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Igu-a'ut a« hi* g-wa'lksoA"'' n-lPm«' hak!a'°toa"'""«: "Duu, dim," 



little porcu- at when burnt the fur of its ))ack: "Dim, duu," 



pine. was 



da-yr'gA'* wI-mEdi'°kg-a°, "Deiu wa'lut,""^ da-ye'g-A *'** a'utaoa, 



'siiid the great grizzly bear. "Future I do it," said the porcupine, 



"sEra'a'g'idJ" lri'°n^^ dEda'klut," ada dEiii wul wfi'luda iiE-ha'ant." 



"chief, untie my bands, then future being I do it what you say." 



Yagai" a'lgEt^* iiEsEga'tgA'''^ wI-mEdI'°kgA ha'usgA Jgu-a'uta gEs''^ 



However, not he minded the great grizzly bear said the little porcupine to 



n!l'°tga°, a wuF^sEm-gaP^ wl-gat-g'a'dga°.'^^ Nlf'^tgA kla-gat-g'a'dEt^** 



him, because very greatly he is strong. He is most' strong 



gEsga txanll'sgA^ ya'tslEsga".** Nln!f ^^ gan-a'lgEt" n'.Exno'*" k!abE- 



among all animals. That reason not he heard the little 



one 



ha'u.sgA*^ Jgu-a'uta gEs''" n!f °tga°. SEm-gal wI-a'dzEksga°,^^ adat g'ik 



said little porcupine to him. Very ' mucb proud, then he again 



kigank-kla'xsEt'^^ g"KsgA ts!Em-n-la'ktga°.^* 



to lire kicked him into in the fireplace. 



[Translation] 



When it was fall, all the animals were sitting in their towns. A 

 great Grizzly Bear, on his part, was also sitting in his town in mid- 

 winter, ilain was always falling, and it also dripped into the house 

 of the great Grizzly Bear. His fur was wet. Then he was much 

 annoyed because it was raining too long, therefore he sat at the 

 entrance of his house and looked around to see ever3'thing. While he 

 was sitting there, behold! Porcupine came near him. When he passed 

 the doorway of the house of the great Grizzh' Bear, the great Grizzly 

 Bear said, "Enter here, friend! You shall eat with me for a little 

 while." Therefore the Porcupine entered near the great Grizzly Bear. 

 The great Grizzly Bear made a great fire. He suddenl}^ took the 

 little Porcupine. He tied his feet and his hands. Then he laid him 

 near the edge of the fire. Then the back of the little Porcupine was 

 burnt. Then the great Grizzl}' Bear said to the little Porcupine when 



67 Imn hak.'d'o back fur (§ 22). 



68 This verb has always subjective i)ronouns (see § 49). 



w Here indicative, therefore -u objective pronoun with third per.son object (§ 50). 



''o SEm'n'g-'id chief (see § 33). 



'1 li'io to untie. Here indicative construction in place of imperative. 



'2 clEda'kl bands; -u my; -t (see note 32). 



" yagai however (§ 1,5 no. 174). 



'1 a'igs not (§ 15, no. 180; § 03). 



'5 nEsgd' to mind; -tgE connective (§ 24 812 absent). 



'6 gEs preposition, definite form before pronoun designating human beings (§ 28). 



" a loul because (§ 67, no. 11). 



w loi- greatly (§ 10, no. 73); gat-g'a'd strong (a compound of g'ad person). 



'9 k!a- exceedingly (here used as superlative [§ 10, no. 100]). 



M nExnd' to hear; no connective after vowels (§ 29). 



81 k!nhE the little one, poorly (§ 10, no. 113), also plural to hju- small. 



8' d'dzEk proud. 



83 lagatik- from the sides of the house to the fire; klaxs to kick. 



84 ts.'Em- the inside; n- place (§ 12, no. 157); lak fire. 



