40 INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY—PUBLICATION NO. 8 
si (82) da (12) ?ankdguhwAtpa (83) — ?i (10) 
if not I will make him one-legged.”’ And 
?dkma (28) moh (36) anwéhi (61) 
then he began to shout. 
n&mpa (31) *1y6'mo (32) ?inwi&: (84) 
She said his wife, “Your goodness 
?ininniik (85) 71 (10) °6kma(28) 
you paid for.’’ And then 
kukéha?yyah (86) 
they had morning. 
1 (10) tingam (87) ha‘ma (88) 
And the next day 
*ihd?do?na:p (34) ?anhagé?yi (89) 
he knows the head man. 
nA?’mayta'p (90) 
It is said to him, 
?iku?da?’ypa (92) 
pé?m (91) pA-sin (3) 
“That man 
tantd'wa (81) = 71é6koy (93) 
he eats our brothers their spirits.” 
71 (10) ndmpa (31) ?anhagé?yi (89) 
And he said the head man 
sX?abam (33) tanakka?ba (94) porkeé (66) 
“Right now we Will kill him, t because 
71éanwatné?om (95) ?iga (76) *iki?tpa (SO) 
he has already done much that he eats 
pA-‘sin (3) 71 (10) dokma (28) 
men.”’ And then 
no?’kehta> (96) hé?m (2) nawat (6) 
he was set afire the witch. 
ndmpa (31) ?anhagé?yi (89) si?iga (97) 
He said head man, “If 
ntima (98) nawat (6) da (12) hipspa (99) 
it is certain he is witch not he will burn.” 
*1 (10) ?dkma (28) no?kehta: (96) 71 (10) 
And then he was set afire, and 
da (12) hobit (100) ka? (101) 
not right away he died 
huktém (102) hému?m (103) ista: (104) 
in fire. Just there it Was seen 
?iga (76) haya?yanhkéaé (105) hé?’am (73) 
that he is brave the one who is 
nawat (6) porké (66) da (12) —_-hdbit (100) 
witch, because not right away 
ka? (101) huktém (102) hému?m (103) 
he died in fire. Just there 
i?i-Sy4h (106) ittimpay (107) hé?m (2) 
they saw all of them the 
nawahyah (108) "1 (10) *dkma (28) 
witches. fAnd then 
kunyahom (109) 
they were truly afraid 
porké (66) 
because 
no°yahta‘p (110) 
they will be burned. 
hémum (103) 
Just there 
kwénto (112) 
story. 
kuy4hb (111) hé?m (2) 
finished the 
FREE TRANSLATION 
Once upon a time men went out as witches. They went 
traveling far away. One man’s wife did not know what 
her husband was seeking. She said to him, ‘‘Where do 
you go?”’ The witch did not answer her. His wife saw 
him go, because she spied on him. After she had kept 
watch for 7 nights she saw that he cut off his leg at the knee. 
His wife said, ‘Right now he is going to find out what I 
will do with it.”’ She then began to think. She said, 
“Chile is good,’”’ and she began to grind it. Then she saw 
where the witch had left his leg. The woman said, “I will 
insert chile (at the joint) for him while he is far away.” 
When he returned in the morning and began to put his 
leg on at the knee it would no longer fasten on. Then he 
said to his wife, “‘Wake up! Who knows what has happened 
to me?” His wife would not speak. Then he began to 
shout. He said, “Now, how am I going to put on my 
leg?’”? Because when witches go out at night they make a 
noise as they walk. The people hear a noise and it is the 
trinl6?ka¢ who is going by. Because of the removal of his 
leg he makes a noise when he walks. It is because he eats 
our brothers that his wife is angered. His wife said, “Now 
he will find out if I have made him one-legged.”’ Then he 
began to shout. His wife said ‘‘You have paid for your 
pleasure.” Then they awaited the morning. 
The next day the head man found out about it. He was 
told, ‘‘That man eats the spirits of our brothers.’”? The 
head man said ‘We must kill hin immediately because by 
eating men he has already done much harm.”’ The witch 
was then set afire. The head man said, “If he is surely a 
witch he will not burn.’’ When he was set afire he did not 
die in the fire immediately. Thus it was seen that he was 
a brave witch. All the witches saw him there, and they 
were afraid that they too would be burned. There the 
story ends. 
GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS 
. tensor, suf. -ak (13.4) 
. def. art. + -m lim. ence. (15.2) 
man 
. *put go out (t > h 4.8) + -yah 3d. per. pl. suf. (8.4) 
+ -pa ine. suf. (8.9) 
5. conj. that, as, here intro. a modif. clause with st. 
verb (18.6) 
6. witch 
7. *nak go + -yah 3d. per. pl. suf. (8.4) + -pa ine. suf. 
(8.9) main verb of i. res. ger. construction (19.8). 
8. i. res. ger. (19.8) *ho-y take a walk + ger. suf. -i (8.2) 
9. locator (13.3) 
10. Sp. “‘y” conj. 
11. ?i- 3d. per. pos. p. pref. (11.1) + wat- comb. form of 
whti large + yé‘mo woman, wife; comp. noun 
(10.22) 
12. neg. at. (13.9) 
Bowne 
