392 PICURIS CHILDREN'S STORIES 



|ETH. ANN. 43 



Row^nnQ waan? mghutci." Ho pluen? 'gn?aiwia'e 'i'ommiam§h§nnQ 

 'ithappiu kowen 'ipin^mQhu. Yonliaiyo. 

 Tgthate fei'eiiQ 'inngwia w^m'a 'itlaipiu'gn- 



Tokens of Death 



Tcun'ak?n halo 'gntgnlolen? k^kwewiak^n wepa yin tcoho Ngmolo- 

 pu'au 'ew^n haw wes^n s5nen? hiaulon halo nats^pathgm^n j5ilamon 

 'iniQiiKjii yin paxaloxot^an'gn. Yin pek^n'aitQnng phiaEs^thalputf^-nng 

 yin tcOpun. Hanko w^n sanen? topun: "Hen^n 'gnngpImmiamQkoho 

 yinfoi pa.xaicinQ ygkwe kitco." Tcoho w^mpa'a ngpuiniQn tcifai 

 sanenQ piu'gn. 



Wepa 'gntgnlolen^ 'gn tapuipe pilomon 'gn'^h? halo S§tholk§mm?n 

 phQpa'a'amg wa tanoipe katew^n 'ikui'gn. 'Qntgnlolen^ tcifoi 

 'imonko ta'ommian: "Hglgn ponQn Tathate ?aipiuh?ko ho yimpai 

 'iph§pa'akui." Thapa wQmpa napuim^nng w^n Tathate Eai'en§ 

 piu'gn. 



Thapa Tathate ?ai'en? phal'au 'itciutcotian'gn'gn 'itg'an^n xg 

 nako, xg hen^nno tcita thana 'itha'e w^n'a 'gngpuh^. Hokeyo ?ai'en§ 

 hele tcu?ai tciutcon^ phglta 'ifsan'gn'gn 'itcaxau'gmiahu 'ito'a. 

 Wepa tcotcupel ngngn halo tciakia'oh^n tawiak^n wa kithanna 

 tciutconQ fsan'gn. Tciiai tciutconQ tcQ'ang 'gnpewia'gn thapa 

 lamo'emg 'gntili'gn, tuna tciakia'oh^n han xw^'enQ pollon'oh^n 

 wia'gn. Kithanna thalCsan 'itcQlehQnno 'iphiakui'gn. Tcihuite wiho 

 ?ow§n nangpu 'gntgnlolen? piupu'e. 



A Misinterpreted Note 



Xuniupan^ 'ofsonthaSan pelen^ w(jn t^tala'aih^n wewe win hglgn 

 ngng'gn hgw^n kow^n 'gnnahuikatca wa Tatha halo tapoon? Hglpa- 

 nate' 'iyawamniQn m^ntcoho Tathate tapgngpfw^n? wepa w?n 

 sanen^ 'glolafatci'e yin 'okon'au miaum^n hele lawian^ 'gngta- 

 'opiatcia. Haih^n 'gng'alhutcia WQm'a tapgn^ pa. Lowian^ 'gngta'- 

 owitcia, thapa 'owatapg wi 'owatapia nip^'epa m^ntcoho w^n sanen? 

 'otapgngpcjwai 'gngmia'gpu'e 'gngtahutcia xommg ngthgtcikke 

 xoninig he ngtOm^'e. Taan§ sanen? ngnigtci'e 'gngkglian. Thapa 

 'owahuitaponip^'epa taan^ ngmgphalehQn lawian^ 'om^hu: "'Oyo 

 tapgngp(jw^n§ 'gngta'otohu, xg thanna pohan kiatgmcn^ HglpOna 

 'in'6tapQ'(j'e wa 'Embudo wa tcTpilaitha hele xg ygthate 'o'on§ 

 Hglpana 'itapo'^'e thanna pln'ouk^n tcipi laitha 'iwanh^ko 'i.xai- 

 lautci." Ho lawian^ ygn?ai sanen^ pa 'gmmiam^h^n 'gthappiu niQ- 



'■ Hglpaan§ ("Shell Water"), (1) Santa Fe Creek, (2) Santa FeCity. 



