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in your liehalf." Then she opened the cover of the l)ox, smd the man 

 laj' down with her. He did so every niglit. Then she came to be 

 pregnant. The man always went up to her. The chief did not ivnow 

 it, V)ut one man found it out. He told the chief. Then the chief's 

 nephews kept watch and killed the man, and also killed the woman. 

 Now she was really dead, and her body was putrefying. Then her 

 child came out alive. It sucked the intestines of its mother, and there- 

 fore its name was Sucking-intestines. The child grew up in the liox. 

 One day all the children went into the woods, shooting with bows 

 and arrows at a target. They were not far from this tree when they 

 were shooting. Then Sucking-intestines saw them. He went down 

 and took their arrows. Thus the children lost them again and again. 



NLk-'e huX lo-g'a'eL g'at aL awa'at. Txane'tk"L axk"L hwilt. 1 



Then again in lay the in her prox- Every night he did so. 



down man imity. 



NLk"'e La a'd^ik'sk^L dsm 6'bEnt. NLk""e o'bEnt qa'ne-hwila 2 



Then (perf.) she came (fut.) pregnant. Then she was always 



pregnant 



bax-ia'L g'a'tg'e. Ni'g'it hwila'x'L sEm'a'g'it. Hwii'i! K'"alL 3 



up went the man. Not knew it the Well! One 



ehief. 



g'a'tg'e fan lo-hwa't. NLk''et ma'Ldet aL sEm''a'g'it. NLk''et 4 



man who in found Then he told to the chief. Then 



it. 



leLk'L gu.sli'sk"L sEm'a'g'it. NLk''et dza'k"deL g'a'tg'e. NLk'"e 5 



watched the nephews the chief. Then thev killed the man. Then 



of 



huX dza'k"deL hana'qg'e. NLk'^e SEm-h5'm no'ot. Hwii'i! La 6 



also they killed woman. Then really she Weill (Perf.) 



the was dead. 



loqL lo'lEcjg'e. NLk''e k'saxL Lgo-tk'"e'Lk"L dEde'lstg'e. NLk'^e 7 



putrefy- her body. Then out came a little child alive. Then 



mg was 



d'aqL Lgo-tk''e'Lk"L hats noxt. Nlhcl qan hwa'dEs Anmagom 8 



itBucked the child the in- of his Therefore its name Sucking- 



little testines mother. 



ha't. Hwili! La wI-t'e'sL Lgo-tk'*e'Lk"g'e aL l5-d'ti't aL 9 



intes- Well! When great was the child at in was in 



tines. little 



ts'Em-xpe'ist. 10 



in the box. 



NLk''e q'aldix'-qa'odEL txane'tk^L k'ope-tk''e'Lk"' wl-he'lt n 



Then to the rear of they were all the little children many 



the houses gone 



yukL sg'ilela'xk^detg'e aL ha-Xda'kL do'qdct qauL hawi'l. 12 



while they shot at a with bows they took and arrows, 



target 



Wagait-do' hwil hetk"L gan. Nlucl gu'Xdeit. NLk''e g'ig'a'as 1.3 



At a distance far where stood a tree. Then they .shot. Then saw 



them 



Anmagom ha't. NLk''e huX d'Ep-ie'et. NLk''et huX doqL U 



Sucking- intes- Then again down he Then again he took 



tines. went. 



ha-wi'l. NLk''e huX k'ut-gwa'disiL txane'tk"L k'opE-tk'"e'Lk". 15 



arrows. Then again about lost them all the little children. 



