HEWITT] MOHAWK VERSION 381 



ruiHiinu- into the miiisli, lie there ))roke .stalks of the sc(l>i(' called "it- 

 cuts-a-person." Then he eanie theiiee on a run to the loclf^e, and then 

 said: "Saijluiir, I now kill thee," and then struck him blows with the 

 stalks he had Ijroug-ht back. So then they two now 1)eu-an to fiyht. tlie 

 one using the stalk strikini)- the other blows. But after a while Tawis- 

 karo"' became aware that his blows against Sapling did not cut him. 

 Whereupon he then darted out again, and then went to get this tinu? the 

 .spike of tiie cattail flag. So then, as .soon as he returned, he rushed 

 at Sapling and stru<'k him blows, .\gain his blows failed to cut him. 

 Then it was that Tawiskaro"' fled, and then Sapling pursued him. Now, 

 of course, they two ran. In every direction over the entire earth they 

 two ran. So whenever Sapling saw a yellow fiint stone or a deer hoi'ii 

 on a high place lie would customarily seize it suddenly, and would hit 



o'sa'kefita'ke' niia'hatak'he", e"' ia'hii'isVke" iie' iako'hrc'na's 



it marsh on so there In- ran, there tliere he it the it one cuts -*- 



eiit olT 



o'^hoiite'. Prtho'ne" neiT e" tonta'hatak'he" dii' rotino'"'sote'. 



o 

 it here At that now there again liilher wlicn- their lodge — 



time iie ran stands. 



Kawenni'io' e'tho" sii'rawe' e'tho'ne' wa'hefi'ro"": •'Oterontonni'Ti' 



So soon as there again he at that heitsaid: "It Sapling '^ 



arrived time 



neiT wii'kon'rio"." Ne' ka'ti' wa'hoie^'ta'nio"' ne o"honte" ne' 



now 1 thee kill." The so then he him struck the it herb the i 



repeatedly 



.sha'ha'wi". Ta'. neiT wti''hi' wa'hiateri'io". ne'ne" o'iiofite' 



again he it So. now verily they two f^mght the it herb 



brought. that 



ne' shaiia'wi" ne' wa'hoie°*ta'nio"'. No'k' a'kare' ne' 



the again he it the he him struck re- And after a the ^ 



brought peatedly. time 



Tawi'skaro"' wa'hat'toke" ia" ne"-ke"' teka'hre'na's dji' 



Flint he noticed it not the is it it it cuts where i 



(Ice, Crystal) that 



roie""'tha". E'tho'ne" neiT sa'haiake""ta'tci" ne' non'wa' ne' 



he strikes him -\t that now again he went out the this time the o 



repeatedly. time suddenly 



ono'ttV otcawe'"'.sa" ne' .sa'hako"ha'. Ne' ka'ti' nefi' dji' 



it flag its spike the again he went The so then now where 9 



(reed), after it. 



sa'rawe' o'lc" ci'hriia'takofita'tie' ne' wa'hoie"'ta'nio''". Ia"' ha're" 



again he just there his body did not the he him struck re- Not again 10 



returned stop peatedly. 



teiotoiT'o"" lie' a"ho'hrena'nio"'ke'. E'tho'ne' ne' Tawi'skaro"' 



it succeeded the he him could cut re- At that the Flint 11 



peatedly. time (Ice, Crystal) 



wa'bate'ko'. Nefi' ne' Oterontofini''iV wa'ho"sere\ Nen' 



he fled. Now the It Sapling he him pursued. Now 12 



wa'iii" wa"tiara''tate". O""hwendjiakwe'ko"" na*tonta*hnitakhe''te'. 



verily they two ran. It earth (is) whole again Ihelice they two it 13 



overran.' 



Ne' kii'ti" ne' kat'ke" ne' Oterontonni"a' Wii'hatkat'ho" ne' 



The so then the when- the It Sapling he it saw the 1-4 



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