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liiin in ajiiiiii. Sho felt ill at ease because her vulva had been cut off. 

 It i;re\v dark. Thon T.s'ak" took a stick and went down to the beach. 

 It was low watcf. He walked about on the sand and looked for 

 cockles, whicii he wanted to eat. He was cryino' because he had 

 nothinji' to eat. 



Bciiold, he saw a man coniini;- ii|) to him who asked, ''Whj' are 

 you ci'vingf T.s'ak' replied, "'rhe Wolves have eaten all the meat 

 that we had for our food." The man said. "Oh, indeed! Why don't 

 you take revenge f" Then I lie man i)ut his hand under his blanket 

 and pulled out a hollow bone. He said, " Now go across the river; 

 there you will find a knothole. The daughter of the chief is in the 



1 ts'Kli:m-ana'Els nets'e'Etst. (^'am-ab'aba'gas nets'e'Ets Ts'ak' hwil 



into iillowed his grand- Only troubled the grand- Ts'ak- being 



him motlier. was mother of 



2 k'si-ne'iL 



out being 



ment. NLk''e La a'd'ik.'sk''L dEui hwtl yu'ksa, 



her vulva. 



Then (perf. ) 



yan. 



3 nLk-'et go'us Ts'ak'L 



then he took Ts'ak" a 



stick, 



ak's. NLk'^e 



water. Then 



came (fut.) 



Nr.k'T' iaga-ia'et 



Tlicn down he 



went 



k'uL-haL-iii'et a^ 



about along he 

 went 



hcmg evening, 



aL g'ii'u La 



to tlte front (perf.) 

 of the house 



t 



he 



lax 



a iLs; 



4 SEni-.sg*i L 



really lies 

 I lowwiiter) 



5 k'uL-j^'ig'e'KlL qaba'q dEiii g'e'ibEt; aL k"uL-wl3^e'tlc"t hwil 



about looked lor cockles (fut.) his foo<i; and nljuut he cried being 



on the 

 sand; 



(> aqL-o-"e'ihEt, nei. qan hot. 



with- 

 out 



food, 



therefore 



he said 

 so. 



Hwii'i ! (Iwina'deL, g'at a'd'ikvsk^t aL qaqt. NLk*'e a'lj^-'ixL 



Well! Behold. a man came to his Then said 



front. 



hahe'nistr' NLk-'e de'lEmExk"s Ts'ak": 



Then answered Ts'ak*: 



g-a'tg-e: 



the man: 



• Ago'L 



•■What 



qan 



for 



Vuk-dza'L k"'ebo' 



.lust 



ate 

 all 



10 g-a'tg-c: 



tlie man: 



"A, 



■Ah 



the 

 wolves 



net! 



indeed' 



are you talk- 

 ing?" 



smax- La dEm g'e'ibEm." 



(perf.) (fut.) our food." 



the 

 meat 



NLk-'e heL 



Tlien said 



Hwft'i ! 



Well! 



tSE 



11 lo-na'k"sL 

 I'J 



in he 



stretched 



(jalk'si-no'oL 



llirou^'h a hole 



g'a'tg'e 



the man 



Le 



aL 



at 



ts'ii'wut. 



its inside. 



ts'Em-lax-a't. 



on blan 

 ket. 



'Tgon 



■ This 



de'ltk-nen 



reciprocate 



NLk"'et 



Then 



ana ! 



do!" 



sag-iL 



he pulled 

 out 



tsE hwi'lEii: TsE 



la ncn, 



go. 



niE 



von 



tsE k''e' g'a'ai. hwil nano'oL an-t'Em-ane'st. 



then see where holes knothole. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



ts'ep 



a bone 



tsa^a- 



A cross 



D'aL 



It is 



14 



LgO ULk L 



the child (j[ 



sEm'a'g"it aL tj'ala'uL hwi'lbE.st. Me tsE k''e' 



Ihe chief at the rear of the house. Yon then 



15 ts'ElEin-hc't'Ent aL 



Ultu place It in 



an-t'Em-ane'st. 



the knothole. 



TsE sEm-na-he't"EnEn aL 



Very down place it on 



