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know who it is^" She did not utidprstniid the inoiming of whiit he 

 said. 



Now. at that time, the chief began to l)e ill. Suddenly, it seems, 

 she herself now became aware that her life had changed. Then she 

 said, addressing the chief: "' I believe that there is, perhaps, something 

 the matt<>r, as my life at the present time is not at all pleasant."' He 

 did not make any reph". Not long thereafter she again said: "My 

 thoughts are not at all pleasant." Again he said nothing. So it con- 

 tinued thus that she did nothing but consider the matter, believing 

 that something must be the matter, perhaps, that the condition of her 

 body was such as it was. It became more and more evident that she 

 was pregnant. Now it was evident that she was big with child. 



Sometime afterward she again resolved to ask him stilL once more. 

 She said: "As a matter of fact, there must be something the matter, 



hjiienda"!' 



stood 



wa"hada'dia\ 



he it spoke. 



Tho^'ge' 



At that 

 (time) 



seiinowa'ne"' 



chief [Is] . 



ho't 



what 



(it is) 



nonwa'ho"de"'' 



kind of thing 



wa wa sa we" 



it began 



gefi'da" 



it means 



tea" 



nonwa'ho"de"' 



Idnd of thing 



wa'hono"'hwak'de"' 



he became ill 



Dien"ha' 



After a 



tea" 



the 



o la 



ni'io't 



so it is 



tea- 



the 



gwa 



seem- 

 ingly 



ago'n'he". 



she is living. 



o ne 



now 



wa'oiitdo'ga' 



she it noticed 



ga'o"'hwa' 



she herself 



wa'hawe°"has ne'' 



she him addressed the 



nonwa''ho''de"'' on'' 



kind of thing perhaps 



go'n'he' ne"' o""'ke' 



vhere 



ha'sennowa'ne"' : 



he chief [is]: 



ni'io't, tea"' hii;" 



O'ne"' tho"ge' wa'a'liefi", 



Now Ht that she it said, 



(time) 



: "Ge"he' .ste""' 



"I it think some- 



thing 



de'awefitga'de" 



it is pleasant 



gwa 



seem- 

 ingly 



tea'' 



the 



Hiiil 



Xot 



ste""' 



aoiini'she'i" 



lasted (long) 



o ne 



now 



(it is) 



he"' wa'a'hen"' 



again she it said: 



de"ha'wen' 



he it has .said. 



Hiia" 



■vhert- 



de'- 



■ Hiia' 



don'nio"k." Hiia" he"' ste""' 



ing repeatedlv." Not again any- 



(itis) thing 



ni'io't deiagoia"dowe"'dl' gen'gwa", 



so it is she it is considering only. 



sken'no" 



peaceful 



(it is) 



de'genno'"- 



de'ha'wen'. 



he it has said. 



oiT'he" 



>he it thinks 



O'ne- 



Now 



ste"" gwa"' 



ne"'th( 



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nonwa'- 



kind of 



ho"'de"" 



thing 



on 



prob- 



ni'io't, tea"' 



Daiotfife°'i'ha'die" tea"' 



where 



ene'io" 



she is 



tho'ne'" 



here, this 

 way 



O'ne"' 



Now 



ni'io't 



so it i.s 



tea" 



gia'di"ge' 



my body on.' 



vhere 



otge""'i' egowa'ne" 



where pregnant. dent 



Gain'gwa' nwa'oiini'she' o'ne"' he"' wa"en'a' 



Some s<> long it lasted now again she it 



(time) thought 



Yr'so"*. WiVa'hen"': "Ho't nori\va'ho"'de"' 



once more. She it said: "What kind of thing 



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she large 

 (is). 



e"sheia'hefi"do"' 



again I him will ask 



se" ni'io't tea"' 



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