290 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 39 



The man went into the water the last tune he was going to enter it. 

 At that ver}" time he heard some one down in it from whom he was 

 going to get his strength. Strength was his name. Then the person 

 came out l)ehind him. He had a hirge liead covered with curly hair. 

 He held boughs. "Now,'' he (Strength) said to him, "come up to 

 me." Then he went to him. He knocked him into the water. Twice he 

 called him. At once he whipped him hard. "I am Strength. I come 

 to help jou,''Mie said to him. "Break ott' the thing the people are 

 trying their strength on. Put it back again along with some urine." 

 Then he ran there in the night. His friends did not know it. After day- 

 had l)egun to dawn his friends ran thither. It was not known that he 

 had broken itoti'. Wh}^ had it never been broken off before? The very 

 first one now broke it off'. Then they incpired, "Who broke off the 

 tree-penis ? "' and people said, ' ' It was Kaha's !i who broke it off." They 

 laughed at him because [they thought] he was not strong. Then they 

 started off' with the strength th(;y had waited for. At that time [the 



Hu'tcliaye hin xeqgwagu'di yuqa' hinx ugu't. Tc-a'tcia ao-a'awe 



The last tinie water was going into the man water he went Kight then 



into. 



aga' yek il'waAx atuwa'tx qego'xiatsin adayu' as a' AwaA'x. Latsl'n 



at it rtown he heard from into it he was going to that some- voice lie heard. Strength 



get his strength thing's 



vu'dowasak". TcIuLe' actla't uwagu't. ye'k"ge ducA' wu'LeqlAqla 



was his name. Then back of him it came. Laige his head ciu'ly 



ycx yate'. Atqlaye' dutcf. "Hilk"de" yu'aciaosiqa, "A'xdjit 



like was all Tree boughs he held. "Now to" was wliat he said "Tome 



over. ' to him, 



5 gu de." TcluLe' adjlyl't uwagu't. TcIuLe' hin uax ac Aqa'ollxetc. 



come (imp) Then tci him became. Then the into him he knocked, 



up." water 



DAxa' AC wuxo'x. Aga'awe tsa latsl'n drn Ac wuxi'ct. "Xa'da^^a 



Twice him lie called. 'For it then strength witli him he whipped. "lam 



Latsi'n. riga xat wusu'," ye acia'osiqa, "YiTan a'yadAltsi'n At 



Streno-th To you I come to so he said to him. "With that they are trying thing 



"' ' ■ help," .strength 



([!wAn nALli'q! ayiti't q!wan Aklahl'(|! an A'tge iyatsa'q." 



(imp.) be breaking off in its place (imp.) urine withjt jiut it into it." 



Ta'dawe ada'odjfxlx. Doxo'nq'.itc lcI wu'sko. Atx yaqc'ga a'awe 



In the night he ran there. His friends not knew it. After i't was get- when 



ting daylight 



10 doxo'nq'.i ade' Jiwagu'q. lcI wudusko' awuLlT'([!i. Gusu' yen 



his friend.s to it ran'. Not it was known it had been bro- Where there 



ken ofY. 



yuq°xe'tc gi. Dju cuqloa'ayi'tcawe Le ax wuLle'qL TcIuLe' 



it was never ?. And the first one then from it bnike oil'. Then 



broken off 



uduwawu's!, "Ado'tsA wuLlfq! as-Lle'li." TcIuLe' ye ya'odildziqa, 



thev asked "Who broke off tree-penis'.'" Then thus 'they came to say 



to him, 



"Kaha'sluljayu' wuLlI'q!." Tea kaodo'wacugayu IkilxA'Llgltc. 



"Kfdia's'.i it was broke it." Then Uiey Uuighed at him. that he was not strong. 



AdA'xawe Lc yaodu'dziqox Ut.sT'n duyiga'. Gusuyu' Lei qlan-cagu'n 



A.nd then there 'thev came to go with their thev w'aited Where was not lighting ammu- 



streugth for. it(=Then) nition 



