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finished eating, he said to them: "Now do y.e two reenter the other 

 room." Thereupon they two reentered the other room, and moreover 

 he shut them up therein. 



Then, it is reported, he said: "'It is true, is it not. that thou desirest 

 that thou and I should marry ^ So, now. thou and I do marry." 



So then the things that came to pass as they did during the time 

 slie was there were all known to her beforehand, because her father 

 had indeed foretold all these things to her; hence .she was able with 

 fortitude to suffer the burns without flinching, when the mush spat- 

 tered on her while she was cooking. If she had flinched when tlie drops 

 of hot nmsh fell on her. he would have said to her: "I do not believe 

 that it is true that it is thy wish that thou and I should marry." 

 Besides this she bore with fortitude the pain at the time when the two 



wa'tkiatska'ho"'. No'k" ne' neiT ca'kenikhwen'ta'ne" 



(hey two (anim.) lite. And the now they two it food finished 



waiieii'ro"" 



' Nen' 



• Now 



skii'n"ho"hiXti' iofisasadjiata'weia"te"." 



thither asrain do ye two enter." 



E"thoiie 



At tllHl 



nen 



beyond it door- 

 flap 



skii'n'ho"'hatr' iofisakiata'weia'te". neiT t:i"hno""' ionsashako"n"ho'to" 



beyond the door- thither thev two entered, now 

 flap 



E'tho'ne', ia'kc"*. nen' wa'hen'n 



At that time, it is now he it said 



id thither again lie them 



sltnt up. 



"To'ke"ske' wa"hT' e" 



'•It is true verilv tims 



nitisa"niko"'hro'te"" ne' 



aioilkeni'niake 



thou-I should marri 



NeiT 



ka'tr wa'onke- 



so then thou-I do 



ni'niake'." 



marry." 



Ne' ka'ti" ne' 



The so then the 



ieia'ko. Akwe'ko"' 



there she Whole 



arrived. (all) 



ro'ni'"ha' akwe'ko 



heherfather all. 



dji' 



where 



o'hen'to" 



"■'sero"" ne' dji' 



ppened the where 



ively 



tiiakoterien'tare' 



ihiTe slie it knew of. 



te"shako"hro'ri" 



he her told 



nen 



now 



iia'he"' e" 



length of there 



a".se''ke"" ne' 



lieeause the 



ne' kari'hon'nf 



wa'ekwe'ni" \va"ontu"kats'tate" ne' dji' 



she it \ 



sable 



to do 



kwaton'ko" 



spattered on 



ne' nen' ciiakodjisko'*ho"". 



the now she it mush boiled. 



niio'tari'iie"" ca'akodjis- 



so it hot (is) il her mush 



a'se'ke""' to'ka" aonta- 



heeause if she it had 



iakoto""'no"' ne' nefi' 



ca"ako"stara'ra"ne' ne' iodjiskwatari''hc"' 



it drop her adhered to the it mush (is) hot 



