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game. The Hcavi'ii took the whole ti'ilx' ii]). Long ago the children 

 did tiw .same thing that yon arc doing now. 'I'licrcforc do not do so."' 



One day the children did so again. Their mother and tiic little 

 grandmother were unable to stop them. Now they were young men. 

 There were five young men and one girl. They w(>re called Littlc- 

 crah-apple-tree, Little-sloe-hush, LitlUi-spruce, Little-grindstone, and 

 Snot; but the little girl was called Little-knife. They were ])laying 

 all the time. They were very strong. The little girl was the sixtii one. 



Now the Heaven heard them again when they started playing. 



1 Ami, dEni ha'u.sEm. NiLne'L qan lo-no'osdet niii'en at> 



Good (f'lt-) yoii stop. Therefore in were killecl your at 



^grandfathers 



2 g'i-kY)'L. NE'Lqan niEn-qa'odEL qal-ts"a'p aL ts'Eui-lax-ha'g'e. 



long ago. There- np went the tril>e to in the sky. 



fore 



8 Hwil hwi'lL WopE-tk^'e/Lk" an-hwunsEm ai, g'i-k'o'L. Qan 



They did the same the ehildren wliat you do at long ago. 



the 

 little 



4 ff-il6' dze huX hwi'lsEm." 



do not 



NLk-'e 



Then 



on 

 your part 



La 



when 



do so." 



huX 



again 



k-'elL 



one 



.sa, 



day, 



nLk"'e 



then 



huX 



again 



There- 

 fore 



hwilL 



did so 



6 k'opE-tk''e'Lkg'e, .skwae't lii'lcL no'xdet qanL Lgo-ntse'tsdet. 



the little ehildren, 



she gave up stepped their mother 

 them 



their grand- 

 mother. 



7 NLk"'e La dax-g'ig'a'det La q'ap-q'aima'qsdeit. K"stKn,sa'I 



Then (perf.) were strong (perf.) they uere young men. Five 



real 



8 k'opE-e'uXt de-k''a'lL Lgo-hana'q. Lgo-dEp-.sgan-nie'lik\sL hwaL 



little men with one little woman. Little- erab-apple-tree tlie 



name of 



9 k''a'ltg'e. NLk"'e Lgo-dEp-s^an-sna'x hwaL k'Yi'ltg'e. NLk''e 



one. Then Little- sloe-bush the one. Then 



name of 



10 Lgo-dEp-am-sa'eqs hwaL k''a'ltg"e. NLk^'e Lgo-dEp-am-qa'Ex 



Little- spruce the one. Then Little- grindstone 



the 

 name of 



11 hwaL k-'a'ltg-e. NLk-'et Na'ELtj hwai. k"alt. 



the 

 name of 



the 

 name of 



NLk-'e 



Then 



12 Lgo-dEp-ha-q'o'L hwaL Lgo-hana'qg'e. NLk''e qane-hwila 



Little- knife the the woman. Then alwny- 



the 

 name of 



the 

 little 



13 (jala'qdet La t'est'e'.sdet La sEm-dE.\-g'ig'a'tdet. Ts'ocj'alda'ldeL 



they played when they were (perf.) very strong they were. The sixth one Avas 



14 Lgo-hana'q. 



great 



