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'0'o'on§ 'gmme. 'Qtmin§m§n Lolapathaan? ^ 'ithan'ai 'cjnwaii. 

 "Tcokwillo, 'o'o'on?, m(jmm?hu?" Lolapathaen^ pa 'gn'omniia. 

 "Wa '(jnkiat(jnn?5m?hu," 'o'o'on? 'cipgnLolafjatho'oniQ. "Tgxui," 

 Lolapathaan^ pa 'gn'ommio, "yonnQ toipatQaan? mgpgnhuim^n wa 

 mgnkkiatgnn<jtcim§n'au mgnsowipetci." '(^pgnthoihakehen 'gmra§. 



'Qlmm?m?n wa Lotaphon'en? 'ithan'au 'gnwan. Lolaphon'enQ pa 

 'gn'ommio: "Tcokwillo, 'o'o'oiiq, mgmm^hu?" " 'Qnkiatgnnij- 

 mehu," 'o'o'one 'gpgnLolaphon'gme. "Tgxui," tcexgmQn Lola- 

 phon'en^ pa 'gn'ommio, "ygnn? thoiphon'en? mgpgnhuimon wo 

 mgnkiotgnngtclmen'ou mgnsowipetci." 'O'o'on? 'gpgnthoiphonho- 

 keh^n 'gmm§. 



'Qlmmem^n Lolatsolen? 'ithan'au 'gnwOn. Lolotsolen? pa 'gn- 

 'ommio: "Tcokwillo, 'o'o'one, mgmm^hu?" '"Qnkiotgnn^m^hu," 

 'o'o'on^ 'gpgnLolafsol'gmQ. "Tgxui," Lola^olcn? po 'gn'ommio, 

 "ygnn? mgpgnthgifsolhuim§n mgnkiatgnnijtcimen'ou, ygnn^ mgnso- 

 wipetci." '0'o'on§ 'gpgnthoifsolhakehQn 'gmm§. 



'Qmm^mQn wa Lolatcgl'enQ 'ithan'au 'gnwdn Lolatcgl'en? pa 

 'gn'ommio: "Tcokwillo, 'o'o'on?, mgmm^hu?" " 'Qnkiatgnn^- 

 m^hu," 'o'o'on? 'gpgnLolatcgl'gm?. "Tgxui," tcexgm^n Lolo- 

 tcgl'enQpo 'gn'ommio, "ygim(j thgitcgl'en? mgpgnhuimon wo mgnkia- 

 tgnn^tclm^n'ou mgnsowipetci." '0'5'onQ 'gpgnthoitcglhokeh^n 

 'gmm?. 



'Qmmom^n m^ntcoho tcufoi Thaltaien? kakehui mo'e '^n'oi 

 'gnwan. "Tcokwillo, 'o'o'onQ, mgmm^hu?" Thalfaien^ pa 'gn'- 

 gmmio. "'(lnkiatgnngm(?hu," 'o'o'onQ 'gntohu. "Tgxui," Thaltai- 

 en? po 'gn'ommio. " Komgngnthgiwio patijhawen, phonw^n, tiolw^n 

 'imgyo'e?" 'O'o'one 'gntghu: "Kgngnwio." "kowQo," Thalfaien? 

 po 'gn'ommio, "yimiQ tliQjenQ pomouKipQhokeliQn waTholeng theppiu 

 mgpgn'oletci." "Row^nng, ngyo koElthgi'gntci he 'gmioum^mmo." 

 "Tgxui," thal?aienQ tghu, "peemg pathaw^nng mopphotci, hcittg 

 lamg'emg han xg'en? 'gn fsolw^n, hoy yon pi'au pathalw^n, hax 

 hoxwQ'en? pathaw^n, koto phonw?n. Ho moithoi'gmQhQnng 

 tothalxiamotxi." "Tgxui," 'o'o'oncj 'gntohu, "He 'oimioumoko 

 ng 'gthgjphotci." 'Qpgnthoiwgtceh^n wa Thaltaien^ tDniQinmo 



^ The butterflies of various colors are encountered by S^qgere- 

 pove'eng in the order in which the cardinal directions and their colors 

 are mentioned in Picuris ceremonies: tapupa, northeast (patha-, 

 white); ta'opo, northwest (phon-, black); tsngn, southwest (fsol-, 

 yellow); takwepo, southeast (tcgl-, blue). To these is sometimes 

 added: pimmo, east; literally, in the middle (paxQ-, gray); cp. p. 354. 



