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to her during' her journey to and from home. Of cdurse they two 

 now abode together, for th(> r(>asoii, of cDui'se. that they two were 

 espoused. 



After a time he then said: "l am ill." So then, his people marveled 

 at what he said, for the reason that they did not know what it was for 

 one to be ill. So, therefore, at the time when they comprehended 

 what had occurred in regard to him, they, of cour.se, individually, 

 as was customary, studied the matter, and informed the man who was 

 ill what to do. It would seem, one would imagine, that his illness 

 did not abate thereby, even though man}' different persons made the 

 attempt, and his recovery was yet an unaccomplished task. So thus 

 it stood ; they continued to seek to divine his Word. Then, there- 

 fore, when they failed to cure his illness, they questioned him, saying: 

 "How, then, perhaps, may we do that thou mayest recover from thy 



kwat'ho". 



she it visited. 



Ta'. 



e''tho' ni'io't wii'^hf .skri^'ne' 



thus so it verily together 



stands (at one) 



his spouse in- 

 (she is) deed 



A'kare' 



wa'"hr. 



verilv. 



nen 



now 



wa'hen'ro'": " Wakeno"'hwak'tani'." Ta', 



nen 



now 



ra'to"', 



he it said, 



raonkwe'ta' 



his people 



a'se'ke"' 



because 



wa'hotine'hra'ko' 



they marveled 



te'hatiiente'ri' o" 



thev it knew wha 



dji' 

 where 



nitero"', 



they two 

 abode. 



e'tho'ne" 



at that 

 time 



na'ho'te"" 



such kind 

 of thing 



aiakone"'hwak'te'" 



one should be ill. 



Ne' 



The 



ka'tr 



SO then 



dji' 



where 



nen 



now 



ta'ne" 



dji' niioteri'hwatie're"' 



where so it matter was done 



shatiia"tats'ho"" dji' 



ne' rao"'ha'ke", 



the he himself at 



(himself to). 



ne' nii'ho'te"' ne' 



the such kind of the 



thing(itis) 



wii 'hoti' n i ko" ' hraie n ' - 



they it understood 



Neil' wa''hi" 



Now verilv 



ni'io't dji' te"'haia"to're'te' wa'ho'hro'ri' 



e s 



ne' rono'^hwak'tani' ne' 



the 



he is ill 



lomarily 



ta"hon.sa"haie'wen'ta'ne", 



again he recovered his health. 



) where he it will judge of 



dji' na'ha'iere". la" 



where so he it should Xot 



wa'thonttenion'ko 



they took turns plurally 



la 



not, 



aoiisa'haie'weu'ta'ne'. Ta', e' 



believ 



ni'io't hote^^'niote' f 



> it (is) he it feast holds 



ho""te'-ki'"" 



perhaps-is it 



tewaa'to"'s 



it it is able 

 e, to do 



I'tho' honwa- 



there thev 



wenni"saks. Ne' 



J his The 



ka'ti' 



so then 



a'kare' ne' dji' nen' 



wiVhonnii'ta'ko' 



they it failed to do 



ne' aoiisa'honwatcon'to"' e'tho'ne' nen 



the again they his health at that uci\! 



restore time 



wa"honni'ro"": "O" ka'ti' o''"te" 



they it said: -What so then may it 



wti'hoiiwari'hwanoii'to" 



iliey him asked questions. 



naiakwa'iere' 



so we it should 



aon.sa'sie 



again thou 



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