LAFLESCHE] TRIB.VL RITES LITERAL TRANSLATION 503 



25. Ni-ka, man; be, who, what; tha to° she, art thou, who stands 



j'onder; e-gi-a, they said to him; bi, thej-; a, they said. 



26. Ho°-ga, a sacred person; bthi° a, I am; wi-zhi°-the, my elder 



brothers: e, sa3-ing; to°, he stood; a, they said. 



27. Mo°-shko", the Crawfish; wi, I am; a-to° he a, I who stand here; 



wi-zhi"-the, my elder brothers; e, sa^'ing; to°, he stood; a, they 

 said. 



28. Mo^-thi^-ka-zhi^-ga, Little-earth; wi, I am; a-to" he &, I who 



stands here; wi-zhi°-the, my elder brothers; e, saying; to", he 

 stood; a, they said. 



29. Wi-zlii°-the, my elder brothers; e, to say; tsi-the, he hastened to 



say; a, they said. 



30. E-dsi, at any place, or at any important movement; zhi, not 



present; the, moving; thi°-ge, none; a-ni-ka-shi-ga, I am such 

 a person; wi-zlii°-the, my elder brothers; e, saying; to°, he 

 stood; a, they said. 



31. We-ki-k'o°, a symbol, a ceremonial article; a to° he a, I am, I 



who stands; wi-zlii°-the, my elder brothers; e, saying; to", he 

 stood; a, they said. 



32. We-ki-k'o°, symbol; tho°-tse, suitable; a-to^-he i° da, I am, I 



who stand here. 



34. Mo°-to-to-be, a hillock of soft mud; ho°-(?ka, of no particular size; 



do", and; a, they said. 



35. K'u-shi, as though sucked down, or gulped down; kshi-gthe, he 



went home; do°, and; a, they said, 44, 54, 62. 



36. Mo^-tlii^-ka, the soil of the earth; sha-be, the dark; thi°-kshe, 



the sitting; a, they said. 



37. Ba-ha, holding it aloft to offer it to the people; tsi, he came; 



no°-zhi°, stood; to", standing; a, they said, 46, 56, 64. 



38. The, this, bit of earth; wi-zhi°-the, my elder brothers; e, to say; 



tsi-the, he hastened; a, they said, 47. 



39. We-ki-k'o", ceremonial article; shka-xe, you make of it; tse a, 



you shall; wi-zlii°-the, my elder brothers; e, saying; to", he 

 stood; a, they said. 



40. Tho°-dse, the side of the house; ba-he, the height of; e-to°-ha, 



equal to its height: no" shki do°, even to that height; a, they 

 said, 68. 



41. Da, the tilings, that you may ask for; i-sdu-ts'a-ga, you fail to 



secure by its use; zhi, shall not; tha, you; tlii°-she, in your life's 

 journey; ta tse a, you shall; wi-zhi°-the, my elder brother; e, 

 saying; to°, he stood; a, they said, 50, 69, 78. 



42. We-slino°, gratefully happy; wi-gi-the, I am causing you to be; 



a-to°, he, a, I who stand here; wi-zhi°-the, my elder brothers; 

 e, saying; to", he stood; a, they said. 



43. I-tha-pi-thi", slowly, gently; xtsi, verily; a, they said. 



