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Wetgn tohu: "Hglgn 'gnliutho'e TcahaiKj 'gnQ?utce?ahu. How?n 

 tcanno} tihotci. Tcannoi henoikatcatci." M^ntcoho 'Ifsolekwin 

 Eowen 'gnigpia'aih^n tcileko'aihQn thanate 'owole. 'Owalekcjnng 

 EwiatcioxwQ'eutco mgxwlweh^n mgpai'aihQU 'gKum§m§n kewatta 

 mq. 



'I^olekwin tangn pilamgn hallgn m^hu. Patholia'epa phanhui 

 pathow^n hou'auteta 'ok3pp(jyo. M^m^nwoita wa Tcahan^ 'itta- 

 takin'ai wan. Rwiatcioxw^'autco 'gliutha'e mgm?n ngphiats^tau- 

 kitha 'gfsan. "Yghoyo men ngwai ygnM liuen§ 'gntha'e 'ehu, 

 TcahanQ 'gn tutcelahu, hgwQn yohiii he taix(;taitci." Ho tgm^n yin 

 'flaputha ^ ingx^nlai 'o'elatophialiakelianngtha * mgtai. 



Tataphalta 'omom'cdx^n Tcahan^ 'ingphiatietauki. L^gt^n thapa 

 'imgtuixia'gmhu. Wei 'iutcewem^n, wel 'iuph?itham?n, wel 'iufcila- 

 thomgn, wel 'iuxgthamgn, han wel wi pin'ai 'imglamgn. Mgntcoho 

 l^mgn 'imgpiahu. 'ImgpiakamQhgn 'it1;onwia'epa 'i'gmmiahii: "Tg 

 xgmmg hattg 'ing?ui'gntci." Ho tomgn mentcoho tatoxwil^n 

 'ipimiakwgygtokui. Mgntcoho 'iJuitahu. Miakwgygtoma 'iwilemgn 

 wewe tan^n tsgnpiu 'ilolhu. 'Itlonwia'epa 'i'gmmiahu: "Hglgn 

 yoho pu'au kiyanglataitutco'eyo tcihu. Xgmma ken'au wgrn'o 

 kopgwale." Mgntcoho wqn ken'aukwil 'opgwale. Yin 'o?aulosian'au 

 ngpgmgtcian wSwe tatapiu fsan. "Tcutai yjn ken'au wi hele 

 waingla?aitcIm§ko," ?on'gm§. 



Mgntcoho wewe 'i^iiitahu, wewe miakoygtoma 'iwllcmgn wewe 

 fsQmpiu 'ilolhu. Miakoygtoma 'iyaxwiletiamg. "Halo l?g'oh§n 

 nigluwe," ISnen? tghu, " hgw^n ygho kiyatutco'e he wi tcihu. Hokeyo 

 ho kinaEuikotiamg. Xgmmg Lekguen^ 'Lxwia'gntci. Tci!aiyo wi 

 ngwQn naingn 'opQyg." Mentcoho LekguenQ 'ixwia'gn: "Lekggen?, 

 'gxwio'gn '§'e 'gnglawiako, ?yo wi ngngwQmiaingn hau'aute 'in'on^ 

 w?nng kgpgtiahu. 'IJyo 'gnglawia. Ygho ngla^aieuQ kiyatutco'e 

 pu'au kitcimgko king^uikotiamg. Hokeyo kongtcikkeyo 'gxwia'gnhu." 

 "Hu hu," Lekgueng tomfjlipn ken'aukwil 'otlialwale, yin le'au 

 han ?aulo'au mglaimgtcia'aih^n, tcohele wa ngla?aimgn. Hattg 

 tatapiu ng?ala!ietahen yin 'gla'ai 'o'elatokelianng'ai kalxaixw^tcgne. 



^ 'Ela-, roof-hole, N. M. Span. coye. 



' 'Elatophia-, roof-hole sticks, i. e., the sticks used for closing the 

 roof-hole, piled beside the roof-hole when the latter is open. 



