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"Ho'lio'V" ho kept cliucklinj^. "It tastes good." Now soon there- 

 after his grandmother returned. She said: ••Well, what manner of 

 thing art thou doing?" "1 have made mush," the youth said, "and 

 it is pleasant, too. Do thou eat of it, so be it, oh, grandmother. 

 There is an abundance of mush." So now she wept, saying: "Now, 

 verily, thou hast killed me. As a matter of fact, that was all there was 

 left for me." " It is not good," he said. " that thou dost begrudge it. 

 I will get other corn and also bone." 



So now the next da^' he made his preparations. When he rinished 

 his task, he said: " Now it is that I am going to depart." So now, 

 verily, he departed. He arrived at the place where dwell mau-beings. 

 As soon as he arrived near the village he then made his preparations. 

 I say that he made a deer out of his bow, and, next in order, a wolf 



kho' o'wa'do"" ne"' odjls'gwil'. " Ho'ho"," "Oga"'o"'" kho*'. ha'- 



and it became the it mush. " .^hal" "It tastes ami. In- 1 



good" 



do"'. O'ne"" da"djia"-shon' saie'io"" ne'' ho"'sot. Wa'a'ge"": "Gwe'. 



kept Now soon alter Just again she the hisgrand- She it said: "Well. 2 



saying. returned mother. 



A"na""ot ni'.sadie"ha"r' " Agedjisgon'ni'," waeii"'. ne" hak.sa"- 



What manner so thou art " I mush am making," he it said, the he 3 



of thing doing:'" 



dase'Tr: " Agwa's aweiidetgii'de'-kho'. SadekhoiTni', nio"'. 



youth: "Very it is plea.sant and. Do tliou eat, so he -4 



It, 



aksot'. Odo"'hon'do"" ne" odjis'gwii'." Da', o'ne"" wa'o"s'dae"\ 



my grand- It is abundant the it mush." So, now she wept, 5 



mother. 



ne" ne" wa'a'ge"': "O'ne"' na'e' nofi" o'sgi'io'. Ne"'ho'-sbon" 



that the she it said: "Now verily, proba- thou hast So much just 6 



biy. killed me. 



ne''ho' niwagien'dak." •'Wa.' De'wi'io." waeii"', " Sa'se''".se'. 



as matter so it I have had." "Oh. It is not he it said, " Thou dost be- 7 



of fact good," 



Oia"-shon' i" e"g-ie'gwii" ne'' onefi'o"" kho" 



It other just I I it will get the it corn and the it bone." 



Da', no'ne"' wa'o"hen't o'ne"' wafidecioiinia'non'. No'ne"' 



So. the time it day became now he his preparations made. The now 



waadienno'k'de"' o'ne"' waeii"': "•O'ne"' nige""' e"ga''deiidi"."" 



he liis task finished now he it said: ■Now that it is 1 will depart. " 



grudge it. 



o'neii'ifi', 



8 

 9 



10 



Da', o'ne"' na'e' waa'deii'di". Ne""ho' waa'io"" he'onwe-. 



So, now verily he departed. Tliere he arrived the place 11 



where 



ienaii'ge* ne'' oii'gwe'." Ganio"' ne"''ho' waii'io"" ne" 



theviindef I the man-being. So soon us there hearrived the 12 



dwell 



ganondak'"il' o'ne"' ne"''lio' waruleciofinia'non'. Ne"' ne'' 



it village beside now there he preparations made. That the 13 



ho'eii'iui' waade'cion'ni' ne" ne'oge"', o'ne"' ne"' ne'wa" ne" 



his bow lie It made for the deer, now that next in the 14 



himself order 



"See footnote on page 141. 



