LAFLESCHE] TRIBAL KITES LITERAL TRANSLATION 555 



1513. L'-k'u-be, valleys; do-ba, four; jishi, I have been to; a-tha, I 

 have; wi-zhi^-the, elder brothers; e, saying; to", stood; a, 

 thev said. 



l.')14. l'-k'u-be, valleys; do-ba, four; pshi, I have been to; e-de, and; 

 a, they said. 



1516. Sho-dse, smoke; QO°-ho°, white, pale; kshe, lying in wide ex- 

 panse; wa-to^-be a, I have seen them, the villages and their 

 smoke; wi-zhi°-t he, my elder brothers; e, saying; to°, stood; 

 a, they said. 



] olS. To"-wo°-gtho°, towns or villages; wa-to°-be a, I have seen them; 

 wn-zhi°-the, ni}' elder brothers; e, saying; to", stood; a, tliey 

 said. 



1519. Ni-ka-shi-ga, people; bi a, they are; wi-zhi'^-the, my elder 



brothers; e, sajdng; to", stood; a, they said. 



1520. A-shka, closel}", near; xtsi, verily; wa-to°-be a, I saw them; 



wi-zhi°-the, m}- elder brothers; e, saying; to°, stood; a, they 

 said. 



1521. Pe, foreheads; ba-xthe-xtha, they were mottled by pricking, 



tattooed; bi a, they were; wi-zhi^-the, mj^ elder brothers; e, 

 saying; to°, he stood; a, they said. 



1522. The-ba, jaws; ba-xthe-xtha, they were tattooed; xtsi, verily; 



bi a, they were; wi-zhi^-the, my younger brothers; e, saying; 

 to°, he stood; a, they said. 



1523. Pe, foreheads, the hair of; ga-tsu-fa, shaved or cut close; bi a, 



they were; wi-zlii^-the, mj- elder brothei's; e, saymg; to", he 



stood; a, they said. 

 1527. Ki-ftu, assemble; tse a, let them; wi-^o^-ga, my younger 



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

 1529. Ki-ftu, assemble; a-tsi-a-tha, hurriedly; ba, they; do°, and; 



a, they said. 



1533. U-k'u-be, valleys; do-ba, four; a-hi, he has been to; bi, he; 



e, said; a-ka, he; Wa-zha-zhe, the subdivision representing 

 the water part of the earth; e-gi-a, they said to him, the 

 leading memljer; bi, they; a, they said. 



1534. U-k'u-be, valleys; do-ba, four; a-hi, he has been to; ba, he; 



do", and. 



1536. Sho-dse, smoke; go°-ho°, white, pale; kshe, arising and lying 



over the villages; wa-do°-ba, he has seen them, the villages 

 and the smoke, as also the inhabitants; bi, he; e, said; a-ka, 

 he; wi-po°-ga, my j'ounger brother; a-ka, he, 1538. 



1537. To''-wo°-gtho°, towns or villages; pe-tho^-ba ha, seven separate. 

 1539. A-shka, closely, near; xtsi, verily; wa-do^-be, he saw them; bi, 



them: e, said; a-ka, he; wi-90"-ga, my younger brother; 

 a-ka, he. 



