94 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 47 



ha'," kiye' ne' ka% "t^nkpaya'," e' ka% " E'ni kihi'," 



? " said to him stood when, " My nead," said he when, " Not it I think," 



e' ha**, "Tcane' ikte'tu-k ite'-so°'sa-tu pi'hedi ha\" kiye' ne' ka'^, 



said and, "Where is it you are when you once pi. ought (?) ? " said to stood when, 

 she hit die end- him 



ing 



"■Dnkpaya'," e' ka"^ "E'ni kihi'," e' ka°, "Inkspo'niya'," e' ka°, 



" My nead," said when "Not it I think," said when, " [On] my ankle," said when, 

 he she he 



200 "Heha ni' nkedi' nixki'," e ha"' kite' te ha'nde ha'^ dekiiike' 



"That is it . I said it because," said and to hit she was and motioning 



(fern.) she him wished 



yi'x ne ha°' de'ye ka"" pitce' ka° ankada' yinki-ya"' ki'diiksii'ki 



stood and she sent when he jumped when string 'little the she cut it in two 

 it for him 



ha'^ a^'seVi yanka' akya'^'hi ha°' i'nt-ka° kite' te'ye ha° so"^' axihi' 



and ax the (ob.) he took and her he hit killed and kettle boiling 



from her her 



ne'ya^-ka*^ xwuhe' unaski'ki ha*', "Tci'dikuna', kiyoxte' nax ka°' 



that stand- (ob.) he put her pressed her and, " O Tcldlkiina make a lire sitting when 



ing one in down in it for 



wa'x ka'* du'ti ha'' kida-ta'," kiye' ha°tc kide'di. Ekeka'^' Tci'dikuna' 



cooked when eat it and go home" (male said at length he went And then Tcldlkiina 

 to male, 1st to him home, 



time) 



205 pa wahi' ha'nde. E'ke he'ya'' ki'di ka°, " Tehiye' iyuhi' ha 



alone crying out ' was. So {or well) there reached when, " You killed her vou 



again thought. 



ni'. Kiya' kidi' da'nde ni'," kiye' yuke' ka" anisti' e'ya° 



Again she come will ." saying to they were when sure there 



back (fem.) him enough 



ki'di. E'ya'' ki'di ka° yo^dao'^' so°sa' pa' kido^'hi na'iiki ha'* tupe' 



shecame There she when her daughters one head looked at sat and hole 



back. reached for her 



home 



ne'ya° ako'hiye na'x ka'^ so°sa' mas a'dasa°'ye ne' ka° tupe'-ya° 



that cleaned away sat when one iron heating it stood when hole the 



(remote) the hair 



ako'hiye e'da" ha° tca'ld-k inki'yoho"' ka° mas e'ya° a'hi"^ ka° 



cleaned finished and hand (ob.) she called to her when iron there took it when 

 away the hair with it 



210 tupe'-ya° usi'^'hi^ye kite'tu ka"* a'^ta' ha'nde e'ke o^^'ni te' tiko'he. 



hole the stuck it in they hit it when she was throwing therefore died * really. 



her head back 



Ekeka*^'. yinka'ti yuke'di. E'ke yuke' de' ka'^ kide'-t ka** i'^ye' 



And then they were marrying. So they went(?) when togohome when food 



were he wished 



kiko°' tehe'detu' ka° ekeha°' ind-he' afiksiyo"' te'-hed-ha°' a'^xti' 



made for they finished when and then he too making arrows ' that he when woman 

 him that ^ finished 



noxti' yande' yandi' ani' ye'hiya° i'^hi'^'. Yao°' na'^'x ka° Nuxo'd-xapi' 



elder that the (sub.) water close to arrived. Singing she sat when Alligator box 



liidi'x taho' ka° a'kidu'si-di eda'^tu' ka° usi'^'hi'^ de'di. Ekeka°', 



came lay when they continued they when standing went. And then, 



back, and down packing things finished in 



in the "boat" 



215 "^t:iyao''' naxe' xa ko' tcinahi"^' xa dande' ni'' ka°' nldyao°' ku- 



" I sing he hears still when he goes fast still will when I sing he 



does 



na'xeni ko' kude'ni da'nde ka"' i°ye' de'yakiya' hi ni'," kiye' tehetu' 



not hear when he not go will when food you must send ." said to ' they 



ahead for me (fem.) him finished 



ka° dedi'. Ekeha''' i'^'ye de'kiya kide' tea' ka'' tcii'ffki kiya' de'ye, 



when he went. And then food he sent it till all was when dog again he sent 



ahead gone off 



no'xe de du'si na'yi. E'ya** kaka'nakani' ha** Xyi'nixka kiya' 



chasing went caught swallowed There he had not come out and Otter again 



it it it. (= had not reached 



the other shore) 



