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Thattha wan'ait^n piaw^n kiat§n mglgi. 'QUiulan? pa 'ong- 

 kgltcgiiniah^n 'okoleh^n hattg nOwian ngng'epa wipaita 'gnkel. 

 Wa 'gtiulon^ kuiketha pupin^ m^ntcoho Kui. Pupin? yin likgipiu 

 'Ifsolekwin 'gtsan. M^ntcoho tclkuitha thina 'ongpghataipu'e 

 'onghgnnialiQii piu. Tcihuite Rwiatcioxw^'autco wetgn kow^Q 

 thslahu. 



Kgxw^ki.^ 



S^ijgerepove'en^' Fights With the Sun 



Ngkuth? ngkuth^ke tcexgm^n Pakaiiphol'ai 'i^aitha. Tcexgm^n 

 S^ijgerepove'eng 'gtiuphil wes^n 'gngn'o'ophil 'gntha. S^rjgere- 

 pove'eng winayo tcSwia. Hoh^nno 'i'owa'gnhu. thapai 'otc5w5- 

 lem^n 'ip^kglhu. 



TcexgmQn wepa 'otcgwsle. Hele 'iygpsthgin^. Thsmo'gn wi 

 tcim^n wi p?'in? wqq 'owamon. M^ntcoho Ighgn'epa 'ilQxwekekkui- 

 tha mgloiwaioi. "Hgw^n h^x^tci hele piyapfthgmQ tcatthei?" 

 tohu. Xwelkoleh^n tcexgm^n ngthat!3ahu, tgm^n "Xg ygkwe p?n§ 

 wingipci nigie'e 'owawalem^ wepah^n tisothgn'ophutcipu." M^ntco- 

 ho waiwitgmQpun pfn§ m§n winoipa maie'e 'ow3le. TcexgiiKjn 

 ngthattgipgld. Halo xwelwatcem^n, m^ntcoho P?n§ pa tg'g™ici' 

 "Wayo 'gmpiiien? miyathappg." S^qgerepove'eng 'gngthaxxwsiki- 

 waita Igm?'?. Pfne wa 'gmpiu 'am^. "Wayo," P^n^ pa 'ommia, 

 "sikakgmgitcitci. Tcatthai'aite pgimuthalayo kolupiatci, pgnnu yo 

 kolumopiatci. Tcinn§ lumg'en^ kokem^h^n 'gxiawiatci. Ygnfoi 

 Tholen^ pa, 'gnwahutciam^'epa, konop^yo'gmianiQ'epayo, 'gpun- 

 'gmiah^. Hokeyo pgnnuthela ngpuim^nng tcaikwil wewe kgn'ophillo 

 'g'^tci. Yohuiyo tholen^ 'gnmgn'otcotci. Yghuiyo mgnpun'gntci. 

 Hoh^niig 'a'gmQtci'e 'gnngwia. Hokeyo sanhuiyo 'g?atci." Tcexg- 

 niQii S^qgerepove'eng 'gpun'aite mgwen^h^n thappiu mgp^sai. 



^ "You have a tail," translated into Spanish as "Tienes cola" or 

 "Tienes ima cola." Cp. Isl. Kahwikieim, "You have a tail" or 

 Tg kahwikieim, "Now you have a tail," etc. The narrator says this 

 to the one whom he wants to have tell the next story. 



^ From Tewa S^qgiripovi'^'niJ (s^qgh'i- as in various words of 

 greeting, of meaning obscure to the Tewa in this name; povi, flower; 

 'e'ng, youth). The stories m which S^qgerepove'eng figures are felt 

 by the Indians to be as characteristically Picuris as any of the others, 

 yet the hero bears a Tewa name, lives at the Tewa village of San 

 Juan, and the Tewa tell similar myths about him. 



