LAFLESCHE] TRIBAL EITES LITERAL TEANSLATIOIf 485 



9. Niti-i-xa-xa, rushing waters, rapids; xtsi, verily; ge, the, many; 

 (Isi, there at such places; a, they said. 



10. A-ni-ka-shi-ga, as a person dwell, abide; mi-kshe i° da, I who sit 



here. 



11. Ni, water; zhu-i-ga, my body; the, I make to be, of the water; 



xtsi, verily; a-ni-ka-shi-ga, as a person, as a people; mi-kshe. 

 i" da, I who sit here. 



12. Ni, river; thi-u-ba-he, the side of the body; i-sdu-ge, the right; 



ga, this; kshe, lying; a, they said, 15. 



13. Thi-u-ba-he, as my own right side; a-gi-the, I have made it to 



be; a-thi" he i° da, as I joiirne}^ through life, 19. 



14. Zlii''-ga, the httle ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; o°-tha, make of 



me; bi, they; do", when; a, they said, 24. 



15. Ni, river; tlu-u-ba-he, the side of its body; i-sdu-ge, the right; 



ga kshe, this lying; a, they said. 



16. Thi-u-ba-he, the right side of their own bodies; gi-the, make of 



it; mo°-thi°, as they travel the path of hfe; bi, they; do°, 

 when; a, they said, 20. 



17. Thi-u-ba-he, the side of the body; i-ts'a, causes of death; thi°-ge, 



none; ki-the, cause themselves to be; mo°-thi°, as they travel 

 the path of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall, 21. 



18. Thi-u-ba-he, side of the body; tha-ta, the left; ga kshe, this; a 



they said. 



22. Ni-u-thu-ga, the channel; ga kshe, this; a, they said. 



23. Thi-u-thi-xthu-k'a, the hollow of my own body; a-gi-the, I have 



made it to be; a-thi" he i° da, in my life's journey. 



25. Thi-u-thi-xthu-k'a, the hollow of their bodies; i-ts'a, causes of 



death; thi°-ge, none; ki-the, cause themselves to have; mo"*- 

 thi°, as they travel the path of life; ta i tsi° da, they shall. 



26. Wa-dsu-ta, animal, a hving creature; wi°, one; zhu-i-ga, my body; 



a-the, I have made it to be; a-thi° he i° da, in my life's journey. 



27. Ho, fish; zhu-dse, the red; kshe no", the; a, they said. 



28. Zhu-i-ga, of it my body; a-the, I have made it to be; a-thi° he 



i° da, in my life's journey, 33. 



29. I-ts'a, causes of death; thi°-ge, none; a-thi°-he i° (hi, in my life's 



journey. > 



30. Zhu-i-ga, their bodies; the, they make of him; mon°-tlii'', as they 



travel the path of life; bi, they; do°, when; a, they said, 34, 

 43, 47. 



31. U-no°, old age; a bi, spoken of as; i-the, live to see; mo°-thi°, as 



they travel the path of life; ta i tsi° da, they shall, 35, 40, 48. 



32. Ho, fish; pa-be, the black; ga kshe, this; shki, also; a, they said. 



37. To-shiio°-ge, Otter; kshe, the lying; no°, the; a, they said. 



38. E, that; shki do", also; zliiu-i-ga, my body; a-the, I have made 



it to be; a-thi" he i" da, in my life's journe}^. 



