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Tchiii pa'n ShAshapamtch mbu'shant Tch^wamtchash tU'la g4na m4- 



Then again Old Grizzly next momiug Old Antelupe with went to 



idshuk. Tch^wamtch lu'piak shtdgi, Shashapamtchash gi'nk md-ishi ka'sh ; 



dig roots. Old Antelope aooner filled Old Grizzly a little haviog dug ipo-roots; 



(the basket), 



tchiii SMshapamtch gdldshui Tch^wash. Vu'la: "gu'tash nu'sh ku'pga 3 



then Old Grizzly went to meet Antelope. She begged: "lice me bite 



nii'sh; kuatchdki we ish!" Tchdwamtch hem^xe: "untchek nu ml'sh 



on the bite in the hair for me!" Old Antelope said: "awhilefrom I you 



head ; awhile now 



gu'tchaluapk tchi'shxen tche'k gatpampelank." Pen Shashapamtch sMt6la: 



will bite, homeward when (we) have retnrned " Again Old Grizzly declared: 



"killauk I'sh gii'tash kuatchaki!" Tchiii mautch=gitk Tchdwamtch kua- 6 



"very hard me the lice bite in the hair!" And after a while Old Antelope bit into 



tchaga Shdshapamtchash. Pa'n pi tchkash kuatchagash hamgni Tchd- 



the fur Old She-Grizzly. Then she also to bite the hair wanted to Old 



wamtchash. Tchdwamtch hem(i;^e: "ka'gi niisli gutash." Tchiii Shashap- 



Antelope. Old Antelope said: *' none are tome lice." And Old Grizzly 



amtch ka'sh tchdkiank kuatchaguk pti'kpuka, tchiii kowaktcha ni'sh, Tchd- 9 



ipo.roots putting in mouth biting cracked, then bit through (her) ucck, the 



wash shiuga humasht=gi'nk, tchiii ktetdga nanuk. Tchiii hunk nanuk 



Antelope killed in this manner, then cut (her) up wholly. And all the 



ka'sh Tchdwamtcham i'kuga m'ndtant ya'kitat, tchiileksh p'le'ntant ipgne';^!. 



ipos of Old Antelope placed into her basket, the meat on the top she placed. 



Hu'nk toksh n4nuk igg^-idsha, tchil'Ieksh gi'llt tchi'sh laggd-idsha, kliikag 1 2 



Those but all she stuck on a pole, the meat the anna ton phe hung on a stick, a email 



portion 



tchu'leks dmpgle tchi'shtal, tchiiyiink m'na wewekash shewana. Tchdwam 



of the meat she took home, and it to her children pave. Antelope's 



tchish wewekash tchildya tchu'leks. Tapinkani hemd;je: "pgi'sham=shitko 



also to the children she gave meat. The younger s.Tid : "to mother alike 



toksh ndlam ma'sha"; tx^wag huk kti-udshna: "tchi'tchiks! ka-i nd-asht 15 



but our it tastes " : the elder (it) pushed: "be silent! not so 



gt!" Tchila'l^a sha tchiileks mbu'shant tche'k pd-uapkuk. Shashapamtch 



say!" Saved they the meat next day until to eat. Old Grizzly 



ham^Xe: "tu'hak toks neg nidkle%a, tu'm ne'gsh p'gi'sha mdlam maklaks 



said: "where (she) passed the night, much absent to mother yours the Indians 



tchu'leks shdwana, nu'sh toks sha gi'nkak shdwana. Mbii'shant pe'n nu 18 



meat gave, to me but they a little only gave. To-morrow again I 



gdnuapk ne'gsh malam p'gi'sha haitchnuk." Hu'nk tchi'sh shash shaplya 



shall go absent for your mother to look out. ' Also to them she said 



na-asht: "hu'tmdlam p'gi'shap maklg^uk shu'dsha, killi't hunk laggayapksh, 



thus: "there your mother for passing the built a fire, the anns suspending, 



night 



shu'dshash hunkidmsham, p'gi'sha;" gishdpa, pan u'nak guhudshktcha 21 



while had a oamp- these (Indians), mother i" said so, (and) again early she started out 



fire 



i'ktchuk tchu'leks. 



to fetch the meat.. 



Tchiii wlwalag viJ'la shash dshapkash: "shuhululena nat?" Shasha- 



Nott the young asked the grizzly-cubs: " shall skip down from we?" The bear- 



ftstelope* the honae 



