870 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY I bull. 40 



a'i'ciweneguwatc'^^ ma'kwAn'.^ SasAgAnig'^^ a'tetepine'kawawatc'^" 



was the way along which the bear. At the thick while round in a circle thev 



they were led by growth drove him 



keyaliapaiy" a'pemegi^'' ayawate'®." 



was really the into the when they 



time above went. 



Ini a'kowepyayat**^ a'kowatcin'" a'kwagohomatc',^^ ''Matapye'/^ 



There- behind he who liim who was then did he cry out to " O Union-of- 



upon came next him, Rivers, 



kiwataweM*" A'pemegiku^^ keteciwenegonana!"*^ ahinatc'^^ Matapya- 



let us turn Into the sky truly he is leading you and said he to Union-of-Rivers 



back! me away!" him 



hAn'/^ cewana^° a'pwawipeme'tagutc'.^^ 



him, but not a reply did he get from him. 



Matapya'* tcawine'k' pamipahut*-'^^ wisAgenuhaliAn''^^ ahutaihitc'.^* 



Union-of- in the middle he who ran past little Hold-Tight did he have for 



Rivers space his pet. 



Tagwaginig'^^ amAtAnawatc' ^"^ ma'kwAni;^ anesawatc';" 



In the fall of the year then they overtook him bear-him; then they killed him; 



kicinesawatc^^* me'tegumici u'te'kunAn' a'kicklckahAmowatc',^® 



after they had slain him oak boughs much did they cut them, 



na'ka^" ma'komicyan'; ahapAckinAnihawatc'"" ma'kwAn';^ kiciwinA- 



likewise sumachs; then they put him to lie on bear-him; when they 



top of 



38 j« initial stem thus (§ 16); -wc- variant of wa (from aw a [§ 10] by § 12); -n- (§ 21); -e- (§ 8); -gu- 

 sign of the passive (§ 41); d—watd (§ 29 ). 



's «as J g- reduplicated form of saq- an initial stem (§ 16), as in note 15; -a- as in pAgA- beside pAgi- to 

 strike; -ni- (§ 34); -gi locative suffix (§ 42). 



«> a- temporal particle; tetepi- a collateral form of tetep- (§ 16), an initial stem denoting movement in a 

 CIRCLE (cf. pf)«/- and pem-); ne'ka- (§ 19) as in note 2; -lo- apparently a glide (§S); awdtci termination 

 of the conjunctive mode (§29), showing that the subject is the third person plural animate, and the object 

 the third person animate, singular or plural. 



« Third person plural animate past subjunctive intransitive (§ 29). 



^ Compare d'kowdtcirii note 43; pydydla as in note .34. 



<3 A participial (see § 33). 



« a—ata (§ 29); -m- (§§ 21, 37). 



*^ For dp cf. dpo (§ 24); the form is a vocative singular animate (§ 42); see also § 6. 



*^ For kiwd+tdwe i; kiwd- initial stem to turn back (§16): -tdwei for -tdwe (§ 6) sign for first person 

 plural (excl.) intransitive imperative (§ 31). 



*> d'pemigi, explained in note 37; -ku verily. 



<8 For ke—gunand with prolongation of the final vowel as in -isdwd (see note 21); ke—gundna is the pro- 

 nominal sign showing that the subject is the third person singular animate, and the object the first per- 

 son plural inclusive independent mode (§28); feci- variant of tAci- (§ 10); -wene- as in note 38. 



« Ani sign of the singular objective case singular animate (§ 42). 



60 See § 53. 



M pwuwi- the negative of the conjunctive verb; it stands following the particles a- and wi-, and before 

 the verbal stems (see § 35.3); -gu- sign of the passive (§ 41); d^dtd (§ 29). 



62 A participial (§ 33); pdmi- for pemi- hj reason of the change of vowel in the participle; pemi- (§ 16); 

 pahu- same as -paho- (§ 19). 



63 -Ani as in note 49; wl- saq- (§ IG). 



*< o — tci (§ 29); -h- a glide (§ 8); -?/.- possessive pronoun his (§ 45); for the omission of the suffix, see 

 p. 852. 



66 -gi locative suffix; -ni- as in note 39. 



66 dr temporal prefix; -n- an instrumental particle (§ 21); -dwdtci pronominal sign showing thesubjeet 

 to be the third person plural animate, and the object the third person, singular or plural, animate, con- 

 junctive mode (§ 29); TUAtA TO OVERTAKE (§ 16). 



6? nes- an initial stem meaning to slay (§16); o — dwdtci as in note 56. 



68 kici- an initial stem denoting completion (§ 16). 



6s dr-Amowdic'il 29); klc- (§ 25); kick- (§ 10); -a- (§ 8); -h- (§ 21). 



M a— dwdtci (§ 29); -h- (§ 8); see note 91. 



