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is not far. It is over there 'I'o-morrow morning j-ou shall start. You 

 may use my canoe, which is at the end of the village."' Early the next 

 morning One-leg sent the hoys, saying, "Take the cover off from my 

 canoe. It is near 1)\- yonder." The children went, and grew tired 

 walking about. They could not find the canoe. Finally they returned. 

 Then One-leg asked." Did yon find it?" The boys said, " No." He 

 .sent them again, and they went; but again the}' grew tired walking 

 about, but they did not find it. Again they returned. Then One- 

 leg himself went. He went to a rott(Mi tree that was there. It 

 was covered with small branches. He took off' the branches and they 

 beheld a large canoe. It was made in the shape of a man, with a mouth 

 at one end. It was the same at the other end. Its name was " Wii'sE- 

 at-each-end." It did not allow anything to cross its bow or its stern. 



1 nEgua'odEn. Q'ai'yini gost. Deui sT-g-a'otk" ne'sEin adzid'a'Lak". 



your fathers. Close by those. (Fut. ) start you to-morrow. 



3 Qal-g"a'L ma'ledo dEm ha'hisEm dEm da'wuL ne'sEm 



Uv is mv oanoe I fut.) you use it (fut.) go you 



itself 



3 adzid'a'Lak"." NLk-'e a'd'ik-sk"L nlEsti'x-. Nik-'et hashe'ts Q'am- 



to-morrow." Then earae daylight. Then sent them Only- 



4 k''e'lEm asa'eL k'opE-tk''e'Lk". "Ado', sEm-sa-d'a'Lt Le a'dEL 



one- foot the bovs. "Goon, very olT put the cover of 



little 



5 mal. G-a'6 ai. (['ai'viin do." K-'e sak'sk^L k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". 



the It is ul close yonder." Then went the children, 



canoe. little 



G NLk-"e skwa'eL k'uL-Lo'odet. Nig-it hwa'det. NLk-'e 



Then they gave about going. Not they found Then 



up it. 



7 lo-yilva'ltkMet. NLk''et g'e'dExs Q"am-k-'e'lEm asa'e: "Ne 



they returned. Then asked Only- one- foot: " Not 



S niEsEm hwa'da?" NLk''et ne'etk"L k'opE-tk*'e'Lk". NLk''et 



did von find it?" Then said no the bovs. Then 



little 



9 ha'tsik'sEm huX hashe'tst. NLk"'e huX Lo'odet. HuX skwa'eL 



once more agani he sent Then again they went. ,\gain they gave 



them. up 



10 k'uL-Lo'odet. HuX nig-it hwa'det. NLk-'e huX yilya'ltk"det. 



about they Agaiu not they Then again they returned, 



went. found it. 



11 NLk"'e lEp-iii'os Q'am-k*'e'lEm asa'e. NLk'^e hugun-ia'et aL hwil 



Then him- went Only- one- foot. Then toward lie to where 



self " went 



12 sg'iL wi-anksi-s^a'n. Le-d'fi'L Lgo-ga'n la'ot. NLk'^et sa-d'il'LL 



lay a rotten tree. On were little sticks on it. Thun off he put 



large 



18 i.go-ga'ng'e. NLk*'e alo-d'ii'L wl-ma'l. (i*atL ina'lg'o ts'EUi-a'qL 



the sticks. Then open- there a eanoe. A man canoe a mouth 



little ly WHS large 



14 an-cfo'st. Ni.k*'(~ IiiiX hwili. an-go'st. Lfix-wa'sEL IiwaL 



one end. Then n\sn it was the other end. At- Wa'sE the 



each-end- name of 



