MOHAWK VERSION 



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she would laui^li. So iit'ter ;i while she <';iiih' down and said: "My 

 father said: 'To-morrow vci'v early in the niornint>- thou shalt start.' " 



So then, when the next day came, and also when they had finished 

 eating their morning- meal, the young- wonuin-))eing at this time said: 

 "Now I believe I will start; hut 1 will also tell my father, I believe." 

 At this time she now went thithei- where stood the ladder, and, 

 climl)ino- up to the place whereon lay the l)urial-case of the dead man- 

 being, she said: "Father, I shall now start on nij' journey.'' So then 

 again it was from what she herself said that it was learned that he was 

 her father. 



It was at this time that he told her all that would l)efall iier on her 

 journey to her destination, and, moreover, what would hai)peii after 

 her arrival. So then, after she again came down, her mother took up 

 for her the burden basket which was full of bread, and placed it on 



sa"hatikhwen'ta"ne' ne' 



(daylight came) 



or'ho""ke"ne' wii"thofitskri''ho"' e'tho'ne' 



it morning in they fed themselve 



ne' eia"tase' 



the she the 



new-bodied oni 



ie""shi"hro'ri" 



thither I him 

 will tell. 



niion.sfi'ie" 



wa 1 ro" : 



she it said: 



■ NeiT k 



the 



think. 



rake"ni"ha'." 



he mv father." 



lis) 



e"ka'ten'tr; 



I will start: 



E'tho'ne" 



At that time 



no 



nen 



now 



at that time 



o'ni' neiT 



a re 



again 



e" 



there 



dji' noil'we' 



where place 



wa 1 ro : 



she it said: 



ionthro'rr 



she it tells 



E'tho'ne" 



At that time 



dji' . non'we' tkaneko'tote" ta'hno"" 



where the place there it ladder besides 

 stands 



tharonto*tsera"here' ne' rawe"'he'io"% 



there he a bnrial-case the he is dead, 

 lies upon it 



nen' e"ka'ten'ti'.'' Ne' 



now 1 will start." The 



ia'erat'he"' 



thither she it 

 ascended 



ta'hno"" 



besides 



•Rake''ni 



■He my falhei 



ne' aka'o""ha" ne'nc' ro'ni'ha'. 



he herself the that lie her father (is) 



ka'tr 



so then 



ne 



dji' 



where 



th 



akwe'ko" 



It all 



wiVshako'hro'ri" 



he it told her 



ne 



the 



clji' 



ne"iawe sero" 



ne 



the 



when 



ka'ti' ne' 



so then the 



o"niste""ha' 



its ( her) mother 



niie"'hen'ie"" no k" ho'n 



^o thither she will go and also 



shiVtontriionts'ne'"te', 



w hen thence she descended. 



len lonwe . 



there she will 



Ne' 



The 



e'tho'ne' 



at Ihul time 



nen 



now 



wa'tiontate''kwe"' 



she it raised up for her 



ne' iofitke'tats'thiX' a't'here' 



the one uses it to bear It on it basket 

 tbc back by the forehead strap 



