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na" gwa"t'ho' 



the that just there 



ni'haya'do"de"'"). 



SO his body kind uf (is)." 



tea" i" wa'gonye'aawa's na'ye' di" 



where I did 1— thee aid thiU it is so then 



e"yct'hiyas't'hak ne" ha'sen'ni' owa'he's'da' 



will, oue — we two keep the he ux-maker is it-while (is) 



naming 



T'ho"ge' o'ne"" ne" O'ha'-i' \va'he°"hen', "Ne"t'ho' gwa" 



Then now the did ho say, "The there just 



o" ne°ya\ve°"ha'; na'j'e' wa'gei'hwa'ni"da'. Na'ye' di" 



too so it will come to pass; that it is do I-it— matter confirm. That it is so then 



ya' e°sge'sen'nya' 



iW 



,n' 



one"", hi'ya', e°kgwe'nya' ne" 'a' "so" 



now, of course, will I-it be able to do the still it-other is will again I — it make 



ne" ofi'gwe'. 0'ne°' hi'ya', wa'sgei"ho°' ne"t'ho' gen'gwa' 



the human being. 



de°tga'gwa' 



thence will 

 1— it taKe 



nenge'"'ha' 



this it is 



T'ho"ge' 



Then 



hi'ya' 



of course 



Now. 



ga'eii-gwa' 



somewhere 



of course, 



didst thou— me 

 the matter give 



non we 



the place 



ne 



the 



the there 



tea" 



where 



only 



ni'haya"da' 



just his body's size 



ui'haya'do"de°'." 



so bis body is kind of." 



ne" ha'sefi'ni', owa4ie"sda' 



the he ax-maker (is) it — white is 



ne" De'hae'"liiyawa"gi' vva'he'"hen', "Na'ye", 



the did he say, "That it is, 



wa'gi'heii", 'Ne"'t'ho' gen'gwa' 



did I say. The there only 



I 



so it far is 



dwa'gonye'nawa's." T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" O'ha'a' wa'hada'dya', 



did I— thee aid." Then now the did he speak, 



wa'he°"hen', "'A"so'" gwa" o"ni' djioi"hwada' agadaden"se'. 



did he say, "Still just also it — matter single (is) it — me is left. 



Na'ye', hi'ya', gonnadiya'da"do'" ne" gya'di'sa"i' ne" 



That, it is, of course, they are hist (i. e., have lost the I— its body finished the 



gondi'yo'.'^ T'ho"ge' 



Then 



they game animals 

 are." 



wa'he°"hen', "Son' di" 



did he say, "Who then 



diyononda"ha'? Son', 



it-mountain stands? Who. 



their bodies 



ne" 



the 



De'hae"'hiyawa"gi' 



o ne" 



now 



nofiwa'ho"de"' go'sen'ni' si'ge°'ha' 



person kind of one— it has made yonder it is 



di", o"ni', ne"t'ho' diyagoye'e"' 



then, also, the there so one it has done 



t'hoge°"ha' deyo's'hweii'de' ne" o^'hwendjiyagon'wa' ne"t'ho' 



there it is it-valley (is) the it— earth in the there 



deyodoge""di' ha'gon'wa' t'hoge'"'ha' ne" tea" ononda"ha'?" 



it bears directly inside there it is the where it-mountain stands?" 



T'ho"ge' o'ne°' ne" O'hii'a wa't'hodei'ho"hak de°"se' 



did his case critical become and 



wa'he'a', hono°"do°', 



did he think. be it knows, 



di" wa'he-"'hen', "Ge"he', 



then did he say, "I believe. 



wa'ho'da'den"ha'. Gonda'dye' 



did it— him. fear cause. Right away 



nige"-khe-"' tea" ni'yo't. O'ne"" 



so is it is it not where so it is. Now 



possible, 



se", gondi'yo', 'oii", 



in fact, they game perhaps, 

 animals, 



De'hae°'hiyawa"gi' 



"Dyen"ha"g%va' ne" 



"If it so be the 



ne"t'ho' niyodiye'e"'." O'ne"" ne" 



the there so they — it worked." Now the 



da'haweiinitge°"nha' wa"he'"heii', 



thence his voice came forth did he say, 



goiidi'yo' ne"t'ho' niyodi's'hasde°"saa' 



they the game the there so their power large (is) 



animals 



na'ye', gi"s'he"", do'ge"s ne"t'ho' niyodiye'e 



that it is, 



it may be, 



the there 

 (=thus) 



(. = thus) 



niyoc 



so they — it worked 



tea" ne"t'ho' 



where the there 



