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inouiitaiii was all stono, Imt iihvv awhile the iiiomitaiii moved. Then 

 Snot rushed iij) to them. He also stuck to the ground. The little girl 

 •was runnino- about, rublting her hands. She was called Little-knife. 

 When Snot's fe(>t were also lifted from the ground, she rushed up to 

 them and climbed her brothei-s' heads until she reached the eldest one. 

 Then she cut the feathers over her eldest brother's head. She cut them 

 right in the middle, and the children fell down to the ground. Thej' 

 did not g-o up to the sky. 'I'he feathers always stayed on the eldest 

 brother's head, and he was called Rotten-feathers. 



Now Rotten-feathers and his younger lirother went on all alone. 

 Thej' came to a town, and there Rotten-feathers married a w(jman. 

 Then he returned to his own town, and there he stayed with her. 



1 lo'o]) nan hwilt. Sl-go'n k-'e huX i.antk"t. Ntk-'e tq'e'saas 



stone there- it did so. .\ftcr a while also it moved. Then rushed to 



fore liii" 



2 Nil'eiAj. NLk''e qane-hwiia tti'al-sa'k't. Xi.k-'e k"uL-ba'xL 



Snot. Then always against he Then abont ran 



stuck. 



3 i.go-hana'qg'e. At ((a'exL an'o'nt. Lgo-dEp-ha-cfo'L 



the girl. She rubbed her hands, Little- knife 



little 



4 hwa'tg'e. Nil La de-lisle'sk"L asisa'is Nii'eLq, k''e 



her name. When also hung the feet Snot, then 



o£ 



5 de-tq"e'saaL Lgo-hana'tig-e. SEm-uiEn-yo'xgut lax-qa-fem-q'e'sL 



also rushed to the girl. Very up she went on the heads of 



them little 



') g-imx"de'tk"tg"e. K''e wagait-mEn-da'uLt. NLk''et sa-xtse-q'o'tsit 



her brothers. Then until up she went. Then ijuiek- across she 



ly middle out it 



7 wagait-lax-o'L Le k's-qti'gum fan goL qaq'a'x-g'S. 



u\\ to on top of the first one who took the feather. 



8 NLk-'t""' xtse-q'o'st. K''e ha'ts'ik'sEm mak't aL lax-dz'ti'dz'ik-s. 



Then across she Tlieu again they fell t<i on the ground, 



middle cut it, 



1' Ni'g-i huX mEn-.sa'k-sk"t aL lax-ha'. NLk'"e qane-hwila 



Not also up they went to the sky. Then always 



10 le-he'tk"L (latfa'x- aL lax-t'Eui-qd'.st. NLk-'e a'd"tk*sk''L dEUi 



on stooil feather on on his head. Then came (fut.) 



11 liwa'dEs Logoniix'q'fi'x". 



his mime Rotten feathers. 



12 NLk-'e tg-onr, hwi'ldetgv; sEmgal am hwil hwi'ldetg'e. 



Then this they did; very good they did. 



13 NLk'"e Lo'odet (fani-k'M'lL Logomix-q'a'x- (|ariL k'"ali. wtdv't 



Then thev went oidv one Itottcn feathers and one his 



brother 



14 stelt. NLk-'et hwa'diL k-'eh. qal-ts"a'p. N'Lk-'et gouL 



accom- Then he found one town. Then he took 



panying. 



15 hana'q, at iiak-sk"t. NLk-'e de-lo-ya'ltk"t ;ii. JEp-qal-tsa'pt. 





H wniimii, 



iimrrit'd Irt. Tlien also lie rcturnrd I'> his Uiwn. 



own 



