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MOHAWK VERSION 



263 



In addition to these things, it was usual, when she sat on the place 

 where the burial-case lay, that those who abode in (he lodge heard 

 her conversing, just as though she were reph'ing to all that ho said; 

 besides this, at times she would laugh. 



But, when the time of her maturity had come, when this cliild iiad 

 grown up, and she had again come down, as was her habit, from the 

 place where the dead man-being lay, she said: "Mother, mj' father 

 said" — when she said "my father," it then became certain who was 

 her father — "'Now thou shalt be married. Far away toward the 

 sunrising there he lives, and he it is who is the chief of the people 

 that dwell there, and he it is that there, in that place, will be married 

 to thee.' And now, besides this, he said: 'Thou shalt tell thy mother 

 that she shall till one burden basket with l)read of sodden corn, putting 



Nen' tii'hno"'' 



Now b(_'si(1es t 



tkaronto'tsera'"here" 



there it burial case lies up 



ne e s ne 



the eustiim- the 

 arily 



iakothofi'te' 



thev it heard 



nen 



now 



ieietskwa"here' ne' dji' 



there she sits up high the where 



ne' kano""'sako"' 



stom- the 



ie'tero"' 



hev (ilKief.l 

 'abide 



ne 



the 



iako''thare' 



she is conversing 



rawe"'he'io" 



he is dead 



tii'hno"'' sewatie're"' n("^n' 



No'k> 



But 



the 



dji' ni'io't ne' aonta'ho'tha'rake' ne' 



where so it the thence he would lie the 



stands talking 



no'k' o'ni" aontaiakori'hwa'serakweii'ha'tie', nen' 



but also thence she continued to reply, now 



tiTiakoie'sho"\ 



thence she would 

 laugh. 



hewe' neii' sha'onte'hia'ro"" 



rrived now there she matured 



nen 



now 



eksa'Ti" ne' 



she a the 



child 



rawe"'he'io"" 



he is dead 



ke-'i'ke"' 



this (herei 

 (it is) 



in' a're" tontaionts'ne"'te' ne' dji' tka'^here* ne' 



ow again thence she descended the where there it lies ihe 



tipon it 



wa'i'ro"': " IsteiT'ha* (isda"')," wa'heii'ro"" ne' 



she it said: ■■ Oh, Mother, he it said the 



rake'ni''ha' (ne' dji niio're" 



vhere so it is far 



(iti.s) 



ne' dji' tkara'kwi'neke"'s nonka'ti'' 



the where there it sun rises side of it 



wa'i'ro"' rake'ni"ha 



he rov father (the where so it is far she it said he mv father 



(is) (is) 



wa'kato'ke"'ne' o"''kii' ronw{i''ni"ha' ne' eksa'Ti 



it became known who he her father (is) the shea 



(as true) (it is) child ( 



I'no"' 



Far (far 



e'tho'ne" nen' 



Neil' e"\saniii'ke'. 



ne ne 



the that 



thonwakowa'ne"' 



there he their chief (is) 



the 



Nen' ti'i'hno""' wa'hefi'ro"": 



Sow and he it saiil: 



akwa'' e"tiofiteweien'to"' 



thatinak'ere' no' 



there they dwell the 



• K"'she'hr()'i-i" 



■Thou iHT shalt tell 



e" thanak'ere', 



there there he dwells, 



e" e"seni'niake'." 



ne' .sa'niste"'"ha" 



ne IK 



the 

 that 



very 



kaiii'l, 



it fruit 



te"ie'ieste" iw' kiin('>"'iia 



she it shall the it corn 



mi.K with it softened 



"This is a shortened form of the next preceding word. 



