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■it the place where their lodge .'<tood. Thus, also, again did he do; 

 there where his grandmother was sitting he cast it. "Here." he said. 

 ■'So be it," she, the Ancient-bodied, said. 



So now out of doors the}' two skinned it. They two held its body 

 in many places. So when they two were nearly through their task 

 there was a pool of blood on the green hide. So then she, the 

 Ancient-bodied, took up a handful of the blood and cast it on the loins 

 of her grandson. '"Ha'ha",'" she, the Ancient-bodied, said, "now, 

 verily, my grandson, thou becomest cataraenial." " Fie upon it," said 

 the youth, "it is not for us males to be so affected as a habit; but ye, 

 ye females, shall be affected thus habitually every month." Now, again 

 he took up a handful of clotted blood and cast it between the thighs 

 of his grandmother, and now, he said: "Thou, of course, verily, hast 



he'onwe' thodino"'sot'. 



he'oiiwe' 



waen 



he it sail 



Da' 



ieniu"ciot i 



she is sitting I 



■2siiawe""ha'," 



"I am thaniirul," 



j'ne"' as'de" 



lilt of 



loors 



Da', 



Ne""ho' 



There 



' ho'sot' 



wa a ge 



she it said 



kho" a 



and o 



re 



ne"''ho' 



there 



did; 



wao'dr. 



le it threw. 



ne"'"ho' 



there 



•^Gwa"," 



Eia'dage"''tci'. 



She Ancient-bodied 



ie""ho" 



there 



wan lien se . 



they (m.) it skin- 



gaiadif'ge. 



its body on. 



no ne 



the now 



tho''ha' 



nearly 



ga'hne'ga" ne'' ga'cio'sa'ge' ne" otgwe""'sa" 



it liquid the it green hide on the it blood. 



Eia"dage"''tci' o'dio"'tcagak' ne"' otgwe""sa. kho"' 



She Ancient-bodied slie linndlnl the it blood, nnd 

 One toiili up 



waago'di" ne"' hoa'stV'ge" ne"' hoiiwaii'de'. 



she it threw the his loins on the Iier grandson. 



Deniienawa''kho'" 



They two one the 

 the other aided 



e"iadienno'"kde"' 



they (m.) two it tasli 

 will complete 



J)a'. o'ne"" ne" 



So, now the 



le"' ne"'*ho', 



" Ha'ha"," 



"Alas," 



waage 



she it said 



I'de". 



ni a ne 



ne"' lege""'tcr: ""O'ne"" wai'i" \va'sa"diawent, 



the She Ancient "Now, of thou hast the menses 



One: I'ourse ( = dost abstain) 



'Tcisnen"'," waeiT' ne"' haksa'dase'Ti". "The"*'e"', 



"Fie upon it," he it said the he youth. "Not it is 



agwadji'na' ne""ho' 



we males thus 



naiawen" seg 



so it will be hap- 

 pening; 



-;weo"'-shofi"'( 



ve females 



■'"ho" 



ne lawen seg 



M. it will behap- 



s de"'gwae"' ne" 



? though the 



swenni'da"'-shofi*." 



each month just." 



O'ne"' onsaa"tcagak' ne"' o'tgwa' o'ne"' di' 



q 



more- 



ne 



"h 



deieo'gen' ne'' ho'.sot', o'ne"' di'q na'e' 



wao'dr 



he it cast 



: ""I's 



"Thou 



