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aiongniniakhe'?" Wa'a'hefi', "Gno'ha' e''dienno'"do"'. 



thou and I should marry?" She said, "My mother, she will will it. 



E''sgat'hoia'na' di' hiae'." T'ho'ge' one"' wa'hoftwatgat'hwa' 



I will again go to tell moreover first in At that (time) now she looked at him 



her order." 



wa'ege"' deio'ge'"hia'gi' ni'hane'no'de"' de°'se' 



she saw it it (is) gray such his kind of raiment (is) and 



hotgo'djionnia'haii' o'sonda' niio't. T'ho'ge' one"' saio^'deiidia'. 



he has painted himself (face it-black (is) so it is. At that (time) now again she departed, 



and body) 



Ne' one"' honsiiieio'" wa'a'hefi', "wa'hege"' ne' hengwe', si' 



That time there again she she said, "I saw him that he, a human, is, yon- 



arrived der 



noiiwe' t'hatgoda'. Hada'hendo°k aiongniniakhe'." T'ho'ge' ne' 



the place there he is He is asking he and I should marry." At that (time) that 



sitting. 



goksteii'a' wa'a'hefi', "Hot nonwa'ho'de"" di wa'si'hen'?" T'ho'ge' 



she, thc.\ncient she said, "What kind of thing more- thou didst say?" At that 



One over (time) 



ne' eksa'da'se"a' wa'a'hefi', "Wa'gi'hefi', gno'hix' naie' 



that she, the maiden, she said, "I said, my mother that (it is) 



eMiMno-'do"'." T'ho'ge' ne' Goksteii'a' wa'a'hefi', "Naie' gwa' 



she will will it." At that that she, the Ancient she said, "That (it is) just 



(time) One 



o'ni' da'si'hwaieit tea' nwa'siea'. Hot nonwa'ho'de"' di' 



also thous didst fulfill the matter as so thou didst do it. What kind of thing more- 



over 



ni'hane'no'de"' ne' wa'hesge"'?" Wa'a'hefi' tea' daiei'hwa'sagwa', 



such his raiment (is) that thous didst see him?" She said where she replied, 



kind of 



"Deio'ge°'hia'gi' ni'hane'no'de"' de°'se' hotgo'djionnia'han' 



It (is) gray such his raiment (is) kind of and he has painted his (face and body( 



o'sonda' niio't." T'ho'ge' one"' ne' goksten'a' wa'a'hefi', "Hiia' 



it-black (is) so it is." At that (time) now that she, the Ancient she said, "Not 



One 



gwa' o'ni' t'hagei'hwa'hni'da'. Ne't'ho' di' honsa'se' de"'se' 



just also I will consent to it. There moreover there again and 



go thou 



e"'si'heii', 'Hiia' iage"' t'hayei'hwa'hnida'.' " T'ho'ge' ne' 



thou wilt say, ' Not, one says she will consent to it.' " At that (time) that 



eksa'da'se'a' ne't'ho' hon'saie"' tea' t'hatgoda'. Hofisaieio"' de"'se' 



she, the maiden there there again she where there he is There again she and 



went sitting. arrived 



wa'a'hen', "Hiia' de'agoi'hwa'hni'di' ne' agno'ha'." T'ho'ge' 



she said, "Not she consented to it that my mother." At that (time) 



ne' hengwe' wa'he"'hen', "Hiia' hiia' ofi' ste"' de'odiee"' tea' 



that he, a human, he said, "Not (it is), verily, prelum- any- it is done where 



ably thing 



nwa'awe"'ha'." T'ho'ge' one"' don'sa'hatga'hadeni' de"'se' one"' 



so it has come to pass." At that now he formed himself again and now 



(time) 



di' dofi'sa'hatdeni'. Djo'eaga'k wa'wado"'. T'ho'ge' one"' he' 



more- he again transformed Raccoon it became. At that (time) now again 



over himself. 



saio°'defidia'. 



agaiii she went home. 



Do gwa' niwendage" one"' he' saieiage°'nha' wa'eiefidagwa'ha'. 



Some just so many it— days now again again she went out she went to bring wood 

 (How (are) in number (fuel), 



many) 



