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On the return of the Wolf people just at this time they dug into the 

 ground. While they were digging their foe came in sight at another 

 place. He had painted himself red before he approached them. ' ' W^hy 

 are you all acting thus?" said he. At length they replied, "We 

 are doing so because the Ancient of Opossums killed some of us and 

 entered a hole here." "I will enter," said the Ancient of Opossums, 

 "and after catching him I will bring him out and you all must kill 

 him." Then he entered the hole. In a little while he emerged bear- 

 ing a hoe on his shoulder and with his body painted yellow all over. 

 "What are you all doing? " said he, as if he were a stranger. "We 

 are doing so because the Ancient of Opossums killed some of us and 

 entered this hole," replied the Wolf people. "I will go in and catch 

 him, and when I bring him out you all must kill him," said the Ancient 

 of Opossums. Again did he enter the hole. When he thought, 

 "I have gone a very long distance," he began to call out, " I am 

 he! lam the one who did it!" But while he thought that he had 

 gone far into the hole, he was in error; for his bushy tail stuck out 

 of the hole in full sight of the Wolf people, who seized it immediately 

 and slipped off the skin. Therefore the tails of opossums since that 

 day have been nothing but bone. 



22. The Wolf that Became a Man 

 A'^ya'di wa'x- ni yuke' ha*^ uxte' yuke' ha'' tao'. E'ya° ki^'hi'^' yuke' 



Person hunting walk- they and making they and shot a There they were arriving 

 ing were a lire were deer. 



dixyi^' Ayi'hi^'di' tuka'nitu' tu'kpe eya'^'hi". Ekeka'" tuka'nituva°' 



when Wolf (sub.) their uncle changed into reached And then their uncle 



there. 



wo' yihi' ha° "Tuka'ni ko' e'ya° na'x ka'^ nyido'^'hi nkahi' unkihi' na," 



that [they] and "Uncle the there sits as we see you we' were [we] thought/' 



thought (sub.?) coming 



he'tu ka'^', "^^ki'nksu wa'di ka'wa-k yo' ma'fiki na'ni nkihi' 



they when " I want fresh meat very what (ob.) you lies perhaps 'l 



said [bad] shot thought 



6 utoho'hinye'-daha' nku'x ne'di," e'di. Ekeha**' petuxte' wata'yS 



I followed your (pi.) trail I have been said he. And then camp causing him 



coming" to watch 



wax a'de. Tuka'nituya°' yi'hi ha"^ wax a'de o"*' tao' ki^'x ka"^ 



they went Their uncle thought and went hunting still on shot a came when 



hunting. the way deer back 



ahi'^'ske' wa' a'nde ta duxke' a'nde de'-hed-ha'" a'yukuni' ti sa'hiye 



he was very he was deer he was flaying that fin- when roasted it all it was 

 greedy ished over raw 



ti ha'-i-txa' du'ti ha'nde ka'^', "K^'l tuka'ni k^ ta' a'vukuni' ti 



all it was bloody he was eating when, "Oh; uncle oh' deer roasted all 



over over 



sa'hiyg du'ti ha'nde. Tuka'ni ko' ha-i'-txa ha'nde ko' kudo'"ho°ni 



raw he is eating. Uncle (sub.) bloody it is the he does not see 



[when?, 



asn 



10ha'nu°," kiye'tu ka'" "E'ede tciku'yixti'," he'di. Etike' ha'nda 



perhaps" they said when *' This way very sweet" he said So he should 



to [him] that. be 



hi' kiye' ha** kiya' waxa' a'de. Ekeha'" ita' kiyo'wo o ki'x ka° 



that said to and again hunting they And then deer more shot carried when 

 him , went. on the 



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