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said: "'Noxt in turn, lot me iiiulve the attempt." Then, verily, a large 

 bulk of them mounted on hi.s back. He was able to bear them all on hi.s 

 back. Then they .said: " He it is who will be able to bear the earth on 

 his back." Now, at that time, they said: " Do ye go to seek earth in 

 the depths of the water." There were many of them who were not 

 able to obtain earth. After a while it seems that he, the Muskrat. also 

 made the attempt. He was able to get the ground thence. Musk- 

 rat is he who found earth. When lie came up again, he rose dead, 

 holding earth in his paws, and earth was also in his mouth. They 

 placed all of it upon the carapace of the Turtle. Now their chief .said: 

 '■ Do ye hurry, and hasten yourselves in your work." Now a laige 

 number of muskrats continued to dive into the depths of the water. 

 As fast as thej' floated to the surface the\' placed the earth on the 



wa'he'"heii": 



he it said : 



o^'ke"' 



next in 



agade'nien'de'"." 



tur 



O'ne"' 



Now 



hi'ia' 



verily 



h wa'hondawe" ' hilt' 



thither they (m. ) got upon 

 it (his back) 



wahatge"dat. O'ne 



he it bore on the back Now 

 by the forehead strap. 



e'"hado'"hwendjiage''dat." 



he will bear earth on the back by the 

 forehead strap." 



sak'ha'" (swe.sak'ha' ?) 



go to seek (do ye it go to 



seek?) 



iawe'dowa'ne"". 



it bulk large (is). 



wa'henni'hefi' 



they (m.) it said; 



Wa'hagwe'nia' 



Tho"ge' 



o ne 



now 



Na'ie' ne 



"That th( 



(it is) 



' Wii'heiini'heii 



they it said : 



gagwe'gi' 



it all 



e^'hagwe'nifV 



ganon wagon wa 



it water depths in 



ne 



Onnatga"de' hiia" 



de'hodigwe'nion' 



they it were able to do 



a'hadihe'da'gwa'. 



could they earth get. 



": "Sne'- 



"Do ve 

 two it 



o'he"da\" 



it earth 

 (ground)." 



DieiT'ha" 



Afte 



gwa' 



seem- 

 ingly. 



Na'ie' 



That 

 (it is) 



tceii'ni' 



o ne 



now 



Hano'gie" 



He Muskrat 



o ne 



now 



o''ni" 



while, 



wiVhade'nien'de"'. 



lie it attempted to do. 



wa'hagwe'niti" hwa ha'he'da'gwa' 



he it was able thither he earth 



to do (ground) fetched. 



Sawenda'gil''gwa' hawe°'heio"'h!i'die\ ho'tciagwe'nonni' 



Again it floated he came up dead, he came with his 



paws closed 



ne"' o'he''dti'', ha'.sagon'wu' o''nr wadak'he'. Gagwe'gi 



the it ground, his mouth in also it came con- It all 



tained in it. 



wa'hadi"hen'. O'ne"' 



they (m.) laid it. Now 



■'', deswa"nowaia'he'"'ha' swaio'de""hri"." O'ne"' 



do ye hurry yourselves do ye work." Now 



ge"dio'gowa'ne"" hano'gie" honna"done''hwi" ganoiiwagon'wti'. 



it body of persons muskrat they (m.) continued it depths of water in. 



large (is) \ to dive 



Ganio" s\ve"da'gaa"gwa' na'ie' niio'sno'we' ga'nowa"ge' hadi'he'- 



So soon as again it floated that so it is rapid it carapace on they (m.) are 



habitually (it is) laying the 



ha'die' ne"' 



(on it) the 



ga'nowa"ge' 



it carapace on 



"Tciasno'we" 



Hano'gie" wa"ha'he'da- 



He Muskrat he found ground. 



honwa'.sen'no"' wri'he"'heii" 



their chief he it said: 



"This is a dual form employed in the place of a plural, which follows it i 

 ^This is a dual form used for a plural. 



1 parentheses. 



