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up to the place where lay the l)urial-case. At that time they heard 

 her say: ''My mother has uow made everything- ready." He then 

 replied: "To-morrow thou must depart; early in the morning thou 

 must depart. The distance from here to the place where lives the 

 oiie whom thou wilt marry is such that thou wilt spend one night on 

 thy way thither. And he is a chief whom thou art to marry, and his 

 name, ))y repute, is He-holds-the-earth." 



Now the next day she dressed herself. As soon as she was readj- 

 she then again ran, going again to the place where lay the dead 

 man-being. Then she told him, saying: '"The time for me to depart 

 has arrived." Now, at that time he told her, saying: "Do thou 

 have courage. Thj- pathway throughout its course is terrifying, and 

 the reason that it is so is that many man-beings are traveling to 

 and fro along this pathway. Do not, moreover, speak in reply if 



tea" nofi'we" thana'gee' ne" e"diinia'khe". Ha'seiinowa'ne"' 



the the place there he the ye two will marry. He is a chief 



vhere 



dwells 



ne" e"djinia'khe\ Hao"iiwendjiawsi"gi' ni'ha"sen'no"de"'." 



na le 



that the ve two will marr 



(it is) 



Wao'he""nh;i" tho''ge 



It became day at that 



(time) 



de"sa" o'ne"" tho"'ge' 



herself now at that 



He-it-earth-holds 



wa"onde".sen'nia\ 



.■<he herself dressed. 



non we 



the place 



tho'ie"' 



him 



defi'dia 



depart.' 



(time) 



tga'ho""sa'"ha" 



there it burial-case 

 up-lies 



wtVa'heii": " 



she it said: 



dofi.saiona"dat ne"tho 



there 



hawe""he'io" 



he is dead. 



Ganio" wa'on- 



So soon as she 



made ^ 



nhoiisa'ie"' tea' 



thither again the 



she went where 



Tho"ge' wa'honwa- 



.\t that she told 



(time) 



O'ne"' hwii"ga'he"g tea" o'ne"' e"ga'- 



" Now it has arrived the now I shall 



where 



Tho"ge' o'ne"' wa'shagotho'ie"" w;Vhe"'hefi": '"Djia'ke"'. 



At that now he her told she it said: "Do thou have 



(time) courage. 



Deiodeno"'hiani"di' tea" nofi'we' nheiotha'hi'noii" nfi'le' ne" 



It is terrifying the the i.la( 



vhe 



gai'hofinia''ha" 



it it causes 



tea" 



ne"tho' 



there 



ni'io"t tea"' 



that the 



(it is) 



deiagofinada- 



they (anthr. ) travel 



na le 



that 



{it is) where 



wefi'ie' tea"' nofi'we' nheiotha'hi'non" horinatga"'de' ne"' oii'gwe'. 



in the the place thither it path has its they are numerous the man-being, 



numbers where course 



