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ahi^ske' wa'di, tca'na duxkfe' ne'di. E'ke ha'nde ka"' tcipu'xi tcupa"' 



greedy very again flaying stood. So he was when blanket old 



i^'xkiyadu'ye a'nde ka"" etike' ta duxke' ne' ka"^ si'ndiya° 



he wrapped around he was when so deer flaying it stood when tail the 



himself 



kiha'ngtu. "Xo + xo, tuka'ni ko si'ndi o""!!! wo," kiye'tu ka°' 



they fonnd for "Oh! uncle (sub.) tail uses ?" they said to when 



him. 



15 "Xo'xoxo'xo," ex de'di. Ekeha-^' Ayihi'*' i°tcyo'xti de'di. 



"Oh! Ohl" he said went. And then Wolf very aged man went. 



E'keo^'nidi' a'^ya' wax ni' yuke' oxtetu' dixyi"^' a'tcka wohS' 



Therefore men hunting walk they are they make whenever close barking 



a fire 



a'nde xya', etu' xa. E'xa. 



it is usually they usually. That is all. 

 say 



NOTES 



3. WO, before the verb, "to think" (see myth 21, lines 13, 38). 



3. unkilii, sin^. for pi.; so yild (line 6), "he thought " for "they 

 thought." 



4. nTcinhsu {inks)^ "to crave or want fresh meat;" yo (c); utoho- 

 hiny^-daha {toho). 



6. wax ade o" {o'^<.o'^n{, "action going on at the time"); they were 

 then on the way, were going in search of game, when they shot a 

 deer. 



10. tcikuyixti {tckuye xtl); handa hi {ha?ide, M), euphonic change. 



12. tcana = tcumana. 



15. iHcyoxti (iHc), pronounced iHcyo-^xti, "a very old man." 



16. oxtetu, "they make a lire," i. e., they camp; afcka wohS ande 

 xya, "there is usually a barking close by;" ande, being in the singular, 

 can not refer to a number of wolves; exa {xa), to stop doing any- 

 thing. 



TRANSLATION 



Some persons who were going hunting, having camped, shot a deer. 

 As they were returning to camp with the game a Wolf who had 

 assumed the form of their mother's brother reached there. They 

 thought that he was indeed their mother's brother, so they said, "As 

 you, our mother's brother, live yonder, we thought that we would be 

 coming to see you." The supposed uncle replied, "I have a strong 

 craving for fresh meat, and thinking that perhaps you had shot some 

 animal and that its body was lying here, 1 have been following your 

 trail till I got here." 



Then the men made him watch the camp while they went hunting 

 again. Thej' thought that he was their mother's brother, and while 

 they were walking along in search of game they shot a deer and 

 returned to camp. The Wolf was very greedy, so after flaying the 

 deer he roasted the meat, and was eating some of it while it was 

 entirely raw and bloody all over. Observing this, the men said: 



