1 82 WAWENOCK MYTH TEXTS FROM MAINE [eth. ann. « 



cli'hogowa'n komamas'ani' pana'lgobana'" ni' umoskwe'ldamaiKx' 



has done so to you belittling you we are all insulted." Then they all became angry 



ni'ugi'zolomana' tolabal' wedjinlahwdi't nigiste' tcj lawe' 



then they planned what to turtle so ;ts to kill him and then accordingly 



to do 



unaskasi'nq' negawa' tolabe' ni'wikwuna'n yuhi'' 



they att;icked him and that turtle then he took these 



awip'hona' niudc^ba'sahozi'n ebogwa'tc i'da'k "ncdagwa' 



feathers and fanned himself on account of it said " wing 



wad«'bas"ehwana'l'.^ iialagwa' wedK'baseliwa'nal'" ni'yu' 



his fan wing his fan!" Then 



nalegwa' wadc<ba's'ehwa'nak ni'wa' Gluskccbt' udi'ia'n 



(with) wins he fanned himself then that Gluskabe said 



wuza'si'zal' "kaba'ialoke'' eli'tcxlawei' a'ida tafiii'k'atci'as'a't 



to his uncle "you have done wrongly so doing well, cutting his rear off 



saqgania' nide'bane" kanaslva'ijgen'encc'" ni'udi''Jan 



the chief and soon they will attack us." Then he said, 



"nidji'na'wadani'" kadlada'kanena"?" ni'udi''lan pla'wa'ses'enolitu'n 



" On account of it what shall we do?" Then he said "In the meantime I will 



Imild a nest 



yu abaz'i'k." ni'gela' uweli'tu'n wazes'e' ni'udi'ia'n yiili'l wuza'si'zal' 



here in the tree." Accordingly he built a nest. Then he said to this his uncle, 



"tcespi'gw.Tdawe"' ni'gela' tolabe'' ogwa'gwedji'spigwodawe'" 



" Vou shin up." Forthwith turtle tried to shin up 



ni'ndate'gane' ugizi'spigwo'dawa'n ni'udi' 'daman "madji'le'' 



and he was not able to shin uii, then he said, " Dull 



gwagwa'nhekasi'a'n'." ni'wa' Gluakrcbe' ni'wani'malwena'n 



are my heel claws." Then Gluskabe took hold of him 



tolaba'l' ni'wadebake'n wa'zasa'k ni'gi'zi'waz'as'e'k 



turtle and tossed him into the nest and when he was in the nest 



ebi'hi'di't ni'ubedji''dq(iawe'i' bagi'dama'n nabi'' 



they sat down, then he felt like to void water, 



ni'do'labe udi'Vlainan "a'ida! eli'gadawi'bagi'da^k 



that turtle he said, "Lo 1 how am 1 going to void 



nabi'?" niudi'logul' Gluskocba'l' "p«'zi'djikatci'ewi'' 



water?" Then he w:\s told Gluskabe " Lean your rear 



wazas'e'k." ni'gela' ali'initcawa'n nabi'' amak'ai'wi. 



from the nest." Accordingly he urinated water running down 



below. 



' Given as"6agle" by Neptune, but, in Penobscot, Newell Lyon identified this with the extinct " auk.' 

 fi A secondary chief, from English "captain." 

 ' In a monotonous singsong tone. 



