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11. yanlfe-tu., pi. of yarlke {e); 13. hinye {e). 



13. ku-inaxanixti {ku-, ni, negative signs; inaxa—inax&, 2d singular 

 oi 7iaxe; xti^ " very, at all ") ; tlx^=-tixyi. 



14. ihuneye {hne). 

 17. ndud=nduti {ti). 



25. ?//wi', pronounced here ym+Xy 28. n'^xtid—a'^xti di^{V}. 



28, 33, 35. sundwi { = su7ia). 



31. siH=siHo; 36. Mne (ne). ^ 



36. xildedtke, "that way "(female speaking): see page 93, line 196. 

 Exact sense is not clear; ya'^do'^xtujjihmi, archaic form of yoJ^dd^xpl- 

 tuni from dd^xpUuni (37). 



TRANSLATION • 



When the Ancient of Otters was about to go to see the ball play, 

 his grandmother objected. But he replied, "That makes no difference. 

 I will view it from afar, and then I will return home." Off he went. 

 On reaching the place, he was standing afar off when a woman sent 

 some one to him, saying, "Tell that person to go home. He emits a 

 very strong odor." Then the man went to the Ancient of Otters and 

 delivered the message. "That woman. in the distance says that you 

 are to go home, as you emit a very strong odor." "Yes," replied the 

 Ancient of Otters; but he still remained there. Then another person 

 was sent to him with the same message. "Yes," replied the Ancient 

 of Otters, "I was about to start homeward, but I am here still." 

 Nevertheless, he did not move, so another messenger was sent to him. 

 When he beheld him coming, he started off at once, without waiting 

 for his arrival, as he suspected what his message would be. 



On reaching home, he walked to and fro, saying nothing. Then his 

 grandmother said, " For what reason have you come home?" And 

 he replied, "A woman said that 1 smelt very strong, so I came home." 

 His grandmother laughed at him for some time, and then said, "I said 

 to you that it would turn out thus, but you would not heed at all, and 

 you went anyhow." By and by, she went out to dig some medicine. 

 Having brought the medicine home, she administered it to the Ancient 

 of Otters and made him vomit. Then she urged him to try his luck 

 again. "Return to the place where you were before you started 

 home, and after remaining a while, come home. If they say anything 

 to you, say, 'I have just come back after eating some stewed fish.' 

 Hasten to return home." So the Ancient of Otters departed again. 



When he arrived there and was standing there viewing the players, 

 the woman said to some one, "Tell that person to come back and I 

 will play with him." So the messenger said, " Yonder distant woman 

 says that you are to go thither and she will play with you." To this 

 the Ancient of Otters replied, "I have just returned after eating some 

 stewed fish," and did not move from his position. Again she sent a 

 messenger, who said the same words, but with like want of success; but 



