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thou iiiayest lii'conu'. until thou indeed iivrive.st there. Now, at that 

 time llidu uuist remove thy burden.'' So then, when .she had com- 

 ph'ted her pi-eparations, she adjusted the burden .strap .so that it 

 pa.s.sed over her forehead at the fittest point. She then .said: ** Now 

 I believe I have completed my preparations, as well as ehosen just 

 where the burden strap shall pass." Thereupon he released his hand.s 

 from holding up the basket for her, and now. moi'eover. she started 

 on her journey homeward. 



Now. moreover, the ))asket she carried on her l)ack was not at all 

 hea\ y . Rut when .she had gone perhap.s one-half of the way ])ack on her 

 journey, the burden began to be heavy in a .small measure. Then, as 

 .she continued her journey, it gradually became heavier. The instant 

 .she I'eached the inside of the lodge, the burden strap became detached 

 and the basket fell to the ground, and the dried meat fell out of it. 

 The meat tilled the space within the lodge, for did .she not bring nuich 



dji' niio're" se" wa''hi' ie"'.se"sewe". E'tho'ne' nen' 



1 whcrr so ills inrtccil virilv then- tln.u wilt .\t that time now 



rlistiiiit nrrive. 



e"'se'.satke'ta"sr." Ne" ka'ti" ne' dji' nen' wiveweiennen'tfi'ne' 



i) thou wilt take it from Thi_- s.i then the where now she tu.sk e(miiilete(l 



— bearing it on thy back by 

 the torehead strap." 



wa'ekwata'ko' dji"' noiTwe" ne"watko''to'"hetste' wa'i'ro"": "Nen', 



^ slie it adjusted with \\here the place there it foicliead strap she it saiil: "Now, 



care will pass 



ki" wii'keweiennen'tii'ne" dji' , non'we" ne"watke'to''hetste'.''' 



•i I Ije I if task have completed ivliere the place there it forehead strap will 



lieve. pass." 



E'tho'ne' wa"ha"tka"we" ne' dji' ro'therakara'tato'" ta'hno"" 



6 .\t that time he it let K" the where he it basket held up ami 



e'tho'ne' neii" .saio"'ten'tr. 



^ at that time now she started home- 

 ward. 



Nen' tiiiino""' i;V' otlit>'no"" teiok'stc" sfiionta"thei'ake''tate". 



i Now and not anything; it heavy is u^ain she it basket bears on her 



back by the forehead-strap. 



To'ka" o""'te' sha'tewa'sefi'no"" dji' niio're" niieiakawe'non nen' 



S If j.erhaps just it I is) middle where so it is just there she had now 



distant gone 



tofitiV'sawe"" o'sthoiT'ha" wa'oksten"ne'. Ne' ka'ti" ne' dji' 



y there it began it (isi small it heavy became. The so then the where 



niiako'tentiofi'ha'tie" taioksteiT'sere". Ia"tkaie'ri" kano"''sako"' 



10 just so she traveled along It became heavier It sufflcient is it lodge in 



increasingly. 



ionsfiiera'tiVne" nen' tofi"tke'totari''si" til'hno""' e'tfi'ke" iri"ho""the- 



11 there again she now it forehead-strap ami down, on there it 



stood became unfastened the ground 



raiefi'ta'ne' ta'hno""' oiiwerofi'ta'ne' ne' io'wa'rat'he"". Wtl'kri"- 



\->. basket fell and ..it spilled the it moat dry (isi. It it tilled 



wfi'ra'na'ne" ne' dji' niionak'ta" ne' kano""sako"'. E'so" se'' 



l;-! with meiil the wh.-re so its room tllf it lodge in. Much indeed 



laige I, is I 



