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go to make war on | Southeast-Wind because it never becomes 
calm, as soon as you start, || four men shall come into my house. | 85 
Then they shall pick up the soil from the floor of my house, and they 
shall | carry it, and shall throw the soil from the floor of my house 
into the | sea; and the last one shall say, 
““Q Northwest-Wind! | come and blow against Southeast-Wind !” 
‘And || immediately the northwest wind will come, and it will 90 
blow one | day; then it will become calm, and it will be calm for | four 
days; and that will be the time when you shall start; | and when you 
wish the northwest wind to continue to blow, then | all the four men 
shall call to Northwest-Wind; || and their leader shall say, before he 95 
throws the | soil from the floor of my house into the water: ‘‘I call you, 
Northwest-Wind, that | you may come and help me, and blow me to the 
placewhere I am going. Forfour days | you shall do so.” Thus you 
shall say. Then Northwest-Wind will blow for four days. | That is 
it.’ Thus said Land-Otter to Great Inventor, || and the later (gene- 100 
rations of) men do so for that reason. | As soon as the southeast wind 
is strong, when I am going southward and | I find an otter-slide, I 
pick up the | soil from the ground with both hands. I turn round | 
to the right and throw it into the water, praying with the || words of 5 
gwe’x'sdpmk 1a’x-da‘xoL. Wa, hé’*maa qaso laL wi’naLtex ME- 83 
fa’lanukwé qaxs k-!ésaé q!0’x‘widaé’noxwa. Wai, gi’l*emtwits ilé’- 
XWaLoL, wi, g’a’xLé mo’x"La bée’begwankrm laé’L 1a’xEn g’d’kwé. 85 
Wai, la’xé k!a’x-‘iden lax dzpxdzmgwi'lasen g’o’kwex. Wii, la’Lé 
go/xseméLegé. Wi, 1i’Lé go’xstendetxa dzexdzngwi'tdiisé 1a’xa 
dp’msx'é. Wa, la ‘né’k'éda ‘nemod’/kwé B/Ixtafya: ‘Wi, Dza’- 
q!walanukwai’, gé/las ya’yalaxg'a Meta’‘lanuktk:!’ Wa, hé’x-‘- 
darmlwisé gAxLé Dzaq!walanukwé. We, laré ‘nemxsaEmi 90 
‘na/laré ya’laxdemta‘sé. Wa, la’Leé q!o’xtwidet. Wa, 1a’Lé 
mo’p!enxwa‘sLé q!nq!0’giist. Wii, hé’*mits lal alé’x‘widaasda‘x"Los. 
Wa, hémaa qasd ‘next qa dzEdza’q!isittsoxda ‘na’lax. Wa, 
la’Lé ‘na/xwarml vé’‘lalata md’kwé bé’begwanrm lax Dza’q!wa- 
lanukwé. W4, lané ‘néx’na galaba‘yé, yixs k'!és*maé gd’xstEndxa 95 
dzexdzagwi'lasen g*0/kwé: ‘1e’lalenLor, Dza’q!walanukwai’, qa‘s 
g'a/xads wa'x‘éd g-a/xEn yo’x‘widen la’xen lalai’. Maé’mop !énala- 
ga’rmits;’ ‘néxLé. ‘Wii, lané mop!enxwa‘sn ‘nalis dzedza’q !tsv. 
Wi, hé°méq,’ ‘né’x“‘laé Xti’mta‘la, lax K!wék!waxa’wa‘ye. 
Wii,hé’*mis 1a’gitasox la hé gwé’giloxda a’lex bregwa’nEm. 100 
Gil'maé 14’/k!wemas meta’sa, yi’xg‘in la/laék 1a’xa ‘nw/ldzé, wi, 
gi/lfmésen hé/taxa xu’mdasé, wii, hé’x‘‘ida‘mésEn g6’x‘widxa 
dzexdzxq !ii’sas, yi’sEn ‘wa’x'sdlts!ana. Wa, len x‘i/lp!éd hé’tk: !o- 
we'sta x‘ilp!éda qren k:!afste/ndés. Wa, la‘men ts!n’lwaqas wa’t 
demas Xti/mta‘la. Wa, len hé’em k'!a‘ste’ndxen go’xek", lax 5 
