HOW A HUNTER ENCOUNTERED BMULE', VISITED HIS 

 COUNTRY, AND OBTAINED A BOON 



Niga' be'sagwada' alno:ba' 



And once a man 



nanii't.awi' nigayu' pe'mose't 



he could see and soon he came 



nspiwi.' bawadji'' ocdabi't 



at the same because of it he sat down 



time 



ugada'was'ami'n ni'gela' ni'yu. 



he was going to drink and so here 



lagwi'wi" niyu'' n9bi"'k 



toward and here in the 



water 



pmauzawi'n'u'k 



kiwadieli'n nda'tama ke'gwi 



went hunting not anything 



si'bu'k' ni'obe'djigada'dusami'n 



to a river then he grew thirsty 



ni'yu' gi'zi"' abi't' ni'yir' 



and here after he sat here 



down 



udli'dapsidoda'man yunobi'k 



here stooped down here water 



wada'lina'mi'han aweni'li'I' 



there he saw somebody 



elawe'gwina' 



like really 



wo'we'lmccwi'a'r 



he knew him 



niaweni"' eli'gi't' 



that one was like 



a human being 



aweiii wd' 



who that 



sak'hi'wa' 



behold. 



li" 'nar)g"zu' 



resembling 



ke'newagizi' 



but that he had 



bmiik' ' negani' ' 



ni' wanqc'djigantlazin u"wa 



then he went and hid himself that 



dqc'dabi'nawa'n yuli'l 



as he noticed him this 



ni"gewa' bmule' niwadji'/paiiKdawe'ri 



then that. Bmule' Then he climbed 



elinawft'nt' yuli'l' alnaba'l' 



it appeared lika this 



ni'agama' egama'tatci 



ndaganowa' 



but not that 



una' nodamana'l 



heard of him 



wudji'am'ki'n 



Bmule'. Then he got up 



alnccbe' nigizi''goctlKzi't' niyu'' 



man and after he hid then 



wi'dccba r ' danidji'wadla'dake'n 



his friend what was he going to do 



iyu' abazi'k ni'gafe'' 



here in a tree 



eli'tales'eini''t' yu' 



man as he saw lying here 



asidai'wi' ogado'saini'n 



that one 



wi'zawi'mani' 



his gold 



ubo'noman 



he lay it 



where he also 



in his turn 



he was going to drink, 



in 



ge"'lada'k 



in his mouth 



ni'wa'limbe" 



then that man 



ni'wikwaname'n 



and he took it out 



gizine'mitccqk'" 



when he saw it 



at once 



sibu'k 



in the river 



niyu' 



then 

 • i'-k 



ni'yu 



and here on the 

 ground 



eigadana'k 



where he hid it 



i'yuwado'nak niyuwadli'dehKzi'n n«dji'komodana'n nigela' niyu' 



here in his mouth and he thought to go and steal it. So accordingly then 



madjeg"'zi'n walnabe' abak'skadai'wi'' wadjinda' wewJ'la'ijk'" 



he started to crawl that man flat on his belly so that not he would know it 



yuli'l' widcjba'l' ni'gan'i' gi'zi'be'sudji'wi'' pedjigw9zi''t 



this his friend then when he had come near coming crawling 



ni'gi'gi'mi'wi' uwikwanama'n wizccwi'mani'' ni'wa'gizos'omi''t 



slyly he took it the gold. Then when he had drunk 



wabmule' elcxbi't ni' nda'tamrc' unami' 'towa'n wi'z«'\sdmani'"m 



that Bmule' looking there not. he saw it his gold. 



ni'yu' ga'dfigi'dahazi'n ni'wedli'dahrjzi'n "eli'kamo'danama'k'." 



Then he began to think about it and he concluded. "So it is stolen from me." 



niganawowa' bmule' made'olano ogwa' nigan'i'' 



And then that Bmule' was a magician it was said and then 



* Used in a somewhat humorous sense 

 2 Lit. "yellow money," mani', "money' 



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borrowed during early English contact. 



