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the oiK's]. So that wa.s the nuiiihcr of thoso who were excluded, 

 [being set] aside, atid who a.s.sciiil)l(Hl there n(>ar hy. So the Mink 

 now cast his 1)ody into the oil. As soon as lit- came up out of it 

 the youth seized him there, and he held him up, and he stripped 

 his body through his hands, and that is the reason that his body did 

 become somewhat longer. Now, verily, again it thus came to pass. 

 Their bodies shared the change [into the character they now have], 

 namely, those of the Fisher, and the Otter, and the Mink, and the 

 Weasel. And this is the numljcr of those [zoic] whose l)odies next 

 shared this transformation there — the Wolf, and the Panther, and the 

 Fox. All these were excluded, being set aside. 



So now the two male children were in the habit of going away. 

 Day afterday they two went to a great distance; there faraway they two 

 were in the habit of setting traps. So then day after day they two 



hanon'got. 



weasel. 



"ho" wak'a" 



rt' aside 



Da'. 



ne"'ho' 



thus 



waodiia'daiei". 



they (z.) assembled. 



niwefinandr' 



Da', 



wak'ii 



aside 



ne"'ho" 



there 



waadia'do"iak i 



he cast his body 1 



ne" haksa'dase' 



the lie vouth 



o no ge . 



it oil in. 



ne""ho' 



there 



Ganio"'-shon' 



So soon as just 



waiiie'na"', 



he it caught, 



' wa'odiis, 



they were 

 excluded, 



djio'da'ga' 



mink 



daa'do'go' 



he landed 

 therefrom 



kho" ne'' 



and the 



he''tge"" 



up high 



on'ni" 



matter 



waa'dat. kho'' ne"' waii'djiiu'ak, ne" 



he it held. nnd the he stripped it that 



through his hands. 



gaifi'gwff nii'gaiades'he't. O'ne'" na'e' 



somewhat so its body became Now verily 



long. 



na"'a'we"'. Wa'odiia'dadiio'iis neii'geii' sgfuanane'ge' 



so it came to Their bodies shared the this it is fisher (marten), 



pa,ss. change 



odawefi'do"'. kho" ne 



otter. and the mink, and the 



a e 



again 



makes 



e"'ho' 



kho" 



and 



djio'da'ga". kho'' 



hanon'got; 



ne'''ho' niwefinandr 



there .so many they (z. 



(thus) are in number 



othfiion'ni'. kho" 



wolf, and 



wa'odiia'dadiio'as. 



their (z.) bodies shared 

 the changes 



hen'es 



kho" 



Ne" 



That 



ne'' 



the 



da' 



ne" 



the 



no"Vwat'gvva'. 



gagwe go- 

 it all 



Da', o' 



wak'a'' wa'odi'is. 



excluded. 



deiksa"a' 



o'ne'" gefi's ia'den'dio"s. 



they (ui.) twower 

 in the habit f>f 

 going t 



O'h.- 



nav u 



cion nio 



day plurally 



honwe'-gwa' henet'ha'; we't''"' ne'' ne" hi'eo'da'ne's. 



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21 KTH— nX, K) 



