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person would wish to descend the current, it would indeed not be 

 a difficult matter simply to place himself in a canoe, and then, of 

 course, to descend the current of the river; and then, if it should be 

 necessary for him to return, he would, of course, paddle his canoe 

 over to the other side of the river, and just as soon as he passed the 

 division of the stream then, of course, his canoe would turn back, and 

 he would then again be descendino- the current. So that is what Sap- 

 ling- had intended; that mankind should be thus fortunate while they 

 were traveling about on rivers, but Tawi'skaro"' undid this. 



Now, moreover, Tawi'skaro"' himself formed these uplifted moun- 

 tains; these mountains that are great, and also these divers rocky 

 cliffs — he himself made them, so that mankind who would dwell here 

 would have cause to fear in their continual travelings. 



hon'ni" 



cause 



othe'no"" 



it anything 



e"ie""hnawe""te' 



tewen to i-e 



it is difficult 



ka'honweia'ke' 



it boat on 



ne' o'k" iiioiiti'ta' 



ki"' wa"hf 



I be- verily 



lieve. 



ka'hon'wako *■ 



it boat in 



nen 



now 



wa"hr e"io""hnawe""'te". No'k' to'ka' te"iakoto"'hweM'diio"se' 



aonsaio"''kete' ne' ki" 



one should return the I 



niie"ie'hon'iontie" 



dji' 



where 



wa''hi' 



verily 



nuo sno re 



so it is rapid 



other 

 (side) 



nen' 



now 



dji' tekia'hnekak'he"' 



where they two waters join 



nen 



now, 



o'k- 



ako'honvve'ia'. 



one's boat. 



believe. 



io'hnawe"*to"'ha'tie' 



it is going down stream 



verily 



will be necessary for 



na'kaqhio"'ha'ti 



such it river side of 



taionto'^hetste' 



one it will pas.s 



e^sewa^'kete' ne' 



a re . 



again. 



Ta', 



it will go back 

 again 



the 



rawero"' 



the 



Oterontonni''a' 



It i?apling 



e" 



thus 



ne"'watiese""hake" ne' oii'kwe' 



kaqhio""hako"" dji' te"iakotawenrie"hake'. 



it river in ^vhe^e one will be habitually 



traveling. 



sho'hetke""'to"", shori"sio"'. 



again he it spoiled, again he it dis- 



arranged. 



Tawi'skaro"' ke"'i'ke'" 



No'k' 



And 



man-being (.s) the 

 (= humans) 



ne' Tawi'skaro"' 



the Flint 



(Ii-e, Crystal) 



Nen' 



Now 



ta'hno" 



and 



ne 



the 



this it is 



rao" 



Flint 

 (Ice, Crystal) 



wa'ne"'se' teiotste""re'nio"' o' 



large (are) it rock stands high a 



plurally sell 



Ne' oii'kwe" e"ienakerenion"hake' e°iakotswatani"heke' 



iononte'nio"" iononto- 



it mountain stands it niuun- 

 plurally tain 



ha' e" ni'hoie're"'. 



m- thus so he has done 



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te"iakotawefirie"hakc\ 



they will be traveling 



itthem will keep 

 troubling 



dji' 



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