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this time that Beaver made the attempt and dived. 'Die time was long 

 and there was only silence. It was ii long time Ix'fore his hack 

 reappeared. He came up dead, his hreathing having failed him. 

 Thereupon the}' examined his paws, hut he had brought up no earth. 

 Then Otter said: "Well, let it be my turn now; let me make another 

 attempt." Whereupon he dived. A longer time elapsed ]>efore he 

 came to the surface. He also came up dead in his turn. They then 

 examined his paws also. Neither did he, it is said, l)ring up any 

 earth. It was then that Muskrat said; "■ 1 also will make the desperate 

 attempt." So then he dove into the water. It was a still longer 

 time that he, in turn, was under water. Then, after a while, he 

 floated to the surface, coming up dead, having lost his breath. There- 

 upon, again, they examined the inside of his paws also. They found 

 mud. He brought up his paws and his mouth full of mud. 



wa'hate'nien'te"' wa'ha'thon'ro'. Kari"hwese' o'k' thri'teioten'tonni" 



he it attempt made 



WiVkarfhwese" nefi' saio"nowa"'kerii'kwe" rao"'heio"'ha'tie' wfrha- 



It was a long matter 



thoiiriok'te"'. 



breath gave out. 



E'tho'ne' 



ts l>aek came t<i the 

 surface 



wii"hoBne"'sake 



thev it searched fnr 



• up dead 



ra sno so 



liis liiind ii 



kiVneka tesro"'hwendjie"'ha'wr. 



anywhere (again) he earth Ijroiight. 



"To', i'' non'wa' skate'nien'to" 



■Well. T this time 



Se"'-ha' 



Jlore 



again T try it. 

 let me try it 



na'karl"'hwese' nefi' 



o"'ha'tie" o'ni' na"' 



up dead also Uhe) 



that 



sake' ra'sno'"so'ko'''. 



fnr his hand in. 



E'tho'ne" Ano'kie"" 



At that Muskrat 



F/th 



irr' ki" 



Xot, I 



tliiuk, 



wa'hefi'r( 



E'tho'ne'' Tawi'ne" waiieiVro"": 



At that Otter he it si id: 



time 



" E'tho'ne' nefi' wa'ha'thon'ro'. 



At that now lie dived into the 



time water. 



sa'hatia'ta'kerii'kwe", rawc""hei- 



again he his body fl()ated. he eanie 



ne' o'ni" na"' ne"' wd'hofine"- 



,t also (the I that they it sought 



that one 



na"' ne"' tesro"'hwendjie"''ha'wi'. 



he earth brought back. 



that 



•T' 



o'ni" e"\vaka"ta'ko". 



Xen' 



ka'ti" wa'ha'thon'ro" 



so then he dived into the 



Se""ha" 



More 



na 



one that 



sa'hatiiVta'kera' k wt 



liis l)ody again floated 



1 will attempt the Now- 



hopeless." 



"' WiVkaryhwese" 



it matter was a long 



I'awi 



Waiuithofirio'kte" 



His lireath gave out. 



that. 



ra'sno""so'ko" 



E'tho'ne 



At that 



vva'hatitsefi'ri" onawa'tsta' 



ra"tca'ne"'"hawe', no'k" 



he it handful brought. and 



o'ni" ronhoskwa'n'iionte" 



ul.«i he it in.iuthful hail 



onawa tsta 



it mu>I. 



