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After they bad ))een there for some time he started oli". He said to 

 his wives, " My mother does not let the person that stays with me last 

 long-." For this reason they kept sticks in their hands while he was 

 away from them. Some time afterward their mother-in-law put a side 

 of mountain sheep into the fire. She stood it up on end. Then it 

 cauo-ht fire. This was the way she killed her son's wives. After that 

 they kept watch on her. When it was burning- she pushed it toward 

 her son's wiv^es. Then they pushed it back upon her, and killed her. 

 They pulled her body outside and put something over it. They let it 

 stand out of the ground a very little. 



^Meanwhile her son was away. When he arrived he was carrying- a 

 big mountain sheep. Then he asked for his mother. "She did to us 

 just as you said. We threw it over upon her. We pulled her outside. " 

 He said to them, "'What you have done to her is well. M}^ mother 

 would not let a person who lived with me last long." After that he 

 collected sides of mountain sheep, inside fat, and tallow, 



Tcltlk" nAste'awe At wuxu'n. Ye aya'osiqa ducA'tqIiyen 



A long time after they had he started off. So lie said to his wives, 



been there 



"Lei ultsil'k" yu-ax-A'ni-ye'natitc-qa yuAXLa'tc." AyA'xawe qas 



"Not let lasts long the one that stays with me my mother." This is why sticks 



hA.sdudji ye wuti' hA'sduuAq nAgii't. TcluLe' yayi'na yA'ti awe' 



they had with them them from while he Then for some it was when 



was. time 



gAlka'daq awati' yu'Atkag-e'di. Ye'nAx a'wAtsaq. At Aka'wagAn. 



in the fire she put the side of a moun- Upon end she stood it. Then it caught fire, 



tain sheep. 



De'tcaAtc qosa-m-Adayu' duyi't cA'tqIiyen. Atxawe' tc'IuLe' hAs 5 



This was she killed with her son's wives. After that then they 



Adjii'n. Adaka'wagan. Duyi't cA'tqIiyen kade'awe ke acaka'olitAq. 



kept watch It was afire. Her son's wives toward out she pushed, 



on her. 



La yuqa'sltc ayina'de ke hAs aka'olixit. Has a'wadJAq hasdutca'n. 



Then the sticks back on her they pushed. They killed their mother- 



in-law. 



Ga'niyu hAs tx'waxot!. AkA't hAs ku'ca-ka'waxa. Tela yeguge'kawe 



Outside they pulled her. On her they placed something. A very little 



koLlgutil'nAx wulicu'. 



from into the ground they let stick. 



WuyA'x duyi't. Hiit gu'dawe aLe'n ayu' ya'nayan yudje'nwu. 10 



Was away her son. There when lie got a big one that he was carrying a mountain 



sheep. 



Awawii's! duLa'. "HAtca'de kl'nik 3'Axa' ha'wasini. Doka'dj 



He asked for his mother. "Just what you told like it she did to us. Over upon hcj. 



a'yAx ka'otulitAq. E'geyux wutu'waxot!." "Yak!e' ade' 



so we threw it. Out from inside we pulled her." "It is good what 



ylsi'niyiyA," Leyu' aya'osiqa. "AXLa' detcla'gawe axa'iii 3^e'tix 



you did to her," then he said to them, " My mother for a long time with me would live 



lingi't LeJ ultsa'k"." Atxawe' wucka'de ye aosi'ni yuAtkage'di qa 



a person not lasted long." After that together so he put the sides of moun- and 



tain sheep 



yu'AtyikA'ti qa yu'tu SAk". 15 



the inside fat and the tallow for. 



