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her person, and ciui.sed her to stand up high ther(>. Then tlie girl 

 child looked at it [the corpse], and then she ceased her weeping-, and 

 also she was pleased. It was a long time before they withdrew her; 

 and it was not a long time before she again began to weep. Now, 

 veril}', they again carried her person, and. moreover, thc}- caused her 

 to stand there again. So, it continued thus, that, day after day, they 

 were in the habit of carrying her, and causing her to stand thei-e on 

 the high place. It was not long ))efore she l)y her own efforts was 

 able to climb up to the place where lay the dead man-being. Thus it 

 continued to be that she at all times went to view it. 



Some time afterward it thus came to pass that she came down again 

 bringing with her what was called an armlet, that being the 

 kind of thing that the dead man-being had clasped about his arms, 

 and, being of the wampum variety, it was, it is said, tine-looking. 



wa'hodii!rde""hawa' ne"tho' 



they her person curried there 



wa'ontgat'hwa' ne" eksii'Ti" 



she it looked at the she child 



he"tke"' 



up high 



tho"'ge' 



at that 

 (time) 



wa"diondatde"'sdir. O'ne'" 



thev (indef.) her caused Now 



to stand. (it is) 



o'ne"* wa'onni'qhe"' tea'' 



now she it ceased 



deio"'shent'hwas, wa'ontceiinon'nia' o"nr. Aofini'she'l'' 



where 



o'ne"' 



she is weeping, 



saiondadia'do""tka 



Na'ie 



That 



he"' donsaio"'shefit'hwrr. 



again again she wept. 



the 



O'ne 



hiia" 



not 



hi'ia' 



of <-onrse. 



ne"'tho' di"' 



then- l)e- 



sidcs 



ni'io"t o"h(?""'s< 



so it is day afti 



day 



de"'sthrr. Hiia 



to stand. Not 



he"'tke"' 



up high 



w:'i"shagodide"'sda". 



they hercaused tostand. 



It lasted (long) now 



de'aonni'she'i" o'ne"" 



It lasted (long) now 



.sashagodiiii'de"" ha w:i' . 



lain they her person 

 carried, 



O'ne"' ne"'tho' 



shagodiiaVle""hawas he"tke" 



up higli 



de'aofini'she'i' o'ne' 



it lasted (long) now 



ga'o"'hwa' 



wa's wa"eia"the"' tea" 



she climbed 



non we 



the place 



her- 

 self up where 



Ne"tho' ni'io't ekdo"''ne"s diiot'goiit 



There so it is she it customarilv at all times. 



tga'"ha" 



there it 

 up-lay 



>''ni" shagodi- 



also they her 



caused 



wa'oiidadie'na- 



she herself helped 

 to do it 



hawe""lie'io"'. 



he is dead. 



Ctain'gwa' nwa'ofini'she' o'ne" 



.Sonic (time) so it lasted now 



ne"tho' 



io""kwe''ne""da' 



again she descended 



nwa'awe"''ha" doiida 



so it came to pa.ss ilicnce 



tcie"ha'wi' ie"'nentcha'nhus'tha' 



one it uses for armlet 



iia'dji'. ua' 



is called, that 



she it brought 



again one 



nonwaiio"de"' hi'ia' hotnentcha'nha'"ho"' ne'' hawe"'he'io"' 



kind of thing, verilv, he his arm has wrapped arovtnd tlu' he is deail 



plurally 



otko"a" nonwaiK)''dt"^"', oia'ne', ia'ke"'. WiVfrhefi"' ne" 



it wampum kind of thing, it (is) tine, it is. said. She it sjiid tin 



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