LAFLESCHE] TRIBAL RITES LITERAL TRANSLATION 545 



1018. Wa-(?a-be, black bear; u-pa-ka, blemish; tlii''-ge, none; to°, 

 sliindiug; no", the; a, they said, 1085. 



1020. Po-e, in flames; to°, standing; hi, having arrived there where 



he stood; no^-shi", stood; bi, they; a, they said, 1086. 



1021. No°-be, hand; ba-ha, holding up his hand; to°, standing; a, 



they said. 

 1026: No°-be, hand; zha-ta, forked, fingers or claws; ga ge, these; a, 



they said. 

 1027. Pe-dse, fire; a-gi-the, I have made to be; a-to° he i° da, I stand. 

 1031. No"-xthe, charcoal; a-gi-the, I have made to be; a-thi" he i° da, 



in my journey, 1035, 1039. 

 1033. No°-xthe, charcoal; gi-pa-be, theh's be black; ki-the, cause 



themselves to be; mo°-thi", in their journey; ta bi° da, they 



shall, 1041. 

 1038. Zhu-i-ga, body; pa-be, black; ga, this; kshe, that lay; a, they 



said. 

 1040. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; no°-xthe, charcoal; gi-the, make of; 



mo"-tlii°, in their journey; bi, they; do", when; a, they said. 

 1045. Mi-xa, swan; pka, white; to"-ga, large, or great; thi"-kshe, 



sitting; no°, the, 1101. 



1052. ^"i, feet; ko°-ha, edges; sha-be, dark; ga, this; thi°-kshe, 



sitting; shki, also; a, they said. 



1053. Pe-dse, fire; a-gi-the, I have made it to be; a-thi" he i" da, 



in my journe}"; e, saying; to", standing or stood; a, they said. 



1055. Pe-dse, fire; a-gi-the, I have made it to be; a-thi" he i° da, 



in my journey. 



1056. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; pe-dse, fire; gi-the, make it to be their; 



moMhi", in their journey; bi, they; do", when; shki, also; 



a, they said. 

 1058. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; wa-zhi", courage; gi-the, make to be 



their; bi, they; do", when; shki, and; a, they said, 1061. 

 1060. Ni (figurative), breath, power of endurance; o°-wo°-ta-thi", 



they bei'ome exhausted before I do; bi, tliey; a-thi"-he in da, 



in my journey. 

 1062. Ni, breath, power of endurance; u-ta-thi", unequaled by the 



gods; bi, they: ki-the, cause tliemselves to be; mo"-tlii", in 



their journey; ta, shall; bia, they; zlii"-ga, the little ones. 

 1070. Zhi"-ga, the little ones; wa-zlii°, courage; thi-gi-the, make of 



you; ta, let; bi a, them; wi-tsi-go e, O, grandfather; e-gi-a, 



said to him; bi, they; a, they said. 

 1075. I"-gtho"-ga, a puma; bia, he is; wi-90"-ga, my younger broth- 

 ers; e-ki-a, said to one another; bi, they; a, they said. 

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