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custouuirily replied: '•Not until I tir.st ask 1113- mother." "\^'hell she 

 would tell her mother what maimer of person had asked her to marry 

 him, her mother would answer, saying eustoraarily : "No; he is not 

 the person." But after a while the maiden said: "One who has a 

 deep fringe along his legs and arms jjaid a visit." The elder woman 

 said: ""That is the one, I think, that it will be proper for you to 

 marry." Thereupon she returned to the place where the young 

 man stood. She said: "We should marrj-, she says." The young- 

 man answered, saying: "When it is dark, I shall return." So 

 then, when the appointed time arrived, he also came back. Then 

 it was that he paid court to her. But, I think, they two, he and 

 the maid, did not lie together. When she lay down so that she 



"■ Nia'reivwe' e"khe'hro'ri' ne' isten'a'.' 



"Until first I her shall tell the my mother.' 



Ne' 



The 



ka'tf 



so then 



e s wa 



"hi" 



to'te"" ne' 



wa'ontat'hro'ri' ne' 



.she her told the 



wa'shakori'hwanonton'ni 



he her has asked questions 



o'nisteiT'a" ne' dji' ni'haia"- 



her mother the where such he kind 



of body 



ne' a'hoti'niake'; tiiieri'hwa"- 



ilu' they should she 



sera'ko" e" 



o"uisten'"a" 



her mother 



wa 1 ro 



she it said 



■ la" 



■Xot 



No'k' 



And 



a'kare" nen' 



w-a 1 ro 



she it said 



rofi'kwe'. teiotai'otsi'tie" ne' 



ne' eia'tase' 



;he she maid 



(is): 



ra'sina'ke', 



his legs on, 



ne 



that it 



(one) 



■ Wsi'hakwat'ho* 



"He paid u visit 



te'ke" 



and 



111 



also 



ne 



the 



tsa'ke'. 



arms on." 



Wa'i'ro" 



She it said 



akoksten"a' 



she elder one 



■' Ne" 



•That, 



e"seni'niake\" 



ill 



E'tho'ne' 



W that 



e"' .sa'ie"''te" 



ki"' (V'kaie'rite' 



I it will be 



believe. yrofjer 



dji' noii'we' i't 



where plaee tht 



no' raueke""'tero"\ Wa'i'ro"" 



llu' hevoungman. She it said 



• (is) 



ia'ke"". " Tii'hari'hwa" sera'ko' 



it is said." He replied 



eia'tase' : 



she maid 

 (new-bodied) 



raneke""tero"" 



ho young man (is) 



" Aiofikeni'niake', 



"Thou-I should marry, 



wa'hen'ro"": 



he it said: 



noil 



now 



"Ne' 



"The 



iiVkiVhewe' dji' 



it arrived when 



Nen' 



e"tio'karas e'tho'ne' neiT 



non we 



the plaeo 



te""tke"." 



t that now I will come." 



time 



ni'hona'to"' e'tho'ne' 



just where he it at tl 



appointed tin 



ka'ti" wa'shakotcbinato""ha'.se". No'k' 



so then he " courted" her. ,\nd 



Ne' 



The 



ka'tf 



so then 



ra'to"" 



lain In. 

 gether 



ta'we' 



sleep 



no' eifi'tiise*. 



Ne' 



The 



ka'tr 



te'hofina- 



thev two 

 have 



e''iako'- 



e"s'ka' 



one (it is) 



ne' raoien'kwire' 



sha'ofitia'tiofi'nite' ne' 



she lay supine the she will 



ena'skwsik'ta' e'' wrrha'ie" 



herbreast beside there he it laid. 



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