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tokiya iyaya eéa e¢iyatay pte, kais talinéa ska, kais taku wanunyanpi 
somewhere “went then from-thence cow, or deer white, or some cattle 
heéekéen awiéahdi eéee. 
thus them-brought- always. 
home 
Thnuhannah huyku otoywe ediyatay hdi, ujkay heya: Cing, hanyetu 
Suddenly mother-his village from came home, and this ‘said: Son, night 
kin de wiéastayatapi tawi¢u mazanapcupe tawa kiy iyaéu sni kinhan 
the this chief wife-his finger-ring hers the you take not if 
hanhaynna wiyotayhan kinhay pa niyuksapi kta, keyapi, tka eye, ka Geya. 
tomorrow noon if head they break off ow ah they-say, but she said, and cried. 
for you 
Tuka iyoki sni ka heya: Ina, inina yanka wo, he takusni ée. Ka wanna 
But permitted not and this‘said: Mother quiet ~ be [sit thou}, that nothing-is . And now 
htayetu tuka iye wokoyake tawa keya wiéasta iyeéen opugitoy eéa hehay 
evening but he clothes his even man like stuffed when then 
éaniyamanipi wayzi kaga; ka hehan wanna hayyetu tuka wiéasta kage Gin 
ladder one ante ; and then now night but man made the 
he éayiyamanipi tyahna iéu ka ekta i. Hehan éaniyamanipi eéen ehde & 
that ladder * with took and there went. Then “ladder so placed when 
wakantkiya ye éa owanye ohena timahen etonway; ujkay wiéastayatapi 
upward i went and window through house-within looked ; and chief 
kin mazakay pteéeday napanunkatanhay yuha istiyma wanka. Tuka 
the gun short hands-both-with had sleeping lay. But 
owanye pakokog pawankan-iyeya eéa pezi wicasta kage ¢in he owanye 
window rattling shoved-up when grass man wets the that window 
ohna yuza. Hehan wiéastayatapi ogunga ka kute. Tuka pezi wiéasta 
in * held. Then chief waked and shot. But grass man 
kage Gikoy kin he o, nakaes kun yulipa elipeya; ka hehan tin iyaya. 
matic had the that hit, indeed down threw it threw it and then _house-in he went. 
down away ; 
Tuka i¢unhay wiéastayatapi kte keéin heoy kun iyaya. Tuka iéujhay 
But whilst chief killed he thought therefore down he-went. But in-the-mean- 
time 
Cizay wicastayatapi tawiéu kin heéiya: Mazanapéupe kin he hiyu 
Chee-zhon chiet wife-his the this-said-to : Finger-ring the that to-come 
makiya wo, Cizay hee ni, tuka wakte Ge, eva. Unkay ku; tuka iéu eéa 
to-me-cause, Chee-zhon that was not, but L-killed - he said. And = she-gave; but took when 
kun hdiéu. 
down he-came. 
Hehan wiéastayatapi tin hdiéu ka tawiéu heéiya : Mazanapéupe kin 
Then chief house-in came and wife-his  this-said-to: Finger-ring the 
hiyu makiya wo, Cizay hee gni tuka wakte ée, eya. ‘Tuka is heya: Naka 
to-come to-me-cause, Chee-zhon that was not but L-killed , he said. But she this-said: But-just 
x “V5 , a ie 1 = 
wanna heha ées ¢iéu sece Gikoy, eya. E, he Cizay ee tka yaku do, eya. 
now that-you- since I-gave- itseems inthe she said. Well, that Chee-zhon was but you-gave- , _ he said. 
said to-you past, it-to-him. 
Tuka iéunhay wayna Cizay ki, ka huyku kin hedéiya: Tho! deée- 
But in-the-meantime now Chee-zhon reached- and mother-his the  this-said-to: Lo! this- 
home 
hnana tuka he taku oy Geya yauy he eya, ka hehan mazanapéupe kin ku. 
is-all but that some- for crying you were ? he-said, and then finger-ring the gave- 
thing : her. 
Hehan wanna ake kitanna tehay hehan hunku otonwe ekta i, uykay 
Then now again little long then mother-his town to went and 
nakuy ake Geya hdi. Unkay Cizay heya: Ina, de taku yaka he; de 
also again crying came home, And Cheezhon this said: Mother this what youmean ? this 
