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40. Manrrou PERFORMANCE 
Kq!axna’mnam. n’sin‘wisxa’Ine’ Na’qane’. qake’kse’ nipck!a’e's 
They tie up some one. Heis behind a screen ‘ He Swims.’’! 
He says his manitou 
latikmi’til.  qake’kse* nipek!a’e’s —_ tsxathaqayeqa’mek. 
when he is He says his manitou he will roll himself. i 
thrown back. 
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41. MrepicINE PERFORMANCE i 
‘ 
T!lamoxo’,Inme’ sctwanaq,nanuq !namna’mne* yunaqa’pse’ qa’psins ‘ 
The drum is beaten they practice medicine performances many things ’ 
Li 
ktso’,k¥a,t xatkno,k*’ne’. , 
u a ° 
who take save him. 
42. GAMBLING 
5 Katuwa’ts!nam yunaqa’,zne’ k!eskax,me’til qa’psin; kq!a‘taxa’,!- 
Gambling many are lost things; horses, 
tsin, se’’ct!, aaqatwu’mla, tla’wu, a, ktsa’mal, ne’iko; q!a’pe- 
blankets, shirts, bows, knives, money; all 
qa’psin n’eskax,mete’Ine’. 
things are lost. 
43. GAMES 
K letke’nit kene’he, taa’k!la,k kawesk!akana’nam, k!iktsikna’m- 
Itisdone dancingincircle other one down squatting, blind man’s 
hand in hand, 
nam. at shketkine’Ine’ kk.enq!o’yam, at sketkine‘Ine’ qa’la tka’m-u 
buff. It is made a toy, it is made some child, 
10 wWiktsi’kil ¢’n’e'n netsta‘haina’na at swu’,te’ a, kmu’/ta’ms, na.ut- 
if he is caught, if he is a boy, he is given as a snake; a 
a bow 
na’‘na at n’e’nse’ kiyukmu’les at n’e’nse’ a, kmu’lams. 
girl, however, she her digging-stick, | however, it is a snake. 
44, HUNTING ON THE PLAINS 
Ne; tawat !c/nak ninathutune’s;jnam at n’o,ynile’ Ine’ 
Those across the moun- when they went out on however, were feared 
tains the prairie, 
sa/nia. at q!untkalthawasxuneya’mne’ at slo,nite’Ine’ santa 
the How- around they sing, but they were feared the Pie- 
Piegans. ever, gans 
ktsxal’a’y  kq!ataxa’,Itsins. at  n’upsta‘tiyitqanike’tme* ninal- 
they would steal horses. But they did this always when 
15 hutune’snam = ta-upkalone’snam —no‘qanki‘kil’akni’yam. __ ta’xas 
they wereon the prairie when they went out on they rounded up buffaloes. Then 
the prairie 
at qa,qask;ne’Ine’. 
they stopped. 
1 Name of a man, known under the French name Louis, 
