MOHAWK VEKSION 



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Durinu- this time Tawi'.skaro"" was watching what Sapling was 

 doing. Thereupon he began to imitate him by also making animal 

 bodies. But this work was too difficult for him to allow his doing 

 it correctly. He failed to make correctl}' the bodies of the animals 

 just as they are. He formed the body of a bird as he knew it. So, 

 when he had finished its form, he let it go, and now, I think, it flew. 

 Forsooth, it succeeded in flying, but it flew without any objective 

 point. And, I believe, it did not become a bird. Now then he had 

 completed tlie body of what wc know as the bat. So then, when he, 

 Sapling, had completed in their order the bodies of the marvelously 

 various kinds of animals, they began to wander over the face of the 

 earth here present. 



Then, as Sapling was traveling about over the face of the 

 earth, he. after a while, marveled greatly that he could not in any 



Ne' ka'ti* ne' Tawi'skaro"' 



The- so then the Flint 



( Ice, Crystal ) 



tie'r"ha' ne' Oteroiitonni'Ti". 



is doing the It Sapling. 



ke'rt 



e"' te'hakan'ere' ne' 



Nen' 



nen 



now 



wa'hono'ro"'se" 



he it failed to do 



wa''haia"toiinia'nio"' 



he their (z.) bodies plurally 

 made 



aofita'hoieri'to''"hiike' 



! done 



he it watched 



ta'hno""' 



and 



o'ui". 



also. 



wa'^hf 



verily 



ne 



that one 



Tci'ten"a' 



Bird 



dji' 



nen 



now 



wa'haia'ton'nf 



he its body made 



wa'haia'tis"a' 



dji' 



where 



ne' dji' 



the where 



roterien'tiire'. 



he it knows. 



Wii'ha"tka'we', 



he it let go, 



nen 



now. 



dji' ni'ha- 



here so he 



ta'hona'- 



he him imi- 

 tated 



Nil"' ne" no'k" 



The 

 that 



nikontiia'to'te°'se'. 



so their kinds of body 

 plurally. 



Ne' ka'ti' ne' 



The so then the 



wa'tka'te"" 



it flew. 



ki" 



To'ke"ske' 



It is true, 



ia" ki" 



not. I be- 

 lieve. 



non'wa' n 



this time t^ 



ki" ofi'to"' 



I be- it was 



lieve, successful 



tci"ten"a' 



bird 



wa'tka'te"'. O'k' ke"" thiia'ka'tie'' no'k' 



it flew. Just here just thither it and 



it is went flying 



wa' 'hi' wa'haia'tis"a' 



teioton"o"". 



it has become. 



Ne' 



The 



tewaiefite'ri* 



we it know 



iakoho""'tariks 



it bites one's ears 



the 



Oterofitonni''a' 



It Sapling 



(bat) 



sa'has'Ti' 



verily 



konwa'iats 



they it call. 



akwe'ko"' 



it all 



Ne' 



ka'tr 



so then 



wa'shakoia'- 



he made 



tounia'nio"' ne' 



their body the 



plurally 



niiono^'hweildjia'ke'. 



they lands (kinds) in num- 

 ber (are.) 



io"'hwendjia'te'. 



it earth present (is). 



Ne' ka'ti' 



The so then i 



kontirio'o'ko"' 



they animal (are) 



Neil 



Now 



ca"hi 



verily 



dji' 



where 



io"'hwefidjia'te' 



it earth present is 



•2i ETii — 03- 



Oterofitofini 



It Sapling 



a'kare" 



nen 



now 



ne' ione'hra'kwa't 



the it is wonderful 



wa'tkoiitaweii'rie' lu 



they traveled about th 



dji' te'hotaweii'rie' 



where he traveled 



wa'hori'hwane'hra'ko" 



he matter was astonished at 



dji' 



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