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na'ye' ei'hwayende'i' t'ho'ne"* g\va"t'ho' e"den' goksten"a'.'' 



thatitis she the matter knows help this just there she lives she. the old 



woman." 



T'ho"ge' o'uc°' honnadongo'di'. Wa'hadi'yo"' tea" non'we' 



Then now they passed on. They arrived wliere the place 



ni}^e"den' ne" goksten"a', o'no"' he" ne" De'hae°'hyo'we''s 



there she abides the she the old woman, now again, the 



wa'he"hen", "Sei'hwayende'i'-khe'" ne"t'ho' nayawe°"ik na'ie' 



he said, " Knowest thou the matter— dost the there so might it have that 



thou happened 



ne" honna'den'dyon' 'a"se'" 'niwas'he"" ni'hefi'nadi' 



the they went away three so many it-tens so many they 



numbered 



hodi'sge'"age"da'. De'hae'"hyo'we"s de"'se' Gaen'hyakdofi'dye' 



they warriors are. and 



na'ye' honuidyo"g\va'. Ha'dewatchot"hvvas nha'hoiine'aoak?" 



thatitis their troop. To the sun-setting there they went? 



O'lie"' gaweii" ne" goksten'a', "Do'ge"s ne" tea"t'ho' 



Now she said the she, the old woman, "True it is the while 



agat'hoii'de' ge^s' ne" ksota'ha'ge""ha' na'ye', ya'ge"', 



I-it heard custom- the my grandmother dear that it is, it is said, 



arily who was 



tchiyeksa"a', honna'den'dyon' 'a'se"' niwas'he"" ni'hefi'nadi', 



while — she a child they went away ■ thirty so many it-tens so many they 



was numbered, 



hiya" hwen'do"" de's'hodi'yo"." T'ho"ge' o'ne"' gaweii", 



not ever any again they returned." Then now she said, 



"Na'ye' 'on" na" oi'hwagwe'gi' hai'hwayende'i' t'ho'ne"' 



"Thatitis per- the it-matter entire he-it matter knows there this 



haps that 



gvva"fho' dosge°"ha' t'hen'den'. Na'ye' ne" na" ogenis'di' 



just there near it is there he abides. That it is the the that it notable is 



oiinis"i' tchi-hon"he'." T'ho"ge' o'ne°' he" honna'den'dyon'. 



itiongtimeis while-be is living." Then now again they went on, 



Wa'hadl'yo"', do'ge"s gwa" wa'honwa'ge"' hoksten"a', t'ho"ge' 



They arrived, true it is just they-him saw he, the old man, then 



ne" De'hae°'hyo'\ve°s w^'he^'hen', "Sed'hwayefi'dei'-khc"' nis' 



the he said, "Knowest thou the matter— the 



dost thou thou 



ne" hwen'do"' gwa" ne"t'ho' nayawe°"ik ne" a'hoiina'den'dyonk 



the ever just the there so might it have the might they have gone away 



happened 



'a"se'" niwas"hen' ni'hefi'nadi' hodi'sge'"age"da'?" Wa'he"hefi" 



three so many it-tens so many they they warriors are?" lie said 



number 



ne" hoksten"a*, ''Agwas', dega"hen', gei'hwayende'i'. Na'ye' 



the he, the old man, "Verily, it full is I-the matter know. Thatitis 



tea" niyawe""!', na'ye' ne" ne"" ha'gwa' diyenii'gee'gwa'. 



where so it came to pass, that it is the the this direction they did dwell. 



Ne"t'ho' nofi'we' ne"t'ho' nidiyawe""i'. 'A"se'" niwas'he"" 



The there the peace the there so there it came to pass. Three so many it -tens 



ni'hefi'nadi' ne" agwas' s'ha'det'honnado'di', a'hya'k-ga"he' 



so many they are the verily same they are aged, si.\teen 



ni'honno'seiya"gi', honnefinidyo'gon'ni', na'ye' ne" o'ne"' 



so many years they had lived, they a cqmpany formed. that, it is the now 



s'ha'hofinidyo'gwi"sa' t'ho"ge' o'ne"" wa's'hagodiya'dae"ga' ne" 



as they the comapny coemplted then now they— them assembled the 



gendyo'gwagwe'gi'. Na'ye' di" ne" o'ne"' wa'agoya'daye'ik 



it-populace all. Thatitis so then the now did they assenible 



