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was made ready. I went about the country, from mountain to village, 

 beneath the sheds and trees, offering all an opportunity to join me. 

 Returning home I thought I saw my brother when I was in a trance. 

 I tried to grasp him and my arms embraced nothing but myself. I 

 somehow caught in my palm what I thought to be his power; turning 

 this over I found it to be but a creation of my imagination, and again 

 I was disappointed. I was unkempt and rough, and m\' tears moistened 

 the land. 



The plan occurred to me to ask Nasia, the old woman magician, for 

 aid. Thinking that I saw her I ran toward the eastward and tinally 

 reached her. I said "Yes, you who make the bow of the Apache like 

 a kiaha and crush his arrowheads, you who paint triangles and curves 

 on the kiaha bottoms with the arrow foreshafts of the Apache dipped 



ip skavat. Avao; hutcui nyma-atk' crlutak kontak nyma-a hoputak 



tfien full. It was alone * my head skin I was my hair loose 



ap isi kai kia-ata;k siam isitcuka. Avao^ hutcuy nykarsuva kont 



there very malie sanilal string right put up. It was alone "my skull I was 



hutcui nyu-ut ap vaikitk' i ik sunavaman nyiak. Iworsanyik 



alone ine blood there put in drink intoxicated talk. Aro.se 



tcutcuwu:) tcotcovitk' aitk' ikuxiamhi mamtaip iawis kontuk aitk 



lands hills after slowly go ashes thrown I was after 



ikuxiamhi. 0-os tr-uktak uta ikixianihimuk tcom ny u matciamahimi'ik' 



slowly go. Trees .shadows in slowly go then my considering 



pinaka. Tcuwu'^ sutapk' tam kopa| hutciqwoa, kota It ku himutam 



unsucces,sfut. Laud smooth on facedown slide it was this kind of 



tutamai tcukak amtcut koewoa ihutcuiwoak nyparsa ku kiowoa. 



going our above came there from down slide my breast stand. 



Konta an tcom kamuk antaprs utcu[ nykam. Ilasitcok puk nymatk' 



I was about try embrace I was alone me embrace. Somehow take my palm 



uta woak a-ai wopak tcom tcutcukak ava hapta nyuit hakim tcoi-ik 



in throw all throw then examine it was sight of disagreeable sort 



kus ku-ukuny rsiliktak. WoThya stcoktak ma-a sikivanj^k. Ahu-u, 



kind of good sorrow. Face dirty head rough. Yes, 



konyuks anytcom sirsiiiktak taktcitk' nyulit. Piam haif-itco ia-aksun 



guess me ttien much misery embrace tliotight. But here something 



tamp uolintc kus ku-ulc rsiiiktaktc amtcut a-akatc kokoiAa sisiAa^ 



are on being held kind of good misery from tears down trembled 



ihohotktc wutcii tcuwu^ va-akaniik tcu. Kava it hapot tcoi-ikam 



descending under land damp place. It was this thing class 



muntatcoi konta ipux muk sisiaatk' parsii woa ku Nasia aks makai. 



my plan it was took far east front of throw kind of Nasia old wimian 



magician. 



Kontak hap tcoi-ikan mamtcuk huk woi stcukam tai-iwonj'k ap 



I was that class guessing that toward dark sat there 



supapak(i) tcuma-ii. Anya hap kaiitam wumatc nyiak. Ahu-u, 



slowly covers. I was that loud with talk. Yes, 



kopava apim olintc. A-ap kat s'iiim vapuka^ wupakit. A-tip 



you there hold. Apache bow right reed artificial Apache 



likeness. 



o-o kop kaikuirsontc s iam isiammaki^at. A-ap vat kopuk. A-ap 



arrow you crushed right put back on. Apache his at take. Apache 



u-ut katc s'ahamasma mo-omovitc a-ilhantc hukatc huk ukiiiha 



blood with beautiful triangles painting with that his kiahfi 



sisuvinam kuo(f)ursp. A-ap u-utkatc s ahamasma ka-aka| ia-ahanii(k) 



very hard more weight. Apache blood with well look curved painted 



