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xya ha"' ka'wa kikg' ki'yetu' dixyi''' e'^ike na'ni wo' yuhi' 



always and what no matter they said to when [-ever] It will not be so bethought 



him 



xa. E^e' nika'*', "Na'wi ne'ya° ani' nita°' hu ha"^' k3fduspe'ye 



usually. So since, " Some of these days water great be com- and to cause to 



ing sink in it 



5 ido'^'ho^dak-te'," ki'yetu' dixyi°', "E'tike na'ni wo'," e'di. Ekeka'" 



you might see it" (fe- they said to when [-ever] "It will not be so" he said it. And then 

 male to male) nim 



"Na'wi ne'ya° ido°'hi da'nde," kiye'di. Ki'ye ka*", "E'tike na'ni 



"Some of these days you see It shall " she said to She said to when, " It will not be 



him. him 



wo'," yi'hi ha"^ a'tctu ka°' ayo'hi ye'hiya" tankiya"' a'kuwe da' o**, "Ani' 



80," he and they sent when lake close to his sister he took along "Water 



thought him for as he went 



something 



de'tike ki'dilspeyu'nke-daha'," yi'hi. Ani'-k do'^'hi ne'di. Ekieka"" ani'- 



thlsisthe it sinks us" he Water (ob.) looking [he] And then water 



way thought. at stood. 



ya** hu o'^'ni. E^eka*" tci'dil^e de' mant ada' hi ni'kixti ne'di. Ekieka*^' 



the was coming. And then how this out of they to with none [they] And then 



the way go reach at all stood. 

 l=get] 



10 de' liiduspe'-daha'. Kuki°'hi°nixti ka°' xoxo'hi ya'ndi i'ndaha'de 



now it sank them. Did not get home when old people the (sub.) to hunt, they 



(sic) at all (sing.) went 



tcu'wa-k a'de ne'di ko' utoho'ye yuke'di. Ayo'hi ye'hiya" i^'x ka° 



somewhere they moving when following they were. Lake close to stood when 



went the trail 



ani' hu' o°de' taho' ki'pana'x kan6' ka*^ do°'hi yuke' naha' ka'de. 



water had been it lay it turned back it stood when looking they afterward they 

 coming or moved at it were went 



back. 



E'ya*^ ki^'hi'' ha°' "Ani'-k wahetu' yeke'," e' yuke' naha' ayo'hi-k 



There reached when "Water (ob.) they went must saying they afterward lake (ob.) 

 home into have" it were 



sahi'xti wa'tatu kik6' kudo"^' xto^ni'xti ha°' a"'ya xo'hi I?a°' akuwe' ha° 



very long they though they could not see and old woman (ob.) carrying and 

 time watched it [them] at all her along 



15 ayo'hi ye'hiya*^ a'hi^tu ha"^' ya'o"^ hi' kiye'tu ka°' ya'o° nax ka"^' a'ni 



lake close to they took and sing to they said when sing she sat when water 

 her there to her 



na'ta a'kuwe axaxa' haraa'nl:i ha'^' i'iikihi do'^hi' amax ka'''. "Yao"^' 



middle they com- they were standing and laughing they were looking when. "Sing 

 ing forth 



sa'^ha'^'hadi'," ki'yS ka°' yao'" sa^ha'^'xtihe' na'nki xe'ni ka° ka'- 



makeitloud • (male he said when sing making it very loud she sat but when they 

 to female) to her 



kuwetu'ni o°ni'. Etu' xa. E'keo'^'nidi' a°ya' a'nitka'k yu^6' 



did not come out [on They regularly Therefore people in the water tney are 



the land] say [usually]. 



xa. Etu' xa. 



usually, They usually, 

 say 



NOTE8 



1. aHatka^ "a boy and his sister;" nax ha^ wrongly rendered 

 "orphan" by an informant, but "orphan" is implied in the following 

 verb, kinoHu {no'^); in this case, kinoHu-daha., "the}-" had the care of 

 them," might have been used. 



4. Eke oiika^^ "as it was so," or, "since he acted so." 



5. idd^hd^dak-tl^ imperative in form, but used in a prediction 

 ■=-idxf'Ki d(mdeiyv[i<b 6), "you shall see it." 



