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“When the Myth people went to make war against Southeast- 37 
Wind, | then Great-Inventor questioned his younger brothers, and | 
said: ‘Who among you controls the weather? Thus he said. || Im- 40 
mediately a short man spoke, | and said, ‘O Myth people! whenever 
you wish | for a northwest wind in our world,’—thus said the short | 
man, the Crab—‘then take four of my | fellow-crabs and hang them 
up over the fire of || your house; and as soon as our backs begin to be 45 
red, | take us down and put us into four | large clam-shells, and hide 
us in | holes of trees,’ thus he said—‘and if Ido not make the | 
northwest wind in our world, then take one || of the crabs again out 50 
of the hole of the tree and pray to it; | and as soon as you finish 
praying to it, put it into the | place where you took it from.’ Thus 
said the Crab. | 
‘* As soon as the Crab had finished speaking, one (person) who had | 
hair over his face and red ochre on his face also spoke. He had two || 
dentalia on each side in his ears, and he had one dentalium shell in 55 
his nose. | He said: ‘O chief, Great-Inventor! | I am the fern, and I 
control the weather. If | we go to make war on Southeast-Wind, 
take me | ee as I am bigest now, and three of my || tribe here; 60 
Wi, hé’*maalaxs la’é wi néda nu’x"némisé lax Mrta’ lantieve. 37 
Wa, la’‘lae K!wek!waxa’wa‘yé wiita’xes ts!a’tslafya. Wa, la’‘lae 
né/k-a: ‘ya, ts!a’ts!a*yé, &/newadzés ‘nena’ lanukwagq los ?’ ‘né’x~laé. 
Wa, hé’x‘idapm‘la’wisé ts!n/k!tixsdé’ brgwa’nrm ya’q!rg'a‘ta. 40 
Wi, la’‘laé ‘né’k'a: ‘‘ya, nt’x"né*mis, hé/‘maaxs ‘né’k-éla’xaqos 
qa dza’q!wax‘idélaxsens ‘na’lax,’ ‘né’x"‘laéda ts!m’k!tixsdé’ br- 
ewa’nema, yix q!o’mise. ‘Wa, la’laxs ax‘e’dlax m6’sgEma la’xEn 
q!o’/swutex, wi, la’laxs té’x"stédlax g:axEnu‘x" 14’/xa lngwi'laxsds 
gio’ kwaq los; wi, gi/lfmések’ !a’x‘widg'anu®x" Awi’gik', wii, las 45 
aixa/xod g’a/xEnu‘x" qas axts!0’dads g'a’xEnu‘x" 1a’xa mod/seEmé 
iwo’ xa Nastsa g-a/wéq!anemé. Wa, las q!ila/iid g-axenucx® la’xa 
kwa’waga‘yasa Lax"Lo’sé,’ né’x*‘lae. Wa, gilfmésen wé’‘stamas qa 
dza’q!ix“idésens ‘na’lax, wa, las é’t !éd la &x*@’dxa ‘nk/msgEmé q !0/- 
mis 1a’xa. kwa’waga‘yasa Lax"Lo’‘sé. Wa, las ts!n’lwaqa. Wa, 50 
gi/l'mets gwal ts!p’lwaqaq, wii, las e’t!led axbrte’ndeq 1a’xés 
ga’ yanb‘masosaq,”’ ‘né’x"‘laé q!omii’sé. 
Wa, la’‘lae gwal Seyi le q !oma’ sé, la’é 6’gwaqa ya’q!ne-a‘téeda 
sBE‘ya’ts!a mEgwoge’ mxa gwogt/myime. Wa, la’‘laé maé’matéda 
iin’la lax ‘wa’x‘sodata’*yé p!esp!ryo’s; wii, la/‘laé k-i/dzétba’lixa 55 
‘ne/mts!aqé ity’la. Wii, la’‘laé ‘né’k-a: ‘ya, gi’gime®, K!wek!waxa’- 
wé, no’gwarm sa’/laédina. Wa, len ‘néna’lanu’kwa. Wa, hé/*maa 
qe’nso lal winaLéx Meta’lanukwe. Wai, la’LEes 4’em 4x‘é’deL g'a’xEn 
la’xg'in lak’ gwii’laa’sa. Wii, hé’*misé yi’dukwa ga’yut 1|a’xrEn 
gd’ kiilotéx. Wa, las q!wa’ndlisen lax ‘na’laqenwa‘lisasés legwi'tos. 69 
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