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The next day came, a'ld she looked and saw l.ving there a deer, also 

 fire and tirebi'ands, and also a heap of wood, all of which had been 

 brought thither. At that time she kindled a tire, using for this pur- 

 pose the three fagots which she had slipt into the bosom of her gar- 

 ment, and of which he [the chief] had said: "Ye two will have this 

 for a provision." At that time she laid hands on the body of the 

 deer. She broke up its body, some of which she roasted for food. 

 She passed three nights there, when she again gave birth, again becom- 

 ing possessed of a child. The child was a female. That, verily, was 

 the rebirth of Zephyrs. Now tlie elder woman-being erected a booth, 

 thatching it with grasses. There the mother and daughter remained, 

 one being the parent of the other. 



Now the earth was large and was continually increasing in size. It 

 was now plain where the river courses would be. There they two 

 remained, the mother attending to the child, who increased in size 



Wa'o'he""nha', wa'ontgat'hwa' ne"tho' geSda'ga' ne" skeii- 



It became day, she it saw there it lay the deer 



li' ne''tho' gago'"hetchage"hen\ oien'da' 



;o there it brands lay heaped, it fuel 



nofido"'' 



o ni 



also 



odjis'da' 



it fire 



o'sotcio'da' 



it heap stands 



wa'ontc'dii' 



she it used 



ena sgwagon wa 



her bosom in 



ha'wefi': 



he it said: 



naie 



that 

 (it is) 



heiago"se""di', na'ie' ne'' 



there she them that the 



had dropped, (it is) 



o'ne"' wa'dio"'nia"heii' gaia'di''ge' 



now she her two hands its body on 



to it put 



da'hi"'da", na'ie' wa'oiide'skoii'de"' 



ne'^tho' ga'^hii. Tho"ge o'nS"' wa'ondega"da'', 



there one it has At that now she kindled (a fire), 



brought. (time) 



3e"' niioko'"kho"nage' 



three 



so many it fagot in 

 number (i.s) 



" E"tc.iade°na"da'." Tho"ge 



" Ye two will take At that 



provision." 



e" skennondo"" 



le deer. 



(time) 



Wa'dieia'- 



She its body 



broke up, that 



(it Ls) 



niiagono"'hwe'di 



so many she remained 

 over night 



e'^he"' ne"' 



she female the 



(is) 



Gar'nde"so"'k 



It windsgo-al. 



she it roasted for herself the 



e"iondekhon'nia". 'A''se° 



she it will eat. Three 



o ne 



now 



he" 



again 



she child. 



O'ne'" 



saionde''don\ 



wa'ago wi aienda" nha' , 



she infant became possessed of. 



■ind) 



sthofidii'do"'. 



thatched it with 

 gras.s. 



O'ne"' gowa'ne"' 



Now it much 



(is) 



oigii'det tea" noii'we 



itiscogni- the the place 



zable where 



deiondade"snie" ne" 



she her oared for the 



Na'ie' hi'ia' ne" saionna'giit ne'' 



That verily the again she is the " 



(it is) born 



le'' goksten"a' wa'eno'.she"', wa'die'- 



Xow the she ancient she set up a bower she 1'' 



one 



Ne"tho' degni"den', ondat'hawa'. 



There they (z.) abode, one parent of the 11 



other (was), 



ododi'ha'die' ne" o"'hwen'djia'. O'ne"' 



it continues to the it earth. Now ['2 



grow 



e''ge"'hio"'hwtide'nionk. Ne"tho' degni"den" 



it river will have its course There they (z.) two 13 



severally. abode. 



eksa'a". Agwa's ne" na'ie' godi'sno'we' 



she child. E.tceed- the that she grew rapidly 11: 



ingly (It is) 



