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along. He cut off his arm. It remained hanging down. He cut. off 
the other arm. It was thrown away. Then both arms were off. 
One leg was cut off. It was thrown away. The other leg was cut 
off. The body fell down. Then it was cut to pieces. Then the 
people went away and put up the tents at Where-they-used-to-sow- 
Tobacco. At night the people were asleep. Some one was heard 
singing. The people said: ‘It sounds like Lame Knee, who is 
dead.’’ Jame Knee arrived. He killed the chief. He married his 
two wives. He took both of them. ‘ 
21. Tar YoutH wHo KILLED THE CHIEFs ! 
An old man who had a daughter lived in a tent. A man arrived. 
He kept his daughter.? She had another child. It was a male. 
He killed him. The woman lived in the tent. She had another child. 
tu'qtake’sine’ a,‘k.ta’tles. qa°qaq !ma‘weslatxo’,ne*. nao’k!"e’s a,‘k.- 
It was cut off his arm. It remained hanging down. The other 
ta’tles tuqtate’sine’. n’cdqanmet.te’sjne’. ta’xas xatsed-alet.ta-’t ne’. 
arm he cut off. It was thrown away. Then both arms were off. 
nao’k!"sa/q!es tursaq!qa’Ine’. n’dqanmet.te’syne. nao*k!"sa’q!e's 
One leg was cut off. It was thrown away. The other leg 
luqtal’sine’. n’o‘naxo’yne’. ta’xas  na‘n‘oq"eqa’Ine’. ta’xas 
was cut off. The body fell down. Then it was cut to pieces. Then 
no‘q !naneya’mne* qaox"at.tana’mne’ a, qa‘nak!alamu’k!o, 
people went away and put up the tents at Where-they-used-to-sow- 
Tobacco. 
ktscimi‘’yct kq!u’mne’’na'm. nutpalnc’Ine’  na*wasxoneya’mne’. 
At night people were asleep. It was heard some one singing. 
qakeya’/mne’ néke’jne’  q!o‘malq!a’n‘k!o. ma ki’ip. staxa’xe: 
People said: “Ttmust be Lame Knee who isdead.”’ He arrived 
q!o‘matq!a’n‘k!o. mn’ipe’Ine’ = nejs_—snaso’,k"e'ns. _n’asaIte’t.se’. 
Lame Knee. He killed that chief. He married them. 
xa‘tsendtsuk"a’te’. 
Both he took. 
21. Tak YoutH wHo KILLED THE CHIEFS 
Qanct.la’,ne’ nul’a’q,ana naqa’ite’ pa’Ikes. wa’xe’ tz’tqa‘t!. 
q q p q 
There lived in a an old man had a child a woman. Hearrived | a man. 
tent 
tsuk"a’te’ swene’se’s. lahaqa’Ite’ n’e’nse’ te’tqa't!s. q!akpakitxo’,ne’. 
He took his daughter. She aiscnee Bi it was a male. He killed him. . 
child, 
qanct.la’,ne’ ne tdna’mu.  tahaqa’ite’ n’e’nse’ na.utena’nas. 
Shelivedinatent that old woman. Again she had a it was a girl. 
child; 
1 According to Barnaby, a Blackfoot tale. 
2 Evidently he had married the girl, and he was in the habit of preserving the lives of his daughters, 
but killing his sons. 
