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giziuli'tawu'n" niudi'lan "a'ida ngizihr;ba' ka'salamsa'n." 



I c;iu m:ike?" Then he siiid, "Well! I can make him perhaps the wiml." 



ni'debelda'k udi'lan "nega' wuli hya' tanegadli'bagwatu'n sibiwi' 



Then "The Owner" said, "Then make it what you can do even 



ta'ni'g-adotsani'"n." negela' niuli'ha'n gosolainsanu'l' madje'lainsa'n 



according to your power." Then then he made the wind. The wind rose 



surely him 



ni'gwikwaskwaiwi' alomigoslamsa'n niaskwa' elami'gaslanisa'k 



then sulTicietitly the wind coming up and then so hard it blew 



niabazia'k alamicfba'djogelke' ela:mso'gena\ ni"debe'ldak 



then the trees torn out by the roots blew over. Then "The Owner" 



udi'lan Gluskccba'l' "teba't" gizi'nami'tu'n elsani'a'u 



said to Gluskabe " Enough! I have seen how powerful you are 



tefa'tci" eli'bagwatawq'n." ni'dabe'ldtik udi'damo'n "nega'ni"a 



and now what you can do." Then "The Owner" said, "Now, I 



Kzidaiwi' noliha'n kazalamsa'n" negela' nima'djegaslamsa'n 



in return 1 will make him the wind." Then surely the wind rose 



Kzi'daiwi' niedudlamsa'k alni'gelna' kwihi"di''t' niga 



in return then it blew so (?) then 



niedudlamsa'k niwadu'kskcxdabelamsoge'n wa Gluskcxbe' 



it blew so then it blew liis hair all tangled up on his head that Gluskabe 



ni'gadawi'' e'nawipta'qk'" wadopkwana'l' nimziwi' ine'tlamsa'n 



then he wanted to smoothe it down his head of hair then all it blew off, 



ni'nda'tama wadapkwana'l' nimsi'wi' nie'tlamsa'n ni'fa'tci' 



then not his head of hair all it blew off and now 



ume'tqbegazi'n notk)'kq:ga'n. 



ends my story. 



B 



THE TURTLE INSULTS THE CHIEF OF THE BIRDS; GLUSKABE HELPS HIM 



TO escape; mountains are created; and again turtle escapes 



BY getting his CAPTORS TO THROW HIM INTO THE WATER, BUT IS 

 FINALLY KILLED 



Negawa'ida pemizo'bek'"'ke't Gluskabe' niuni'lan 



So well then as he wandered by the ocean Gluskabe then he killccl 



podeba'!' niugizinla'n podeba'P niunccdji' wa'wandokewa'n 



a whale; then when he had killed the whale then he went to inform 



wusa'si'za'l' toloba' ni'udi'lana " naba'tcieli' podebt'" 



liis uncle turtle, then he told him "Great fortune! killed a whale" 



ni'wusasi'za'l' udi'legun "negatci' gccdjip'tonenK' podebaiya'." 



Then his uncle he was told "and now wc will go and get it whale meat." 



negela' niunccdjina' ni'wodlosena' sobegu'k' nibayqhqdi't 



So then they went; then they came to the ocean; when they arrived 



wabodebe'lsik niwedriamna' kesi'tcweIdamohodi''t 



where the whale lay then they took as much as they wished; 



nigizi'wikwu'namohodi't ni'bla' pali'wi' obunamona' niwadoloba' 



then when they took it for a while to one side they put it then that turtle 



edudji'wehemcc't sipsa' ges'i'k'i'gi''t msi'wi' wskitkanii'lv'" 



called them together the birds various kinds all in the world; 



negan'i'' sKkhedowoldihidi't ne'bogwatci' nan'e'mkamigipode' 



then they came flying then on account of it the ground shook 



si'bi'wi" wada's'of ekawrava'l' kisosa'l' niubedji'dawuldencj 



and fairly covering up by flocking the sun then they all came Hying 



