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21. sd^wa^ evidently from sd^sa^ "one," and wa or vmya^^ "toward, 

 on that side." vMtaye or wataye? 



23-24. yafJzi^hiHota'^-fikakitox-ynank-ta^ from i^hiHota^ hitox-mariki^ 

 "he (A) is so brave over [or, on account of] him (B) as he (B) is lying 

 down;" i^hiHota^ {<.iHo), "to be brave:" compare iHoxti, i^doxti, "to 

 be very brave." 



40. duJci^xtu {<kiHi). 



40-41. haho-txa {aho, txa). 



TRANSLATION 



The Ancient of Opossums killed a Wolf, and, after stringing the 

 Wolf's teeth as a necklace for himself, he walked along singing a song: 



Hama yuxku+ ! Hama yuxku+ 1 

 Psu-na hi^wa+yfi! 

 Anixanlxyg. 



While he was singing, the Ancient of Wolves came in sight close to 

 him. " What are you singing?" said he to the Ancient of Opossums. 

 "Nothing," replied the latter. "I was saying, 'What veiy pretty 

 flowers [are here]!'" After this conversation the Ancient of Wolves 

 disappeared, and he and his people went some distance ahead and hid 

 from the Ancient of Opossums. 

 Meanwhile the latter walked along singing: 



Xayepixti+l Xaye pixti+l 

 Hi°wa+y6! Hi°vva+y6I 

 Anixanlxyg! 



He sang this for some time until he thought that he had gone very 

 far from the Ancient of Wolves. Then he sang again about the wolf 

 teeth as he was walking. Just then the Wolf people were coming out 

 of the undergrowth, and appearing before him. When the}^ appeared 

 near him thej^ said, "This one must be he who has killed some of us." 

 So they tied the Ancient of Opossums and laid him down; whereupon 

 they searched him and found the necklace of wolf teeth. Then they 

 wished to kill him, but the Ancient of Opossums said, "If you hit me 

 with any sort of stick I shall not die, but if some persons go to a dead 

 tree which has the bark peeled off and dig it up hj the roots and bring 

 a stick from that and hit me but once with it I shall die at once [and 

 shall not revive]. Then the Wolf people went to dig up the tree. 

 They left as a guard over the Ancient of Opossums a one-eyed person, 

 who sat there watching him. Then the Ancient of Opossums in order 

 to play a trick on his guard said, "Untie me and bring a stick from 

 the dead tree and kill me by hitting me, and be very brave over me as 

 1 recline; do so to me and I shall lie so [dead]." When he had said 

 this, sure enough the one-eyed person untied him, and was thinking of 

 breaking off the fatal stick when the A ncient of Opossums entered a 

 hole in the ground, and thus escaped. 



