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to find their chief P!asEla} on the next morning; for || NEnwaqawa 15 

 his wife, and his three | sons, were the only ones who were still alive. 

 In vain NEnwaqawa | advised his three children not to go. They 

 oixly I disobeyed him, and said, "We shall go when day comes." 

 They sharpened their | arrows, and repaired their bow-strings; and 

 when II day came in the morning, the three brothers started. The | 20 

 eldest one, Powedzid, was their leader. He was followed by 

 Aek' !oqa; | and the last was Wak'as, after his elder brothers. | They 

 kept their bows ready, and they found the | tracks of P lasElal, which 

 they followed on a good trail. They went || a long ways into the 25 

 woods, and saw a woman sitting on the ground on the right-hand side 

 of the I trail. She was an elderly woman. The three | brothers 

 were called by the woman; and the youngest one, | Wak'as, made a 

 request of his elder brothers, "Let us go to her, | and let us listen to 

 what she may say to us!" Thus he said. || The elder brothers were 30 

 not willing to go, because they were walking fast, trying to discover 

 the one whose footprints | they were following. Thus said the elder 

 brothers. Wak' as said to | his elder brothers, " Don' t say that ! for we 

 do not know what the | M^oman wishes to say, whether it is good or bad. 

 Let us go and listen to her!" Thus he said. | Then they went to the 

 place where she was sitting on the ground; and the woman spoke, || 



lalag'Il aliixes g'igama^ye P!asElaIe cjo ^nax"^IdElxa lEnse qaxs he- 

 'mae la ^waxa ci!ule NEnwacjawa'ye LE^wis gEuEme LE'wis yudukwe 15 

 bebEgwauEm sasEma. Wa, wax'^Em^awise NEnwaqawa^ye ts'.El- 

 gwa^'lxes yudukwe sasEm qa kMeses lax'da^xwa. Wa, aEm-'lawise 

 liatlEla ^nex'da^xuxs laLe qo ^nax'^idi.6. Wa, hiEm^lae helbaxes 

 liaanaLlEme lo' lEklwedzEmses lelEk!wise. Wa, g'ipEra^lawise 

 -nax'^idxa gaalilxs lae qas-itletla yudukwe ^uE^mema. LaEm'lae 20 

 g'alaba-ya ^nolastlEgEma-'ye Powedzide. Wii, la^lae makile Aek"!o- 

 qaxes ^nola. Wil, la^lae ElxLa^ye Wak'ase yises ^no^nEla. Wii, 

 laEm^lae heniEnala gwalalases lelEk!wise. Wa, laEm^ae q!ax qaqEs- 

 motas P!asElale uEgEltEwexa ek'aEl tiEX'ila. Wii, laEm^lawise 

 aLEg'Ilaxs liiaEl doxHvaLElaxa tslEdiiqe kiwiis liix helkMotsiVyasa 25 

 t!EX'ila; (j!ulyakwa ts!Ediiqe. Wii, hl^lae Le^liilasE-weda yudukwe 

 ^nE^memasa ts!Edilqe. Wii, liex'^idaEm^lawise amayinxa^ye Wii- 

 k'ase iixk' lillaxes ^no^uEla; -nek'a laxes 'no-iiEla: "Widzaxins liiq 

 qEns hoLelex wiildEmexsdas g"iixEns," ^nex'^lae. Wa, lii^lae q'.Emse 

 ^no-nEliis la liiq qaes yiiya^naena-ye qiisa hayalts!axLaax qaqEsmo- 30 

 dadiisa qaqEsmote; ^nex%e ^noMiEliis. "'ya," ^nex'^'latla Wak'a- 

 saxes ''n(VnEla, ''gwala^nex'^da^xoL qIaLElaEnsax wawaldEmiisa tslE- 

 diiqe Lo^ eke l(¥ ^yax'sEme. Ex'^mesEns liix liihoLelaq," Miex-lae. 

 Wii, liixda'x"-lae gwa^sta lax k!wadzasas. Wii, hVlae yiiq'.Eg'a^eda 



