WAMNUHA-ITAGOSA. 
BEAD SPITTER. 
WRITTEN IN Dakota BY M. RENVILLE. 

Hoksinéantkiyapi way hee tohan tagosa eéa wamnuhia oéaze kin owasin 
Boy-beloved one thatis when ner ‘spits then beads kinds the all 
itagosa eée; heéen taoyate kin hena wokoyake yapi eée. Heon oyate 
he Brrinout alwaysor  so-that his- people the those clothes made-them always. Therefore people 
regularly 
ihduksay tanhay wikoska owasiy hihnaye au eée. Unkan wikoska way 
round about from young-women all to-marry- they were always And young-woman one 
him coming in or regu- 
large num- larly. 
bers. 
is hihnaye ya, uykay inyuy hekta tuwe iha niyanpi. Heéen inazin ; 
she marry- -him went, and behold benind who laughed they aloud. So-that she stopped; 
unkay wikoska nom en upi ka heyapi; Inama! Gayktewin den nazi Ge, 
and maidens two thither they and this-say ; Wonderful! Heart-killerfemale here stands 
were 
c oming, 
eyapi: ka, Iho ye, Canktewiy, Wamnuha- itagosa_ hihnaye ujyaypi ¢ée, 
they said and, Come on,  Heart-killer female, Beads-who-spits- Sat to-marry we are going 
uyyaypi kte, eyapi. Heéen om iyaye. Wikoska kin denaoza Winyan- 
we-go will, they said. So with them She went. Maiden the those-two Women 
Nonpapika ewiéakiyapi. Oyate en iéagapi Sni, ituya i¢agapi; hena taku 
Two they were called. People among they grew nae wildly they-grew; these some- 
thing 
wakay heéapi, heéen éazepi. 
mysterions such they hence their name. 
: were, 
Heéen hena om ya, ka om iwanka, wanna htayetu heon. Heéen 
So those with she went,and with she lay-down, now evening therefore. Thus 
them 
wayna istiymapi kta, uykay Winyay Nonpapika kin heyapi: Ihonye, 
now they-sleep would, and Women-Two the this said: Come-on, 
Canktewiy, hanhayna unkikt api kinhay taypa waksiéa way ohomni pahiyn 
Heart-killer female, morning we awake birch-bark dish one around quills 
oy akisonpi e psin tona e pa kin hae aypa kinhay he Wamnulia-itagosa 
with braided that rice which that head the stands daylight if that Bead-spits-out 
(%) ever (?) 
lihnaye kta, eyapi. ‘Tuka hanhayna unkayn Canktewin e pa kin en 
hil kt | Puka hal yk Jankt pa kin 
husband have shall, they said. But morning then 2 art-killer female that head the in 
eéen hay, keyapi. Heéen yapi, ka mde way yapi en tanka, huta tanin 
80 stood, they say. : So they-went, and lake one they went in large, shore appear 
snie en ipi. Caynay wata wan tanka yanka, hen Wamnulia-itagoga 
not that in they Out-on boat one large was (sitting), there Beads-spits-out 
arrives 
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