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if^paba" - maji '-qti wi"' ai();iigafafi"he ^a°'Ja, ca°' ediida" ctecte 



I do uut know at all one I am carrying; on tliouyh, yet what soever 



my arm and in my 

 baud as I move 



iwamakda^e te a. Niui gake', ai uiaci"ga aina. (He then 



I get it easily by will ! Tobacco that, says jierson the luv. 



^meansof Ig- ob., sub. 



prays to the beaver:) Hau, Jabe! Niui gake'! Cbahi e'a"' ckaxai 



Ho, Beaver! Tobacco that I Feeding how you made 



Ig. ob. place them 



ge b^ugaqti ugig^aca"'i-gii ! Niui gak6M (Next, to the medicine:) 



the all travel ye in your Tobacco that! 



pi. own! Ig. ob. 



in ob. 



Hau, jejehide, niui gakG'! 'A"'qti ct^cte wanita wi" uhe ea"'^6 



Ho, Medicine, tobacco that! Xo matter how it quadruped one pass me on the 



Ig. ob. is (or At any road (to the 



rate) trap) 



tate, e^ega" najin'-ga. 'A'"qti ctecte daqfuge a'"^^a"ska tate, 



shall, thinking it stand thou. At any rate nostrils large enough shall, 



for me (i. e., to 

 smell me.) 



e^ega^ najin'-ga. Nini gak6M (Invocation of the trap:) Hau, 



thinking it stand thou. Tobacco that ! Ho, 



Ig. ob. 



Ma"'ze uaukac^! nini gake'! 'A"'qti ctecte wi"' wat'eatfe t^ 



Iron ye who (sit) ! tobacco that! At any rate one *! killit will 



Ig. ob. 



miuke, efega" g^i"'i-ga. (Invocation of the pack-strap:) Hau, 



I who, thinking it sit ye. Ho. 



We'i" uiuke'ce! nini gake'! 'A^'qti ctecte wi wauita ahigi 



Pack- you who (sit) I tobacco that! At any rate I quadruped mauy 



strap Ig. ob. 



weat'e, e^egan-ga. Hau, jjijebe ionugaija ^•ata"ce ! nini gake' ! 



I touch think thou. Ho, Entrance at the right you who tobacco that! 



them. side stand! Ig. ob. 



*A"'qti ctecte wi wanita a"^a"'bakin'de ant'iji" td uiinke, efegaii-gil. 



At any rate I quadruped brushing by me I stand will T who think thou. 



(Bit). 



Hau, jjC-siu'de ugdcke ^^ta^ce! nini gake'! 'A"'qti ctecte wi 



Ho. Buifalo-tail tied to it you who tobacco that! At any rate I 



stand ! Ig. ob. 



wanita a^-^itp'e andji° td minke, etj^egaii-gii. Hau, Uneif^ ninke'ce! 



quadruped near to me I stand will I who think thou. Ho, Fireplace you who 



(sit), (sit) ! 



nini gakg' ! 'A°'qti ctecte wi wanita a^'naai agifi"' ta minke, 



tobacco that! At any rate I quadruped drops over I sit will I who 



Ig. ob. on me (from (sit), 



the kettle) 



ef^gan-g^. 



think thou. 



Notes, 



Told by George Miller, In the last invocation, he began to dictate 

 thus: ''Hau, Nawi"xe duba akipasan'de nauk:ic&!" i.e., '^Ho, ye 



Ho. Firebrand four meet at a com- ye who 



mou point 



four firebrands that meet at a conmiou point (i. e.^ in the middle of the 



