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UKi Oin'Jffi (t'anikaci>ia ma"hni"' tfidetse: Hdi"taii, Tsikal 



Chiklien vou are human you shall walk he really O grand- 



' beings said father: 



niii'Ma iinia" Jta(t;inkce oin'j[a unia"'wikci(t'e: adi"tai'i. Tsikal 



Child speech that L-hild I cause you to he really O grand- 



(Jl speak (?) said father I 



The rest of this tradition was not obtained. 



Trc(,isl„li,„i. 



The following- translati(jn is arranged in lines to correspond to tli 

 lines in the original text: 

 1 The first of the race 



Was saying, "Ho, younger brother! the cliildreu liave no bodies. 

 ;! "We shall seek bodies for our children, 



•• Ho, vouuger brother! y(JU shall attend to it." 



They reached one upper world and stood, 

 6 There they were not human beings. 



•■ Ho. younger brother! the children have no bodies." he was saying. 



"We must seek bodies for our children." 

 9 They reached the second upper world and stood. 



There they were not human beings. 



" Ho, younger brother! the children have no l)odies," he was saying. 

 12 " We must seek bodies for our children." 



They reached the third upper world and stood. 



There they were not human beings. 

 ir, "Ho, younger brother! the cliildrcn liave no bodies," he was saying, 



"We must seek bodies for our cbilclrcn." 



They reached the fourth upper world and stood. 

 18 There they became human beings. 



Still, the children were without (human) liodics. 



" We must continue to seek bodies for our cliildren." 

 21 They returned to the third upper world and stood. 



The children wei-e really without bodies. 



"Ho. younger brother! the children have no bodies," he was saying, 

 24 " We must continue to seek bodies for our children." 



They returned to the second upper world and stood. 



The children did not find bodies for themselves. 

 27 " Ho, younger brotlier! the children have no bodies," he was saying. 



" We must make an examination awhile longer." 



They retiirned to the first upper world and stood, 

 30 They came to a red oak and were standing on it. 



On a very fine day they came hither and stood, 



Kaxe-wahli-sa" (the Black Bear), who was then moving, 

 33 Came directh^ to them and .stood. 



"Ho, elder brother!" (said the Black Bear.) 



"You shall continue to burn my feet for me." 

 36 " Ho, Kaxe-vvahii-sa" !" was he (the Tsi.)u) saying. 



Kaxe-wahii-sa" went to the star Watse-juiia. 



" Ho, gi'andfather!" he was saying. 

 39 " The children hare no bodies," 



Watse-;u!ia replied, "Can T give tin- i liildrcn bodies? 



"I am not the only mysterious one: 

 42 "You shall attend to it awhile longer." 



Then Kaxe-wahii-sa" went to the star Watse-mi">ia. 



