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verily, a message was sent asking them two (that), if (the boy) 

 wanted to play the guessing game, they would cross over. So then 

 he was willing. Thereupon he took into the house all his belongings 

 and began to fix his spread for the guessmg game. Smce those 

 people had not yet arrived, he placed his knife beneath his spread, 

 then on one side of it he put down his quiver, while on the other side 

 he laid down his pipe and also his tobacco pouch. And then his 

 grandmother went to where her brother lived, in order to mform him 

 that their (dual) little grandson was going to be visited (by the 

 people) from across (the river) for the purpose of bemg challenged. 



And then after she arrived back, the people had already assembled. 

 And now dentalia shells were placed as bets, whereupon he, on his 

 part, (also) bet some dentalia shells. But his dentalia shells were 

 not wanted; it was desired of him that he should repeatedly bet his 

 pipe and also his quiver. But he did not want to bet (these thmgs). 

 Thereupon it was said, "All right, then only dentalia shells will be 

 our bets." (This was said) because it was known that, even if his 

 pipe and his quiver and also his knife (could) iT,ot be won off him, 

 they would nevertheless be taken away from him after he should be 

 killed.' 



Thereupon all took part in the guessing game. First the people 

 from the other side (of the river) began to sing, and afterward the 

 Kuta'miyu began to sing. Then (it was) not long before he began 

 to lose. Then close to midnight he changed his song and also his 

 marked stick. 'Thereupon he began to win. Now in vain he was 

 repeatedly pointed at m different directions, but not (even) a little 

 was he hit. So then the younger (brother) said: "Point carefully 

 at that orphan! That orphan may accidentally beat us." How- 

 ever, he just contmued to wm. He had only one song (which) he 

 kept on whispermg to himself: "I am Kuta'miyu, I am Kuta'miyu." 

 And then whenever he became tired he would pretend to be hit. 

 So then, on their part, the people from yonder would begm to play. 

 Then a song would be made: "Hddnd', liddnd' , that orphan might 

 succeed against us; he may beat us." So then when what was gomg 



