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said: "Indeed, he himself killed her." Thus then, in this manner, the 

 two debated. But he -who was guilty of killing her did not swerve from 

 his denial, and so then he tinally won his point. Whereupon their 

 grandmother seized the ])ody of him whose flesh was verih' that of a 

 man-being and with all her might east him far into the ])ushes. But the 

 other, whose flesh was flint, was taken up and cared for by her. And 

 it was also wonderful how much she loved him. 



Now, in its turn, she again laid her hands on the flesh Ijod^' of her 

 girl child, who was verily now not alive. She cut ofl' her head 

 and said: "Even though thou art now dead, yet, albeit, thou shalt 

 contiiuie to have a function to perform." And now she took up the 

 flesh body and hung it on a tree standing hard by her lodge, and she 

 said: "Thou shalt continue to give light to this earth here present. 

 But the head also she hung in another place, and she said: "Thou also 



"8e' 



" Indeed. 



'hii' 



wa'shako'rio'.- 



he her killed." 



There 



ka'tr 



su then 



ni'io'^t wa'thniri'hwa- 



so it is they two it matter 



vhe 



ke'^nhtV. 



disputed. 



shilia'ta' 



hf one 

 person 



tkwe'ni'. 



point 

 won. 



tkaie'ri' 



it is 

 correct 



o'hon'tako"* 



it shrubbery in 



rao 



he himself 



(it is), 



Thori'hwakontiVko"" dji' raton'hf 'ha' no'k' ho'iii" iie' 



He continued to iissert it where he it denied and also the 



dji' 



ka'ie"' 



it lies 



ne 



shako' rio' 



ho her killed 



ne' roti'sot'hti 



the their grand- 



mother 



ni'hriiero"'to'te"' 



such he fies 

 kind of 



ia'honwaia'toii'tr 



E'tho'ne" 



At thnt 

 time 



oil'kwe' 



man-being 



raiero"" tota " ' ko" ' 



he is fleshed thereby. 



no'k" ho'ni" akwa' 



and also very 



Nefi' noii'wa' 



Now this time 



ontatien"'a"-ken'ha' 



her offspring it was 



tenia'riiVke" tiiiii 



her head cut off am 



No'k- n 



And tl 



wfi'thonwaia'taicwe' 



she his body took np 



I'' ione'hra'kwa" dji' 



ne' ka'tr wii'hateri'hwa- 



the so then he his (matter) 



wa'thonwaia'ta"kwe' ne'ne' 



she his body took up the that 



tii'hno"" ia'tionte'shen'nia'te' 



and she employed her whole 



strength 



ne' shaia'ta' ne' tawi'skara' 



the he one the flint (crystal) 



person 



ne' wa'hoiiwateweien'to'", 



the she him cared for well. 



it is marvelous 



ni'honwanoro"''khwa" 



here so she him holds dear. 



ke" 



niionsaie lere 



akoieron'ta" 



her flesh 



wa'*hr nen' ia"' 



tetciakon''he', 



still she lives. 



WiVonta- 



She 



so'"he'io"", 



thou art dead, 



watie*'kwe' 



.she it took up 



se 



hii 



more, 



Ihe 



• ki-' o'k' 



I just 



believe, 



oieron'tiV 



it flush 



Ih 



waV'ha're"' tii'hno"'' wa'i'ro"': 



she it hung up and she it said : 



ke""' wato"''hwendjia'te", no'k" ho'ni" 



here it earth is extant, but al.so 



: "Iawero°"ha'tie"", dji' neiT 



"Even though wiu-rc now 



(no matter) 



■sateri'hon'take'." Nen' tifhiio""' 



thou it duty wilt have Now and 



to perform." 



' akono"'sa'kta" ke'r''hite" e"' 



her house beside it tree I lien 



stands 



"Te"'sa'shwathe'to"''hake" ne' 



■■Tbo\i it wilt continue to liglit ih, 



onoii'dji" ak'te' ne' 



it head elsewhere the 



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