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Coyote staid there. Kingfisher re-entered carrying two switches. 
He boiled them. Coyote ate. After eating, Coyote left for his tent. 
He got back at night. Coyote slept that night. 
Dog said to her children: “To-morrow you ought to visit your 
uncles. There is their tent.’’ Coyote slept. Early next day Coyote 
started. He went along. He arrived at the tent of Moose. He 
entered the tent of Moose. He sat down. (Moose) said to his wife: 
“Took this way.”’ She looked at her husband. Moose took a knife. 
He cut off her nose. He took ashes. He threw them on, and it was 
whole again. He threw it into the fire. He rolled it in the fire. He 
took it out of the fire again. He said to his children: ‘‘Go and get 
the roots of a tree.” They brought them in. He threw these roots 
into the fire. He rolled them in the fire. They became guts. He 
kaxa’”’mse’ q!a’pqa‘ls taa’se’ ta'm’s. na‘nmukul’sjne’. n’e’k\ne’ 
re-entered Kingfisher with two switches. He boiled them. He ate 
sk:/n*ku'ts. ‘ku’Vekts  ta‘ts!ma’xe’ sk’n‘ku'ts a, ket.ta’e's. 
Coyote. After eating . he left again Coyote for his tent. 
lataxa’xe’ ktsckmi‘’yct.s. q!u’mne’jne’ ske’n'ku'ts nejs ktscdmi-’yet.s. 
He got back at night. He slept Coyote that night. 
Qak:'Ine’ xa’,Itsin alaqa’It les kkanmi‘’yct.s xma henqona‘mitke’Ine- 
She said Dog to her children: “ To-morrow ought you to visit 
athatsan:’ske'l. mnejs sa‘net.la’zne.  nejs kq!u’mne’ ske’n-ku'ts. 
your uncles. That there is their He slept Coyote. 
tent.” 
kkanmi*/yct wv’Ina‘ms ts!ena’xe’ ske’n'ku'ts. qa‘na’xe’. laxa’xe’ 
Next day early he started Coyote. He went along. He arrived 
sa‘net.ta’,se’ netsna’pko,s. tmaxa’’mne’ aa Ket.ta.c’ses netsna’pko,s. 
where was the Moose. He entered the tent of Moose. 
tent of 
qa‘nqa’mek. qake’Ine’ tdnamu’’e’s fa’n‘a qa‘kawetske’ke'n’. tse; ka’te- 
He sat down. He said to his wife: “ This look.” She looked at 
way 
nu‘taqana’e’s. tsuk"a’te’ a,‘ktsa’ma‘ls netsna’pku.  tuqsata’,te-. 
her husband. He took a knife Moose. He cut off her 
nose, 
tsuk"a’te’ a, koq!mo-’ko-ps.'- qawaxme’te’. laq!ape’jse’. xunm’te’. 
He took ashes. He threw them on. It waswhole He threw it into 
again. the fire. 
qa‘kqayk!o’,ne*. Ia‘upkake’n'e. qake’me’ alaqa’It!e’s a‘nyaxa’kejl 
He rolled it about. He took it out of the He said to his children: “Go and get 
fire again. 
aa kuk!pu’ka‘m. ta‘tka’kescdtke’n'e. xunme’te’ nejs ag kuk!pv’ka-ms. 
the root of a tree.’ They two brought one in. Hethrewinto those roots. 
the fire 
qa'kqayk!o’,ne.  n’en‘qapta’kse’ a, ku’qt!e’s._ ta‘u‘pkak!o’,ne’. 
He rolled them about. They became its guts. He took them out of 
the fire. 
1 Also dakug/mi’ko' ps. 
