xo'hi tukpe' heya°'hi. A'^'ya xo'hi-ya'^ te'ye, 



Ancient of Rabbits, old woman he changed he rcaohed Old woman the he killed 



(sub.) into one there. 



pa'-k uksa'ki ha'^' ko' psuki'-k xehe'ye ha°' isa'-yank' ustii'ki 



head he cut off and gourd cut in when he set it in and thicket the (ob.) he stood 

 (Ob.) two itup(?) 



ha'nde ha'^' te'x ma°x ka"^' ane' yuke' ha'' pa ni'ki ma'x ka"^ 



he was (or, and dead she lay when found they were and head wanting she lay when 

 continued) (her) 



5 a'ne. Tcetkana'di i'ndi ni'ki kiya'xtu hi' yi'hi wahe' na'iiki. 



found Ancient of Rabbits, he not they think that he thought he cried he sat. 



(her). the (sub.) about him ^ out 



A°ya' xohi' kye'ho°tuni'-di e'tike ha'nde ha'^', "E'de ande'de do" 



Old woman they did not know as (did) so (?) she was (?) and, "This one 



o'^' na'nixyo'," 6 ha'^', "Te'ye xye na'," e ha''', ti'-k ha'psuktu' 



doneit musthave" said and " Let us kill her " said and hou3e(ob.) they sur- 



rounded 



ka° ti' una'ktciktci-de' u'tupi kane' ya° ka''' kuduksa' aka'nanki 



when house he dodged about hole dug stood (?) the(?) when crack he came forth 



from 



ha°' de'yinki-daha' de' ande. Awode'-ya° natcke' no° de'de ha"" 



and he got away from them he was Skirt the kicked ofif threw away and 



departing. 



10 ko' psuki-ya''' du'si ha"* mahe' de'di, a^yato' tii'kpe ha°' mahe' 



gourd cut in the he took and crying out went man changed and crying 



two into out 



de'di. E'ya'' ki'di ha'*' ko'-k psuki-ya'nk a°'yaxi'-ya° ku'. 



went. There got home and gourd (ob.) cut in two the (ob.) chief the gave to 



him. 



A'^ya'xi-j^a"' ku' ka° a'^'xti pi' diko'hixti nax ka°' a°yaxi'-yandi 



Chief the gave to when woman good sure enough sitting when chief the (sub.) 

 him 



a°xti'-ya°ka' Tcetkana'k ku' ka'* yinko"" na'nk o^'ni'. E'ke o^'nidi' 



woman the (ob.) -Ancient of (ob.) gave when he sat married. Therefore 



Rabbits to him 



a'^ya'di kike' do'^'-daha' dixyi''' mahe' ha'nde o*" yandi' a'^ya'di 



man though he sees them when crying out continues man 



15 kike' do'^'-daha' dixyi"" wahe' de xa'. Ekeha''' tupto'we de xa'. 



though he sees them when crying out he regu- And then making patter- he regu- 



goes larly. ing sounds with goes larly. 



the feet 



Etu' xa. 



They say regularly. 



