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indeed, the others, his friends, were uhoai'd the ciinoe. He came 

 thither on the bound, and got aboard the canoe. At the same time with 

 this, Otter pushed off the canoe, and they again began to paddle. 



So then, as they rowed back. Otter, it is said, did verilj' continue to 

 tallv. The}^ forbade him. but he did not obey. Then a per.son .struck 

 him a blow with a paddle on hi.s mouth. (It is for this reason that 

 now the mouth of the Otter is such that one would think that it had 

 been broken off long ago. His lower jaw is shorter than the upper. 

 It is plain where one struck him with a paddle.) 



So when the}' had arrived at home, Sapling .said: "It shall not con- 

 tinue to be thus, that a single person rules over the sun." Then 

 it was that he ca.st the sun up to the center of the sky, saying: 

 "There where the sky is present, thereto nuist thou keep thyself 



ronteii'ro' ieshatiia'ti' 



ka'hoii'wako"' 



it boat in. 



O'k' cihatak'he' ionsa'- 



Just there he ran along again he 



hati'ta". E'tho'ne' iokoiita'tie" ne' Tawi'ne' 



embarked. At that time at once (it the Otter 



follows) 



ka'honwe'iiV. nefi' wa"hr sa'hati'kawe'. 



it boat. now verily again they paddled. 



sa'hata'kwa'te' ne' 



he it turned back the 



Ne' 



The 



ka'tr 



.so then 



ne 



where 



nen 



now 



shoti'honwakera'ne' Tawi'ne', 



again their boat float.s along Otter. 



ia'ke"', to'ke"ske' dji' ro'thara'tie". Roiiwana'hris'thiV. no'k' ia" 



it is said, truly where he kept on They him forbade, and not 



talking. 



t(>'hothonta'to"'. NeiT e'tho'ne' .shaia'ta' a'kawe' wa'ho'ie"'te' 



lie obeyed. Now at that time he one 



person 



dji' ra'saka'ronte" wa'hano"'hwar'iiVke'. 



where his mouth (is) he him it blow .struck. 



he him struck 



(Ne' 



tiiori"hwiV 



it is reason 



non wa 



ne 



the 



Tawi'ne' e" ni'io't dji' 



otter thus so it is where 



ra'saka'ronte' aieii're' 



his mouth one would 



o'k' tetkai!rktci"ho"'. Ni'ha'qhiots'hesVi' ne' e'ta'ke' nonka'ti', 



just one it had broken. So his jaw (is) short the lower side of it, 



we'ne' dji' e"' kaie""to"' a'kawe' wats'to"".) 



II IS plain where there one it .struck it paddle one used it. I 



Ta', ne' ka'tf wa"hi' ne' neiT ciiofisa'hon'newe' ne' Oterontoii- 



So. the so then verily the now there again thty the It Sapling 



arrived 



'. the"io'to""hake' ne' tcieia'ta' ho'k' 



ni"a' wa'hen'ro"': 



he It said : 



aiewenniio"hake' 



one It should control 



sa'tewa'seiTno"' 



just its middle 



kara"kwil' tii'hno" 



it sun and 



•la" e 



•Not tlui 



kara"kwiV." 



Ta', 



it SO, 



dji' 



karoiT'hiate' 



it sky is pres- 



E'tho'ne' 



at that 

 lime 



ia'ho'tr 



he It threw 



nen 



now 



ne 



the 



wa'hen'ron": 



he it said: 



E'tlu 



dji' karon''hiate' e" 



