!»;l. KAIIA'S!!, THE STRONG MAN" 



Anion*;' 8onu' people bathing for strenotli was a man named Kahri's!i. 

 He was very poor. The people bathed continually in preparation for 

 war. He, however, was very miseral>le. ^Vhen the others came out 

 of the Avater they alwavs laughed at him. He kept urinatinL>' in Ids 

 sleep. He was always turned over on one side. It was when all were 

 asleep that he went down to the water. When he got very cold he 

 came ashore and went to sleep. And when daylight was coming on he 

 threw his urine under him. Then it always ran out from under him. 

 They kept bathing for .strength in war. His friends used to whip each 

 other in the water with boughs. They tried their strength on a big 

 tree having a dead branch growing out from it which they called the 

 tree- penis. And when they ran ashore out of the water they always 

 kicked him (Krdia'sli) out of their way. "When will this man break 

 off the tree-penis?" [they said]. 



Wudecu'djayu jaiqo'o latsl'n kAq! a'xoq! ayu' ye'yati qa 



Bathing the peoijle strength for among that was a man 



Kaha'sli. LAX qlana'ckide. Adawu'L kA'qIayu dacu'tc yu'antqeni. 



Kaha'sli. Very was poor. Fighting for it was always the people. 



bathing 



Ho qo'a c[!anackide'x sete/. Hin dAx daq aga'Adlnawe quducu'qtc. 



He, however, become very poor was. Water from in ont when they they always 



came laughed at him. 



Kidqle'stc. Adawe' nate'tc. XAtc tcIuLe' 3'e'ndi yaanaxA'q!"awe 



He always nri- He was always It is then there when all were asleep 



nated in bed. [turned] on his side. 



tcIuLe' nagu'ttc hi'ndi. Ltlx a'tAtc gadJA'ginawe daq ugu'ttc, 5 



then he always to the Very cold wlien he would get ashore he always 



went down water. came 



nate'tc. Le yaqenae/ni awe' cta3n't ak"daxe'tctc dukoa'si. Atxa'we 



and he al- Then daylight com- when under- he always threw liis urine. And then 



ways slept. ingon neath himself (from at that 



then) 



dutJi'yenAx yut k^da'itc. Kla'nqa dacu'tc. Duxo'nqli kaductA'mn 



from under him out it always They always l)athed for His friends each other 



ran. strength in war. 



wucadaxe'ct atqiaye'tc hinq!. Yek^i.a' as a'wua adanA'x yut 



used to whip with tree boughs in the Any kind tree it was from it out 



water. of big 



qa'waA as-Lle'li qilJatsi'ne ri'kdoa(|. TcIuLe' hin dAx daq alunago'qo 



grew an- tree-penis hniiuni [they] tried Then the water from ashore running 

 other piece strength there. 



awe' he'deqekduJxI'tc tcuc qlanadA'x. "Yri((a' qo'n xas as-Lle'li 10 



when [they] always kicked out of their way. "Thisma.n, however, when tree-penis 



him 



aqogwalll'q!.''"' 



will he break off?" 



oFor a longer version see story 31, pp. 145-150. 

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