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motion]. So now all the people sevei'alh' continued to do nothing 

 else but to assemble there. Now they there continualh' sought to 

 divine his Word. They severalh^ desig-nated all manner of things that 

 they severalh' thought that he desired. After the lapse of some time, 

 then, one of these persons said: "Now, perhaps. I myself have divined 

 the Word of our chief, the excrement. And the thing that he desires 

 is that the standing tree belonging to him should be uprooted, this 

 tree that stands hard by his lodge." The chief said: "'Gwa"'" 

 [expressing his thanks]. 



So now the man-})eings said: "We nuist be in full number and we 

 must aid one another when we uproot this standing tree; that is. there 

 must be a few to grasp each several root." So now they uprooted it 

 and set it up elsewhere. Now the place whence they had uprooted 

 the tree fell through, forming an opening through the sky earth. 

 So now, moreover, all the man-being.s in.spected it. It was curious; 



e IS. 



assem- 

 ble. 



Diiawe""o 



Constantly 



o ne 



now 



he" na"'ot hennofiwan'tha' 



where such kind they (m. i it point 

 of thing out 



gwa' na'ionnishe"t o'ne" 



what so it lasted now 



ne"ho' 



there 



ne" 



honwa''wenni''sas; ganio'shoii" 



niVot deodoendjon'ni". 



10 it needs. 



ni a 



I per- 



wae'dawanon'we''"t ne 



that sueh kind of h< 



thing 



shaia"dat waefi" 



he (is) one heitsaid 



person 



" sedwa'sen'no"'. 



! he (is) our chief. 



'O'ne"' 



'Now it is, 



Gaiii'- 



Some- 

 perhaps, 



Ne" 



non 



perhiip? 



, deodoeiidjon'm' 



he it needs, 



hodii'it, neii'j 



" he has for himself this: 

 standing tree, 



n "'Gwa"," waeii" 



"Thanks," heitsaid 



non 



perhaps. 



jwen ong 



one it shotild uproot 



nengen" ne 



dosgen'o"" 



it is near 



Sfii'it heon'we' ni'hono"*so't." 



ha'sennowa'ne"'. 



he chief lis). 



Da', 



no ne 



the time 



o ne 



now 



waenni : 



they it said: 



" EMwagwego'ciig, 



" We will be in full 



de"dwaie'nan' 



"dwa'niodago' 



we it will uproot 



nen gen 



this it is 



ga'it. 



Ne" 



That 



ne* 



the 



do"ga'a' 



few it is 



10 



11 



ly 



13 



niioiigwe'dagea'die' ne' 



o ne 



now 



waadinioda'go' 



they it uprooted 



e"adiie'nan' 



they it will 

 grasp 



oia"dji' 



elsewhere 



ne" 



djokde'asho"'." Da', 



each it root several." So, 



e"ho' 



there 



di'tj ho"wsi"sen't he'ofiwe' 



hodinioda'gwe" 



they it have uprooted 



saadinio'de"". O'ne"' 



again they (m.) Now, 



it set up. 



aundjaga'ent 



it earth perforated 



o'wa'do"' 



it became. 



Da', 



o ne 



now 



di'( 



na e 



verily. 



gag we go 



it all 



ne ongwe 



