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out of his arrow; he made these for himself. Now he said: "When- 

 ever it be that j'e two run through the village it will customarily 

 be that one will be just on the point of overtaking the other.'" Next 

 in order he himself made into an Ancient-bodied one. So now he went 

 to the j)lace where they [masc], the man-beings, abode. So now, some- 

 time after he had arrived there, then, verily, thej' gave him food, 

 gave to the Ancient-bodied. During the time that he was eating 

 they heard a wolf approach, barking. One would just think that it 

 was pursuing something. So now they all went out of doors. Thej' 

 .saw a wolf pursuing a deer which wa.s approaching them, and saw 

 that, moreover, it was about to seize it. So now all ran thither. So 

 now he was alone, and the Ancient-bodied ate. As soon as they had 

 all gone, he now thrust his body into the place where, severally, the 



g-on"shon' he"snidak'he"." Ne'' ne"' ne'wa" ha'oiThwa"' 



3 in along thither ye two will That the next in he himself 



run." order 



(ha'on'ho"') ne" hage""tci' waadadon'ni'. Da', ne'^ho' waa'io"' 



4 he himself the he ancient he himself made. So. there he arrived 



one 



he'oiiwe' gano"".sot ne"' thenni"dio"' ne" heiinon'gwe'. Da'. 



O the place it lodge the there they (m.) the they fni.) (are) So, 



where .stoo.d .severally abode man-beings. 



ho'io" 



he h; 



one gain gwa 



O now somewhat 



naioii'nishe't ne'"ho' 



so long it lasted there 



o ne 



ved 



wiiofiwakhwa'nont (i waonkhwa'nont) 



t ilievim.ihim thev im. * hira food gave 



fuo.l gave 



niVioiTnishe't ne" hodekhon'ni" o'ne' 



8 so long it lasted the he is eating now 



ne 



hage""tci'. 



e he ancient 



one. 



hofinoiithofi'de" 



thev lin.i it heard 



Ne" 



That 



daga- 



t hence 



ne" thfiioiTni". Aiefr'-shon" 



nine ne" tnaion ni". Aieii -snoii" ha"'gwisd(''"' 



9 it came the wolf. One wonld just something 



barking think 



o'ne"' gagwe'go"' waadiia'ge"'t. Waennontgat'ho' 



10 now it all they (ra.) went They (m.i saw- 



out. 



o'ne"" di'tj tho'"h:i" 



now more- nearlv 



dag'iis'he". Da', 



thence it it So, 



is pursuing. 



ne" thfiion'ni' 



the wolf 



dagas'he" ne"' iie'ogt? 



11 thence it the deer, ii 



it pursued 



o'ne"' gagwe'go"" ne''"iio 



it all there 



Da', 



12 no, 



haon'ho"'gea"-shon' 



13 he (was) all alone just 



o'thennen'e"'dat. 



they (m.) run. 



Da'. 



o ne 



now 



hodekhoii'ni 



he is eating 



hage""tci''. Ganio" 



nt one. So soon 



wa''ons''a't o'ne"" ne"'"ho' waadiii'do^'iak he'onwe' gasde""siini- 



l"! they themselves now there he his body cast the place it corn string 



exhausted where hangs 



