184 WAWENOCK MYTH TEXTS FROM MAINE Jeth, ann. « 



iipode'waiye'" niiimaskawa'n tolaba'l' ni"w9dji''kpana'sehi'di't 



the third time then he found turtle. Thereupon they threw him ashore 



malaini' ki'k nega' wa' sagwask'taha'n tolebf' 



at last upon the ground then that one they knocked him dead turtle. 



niume'tqcbeg3si"n ndatlo'kaga'n. 



Then here ends my story. 



ni'gawa Gluskocbe' wedjimadjeta'nt sobegu'k ni'wuno'sotag- 



And then that Gluskable went away to the ocean then be followed 



wetekama'n malami' ktci'dofba'kwanigana'k ^ niwedji"' 



a river up at last to the great divide. Thence 



kalapcc'wela'ut mozu'l' niwa' mu's mqdjela'nt man''i\vi' 



he started up a moose and that moose started off among 



si''bui'ku1v teka' Pan'awO''mp'skao'k lagwewi'. ni'wewola'n 



the rivers indirection of Penobscot River Valley toward. Then she knew 



Pukadji'nskwes'u"" nigiziwe'dolama'k " owa' a'ida 



Pukedjinskwessu and she could sense it. that one well 



made'olanuskwe' ni"ugadawi'gak"hi'"kiha'n Gluskfxba'l' ni" 



sorceress. Then she wanted to tease Gluskahe. Then 



ugadawi'kalapqc'wala'n mozu'l" wadji'ndagi'zinla'qk'"' niwa' 



she w.anted to start up the moose so that not he could kill it. That 



Gluskabe' we'wedahama'n yuli'l Pukadji'nskwesuwal' 



Oluskabe knew her this Pudedjisdwessu 



e'li'gak'hiki'hogo't ni'udli''dahama'n "e'begwatcindatci.' 



how she w:is teasing him, then he thought " on account of it not also 



kena'mihi' yu pemiia'" nigela' ni'wa' uba'bmigwil- 



you will see me here p;issing by." Accordingly that searcheil all 



awobi'n Pukadji'nskwes'u' taniba'weni'' udli'namiha'n 



about to see him Pudedjinskessu how if anybody she could see. 



nige'newanda' wi'biwi' imamitu'ii eli''djiiakwasinli't 



But not except she saw how the tracks 



udarjgama' pemsege'k nicjlawi"' uno'sawocp'tasi'n neganowa' 



of his snowshoes on the ledge. For a long time she followed the tracks then that 



Gluskccba'l" wase'snii'wani'hakrl' wzaini'wi'tc wudli^'dahamgiin 



Gluskahe she lost his tracks because it was willed 



ni' wedjinda' p'skarjgo'k niwa' Gluskcjbt' madcxbelcv'nt si'bu'k 



that not she could find him. Then th.at Gluskabe went down to the riverj 



ni'wanamiha'n mozu'l' yu'lil noso'kawa'nt niubibma'n nia'ida 



• Said by the informant to have been the ridge dividing the waters flowing into the St. Lawrence from 

 those flowing southward into the Atlantic. 



'» A mythical character common to the Malecite, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Wawenock. She is 

 described as having a figure Uke a "jug," who lives alone in the remote forests. 



» A common concept among the Wabanaki, "to know a thing by intuition." 



