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Tchui ma'ntch=gitk Slidshapamtch gAtpampglank shatalidyapkuga; 



Then after a while Old Grizzly returned, looking ahead of herself; 



shawigank k'lepgi' kekew^laksht shash hem(^ze: "hun ak sha gd-u k'l^pgi 



angried vert paint at their having wasted she said: "they my red paini 



kekiiwel^a, pshe-uti'washash gc'-u anuli'pkutch"! Tchui wikdtant galtchd- 3 



have wasted', from the Indians I which filched "I Then nearer approach- 



wiank shltia lu'lzag tchu'kapksh l(igguta ham<^ze: "at ni'sh tdtaksni Tch^- 



ing she S.1W the culis to be dead (andl sobbing she said : "now me the children of Old 



wamtcham ne-ulaktampka!" Tchui wiwal'aaksh liam6asha: "t4t a't 



Antelope have punished!' And the young antelopes she called : 'where ye 



tatakshni gi?" -tsui tataksni vu41;ta Shashapamtchash: "gi'n at a uad 6 



children are!" and Ihechildren replied to Old Grizzlj ; "righthere we 



wawatawa ktchdl^ishtat." Shashapamtch hok4nsha tu'sh hai at tataksni 



are sitting in the sunshine." Old Grizzly ran ont to where now the children 



wawatawa. Piiu tdtakshni wiishital ham^^e vudl^uk Shtlshapamtchash; 



were sitting. Again the children towards the spoke in reply to Cfld Grizzly ; 



mad-house 



pa'n Shdshapamtch hulhi'pgle: "tdtatataksni!" Pdn wiwalag kani giank 9 



ao^ain Old Grizzly ran into it: "children!" Again the yonng outdoors being 



" antelopes 



wal;ra Shasha])amtchash: "gi'n at a nat kdtni l^wa; If^shma ai f ndlsh." 



replied to Old Grizzly: "here we out-doors play; not find yon as." 



Pen Shashapamtch h6kan,sha. 



Again Old Grizzly ran out (of the 



house). 



Tchui hu'k mantch-gitk m'natak sh^kta shapiya: "genii'l a hu'k un4 12 



Then sonic time iillci her boneawl said; "went away long 



ago 



tatakshni, kakiash h"'sh i ka-iga." Tchiii Shashapamtcli vu'la: "tu'shtal 



the children, whom you look out for." And Old Grizzly asked: "which way 



haitch sha gt^naf Tchui shakta shapiya Shashapdmtchash: "gi'tal a 



then they tiaveUed?" And the awl told Old Grizzly: " through hero 



sha gut(iktcha, gen Igu'm sha shalgidsha gutekui'shtala. Tchui Shasha- 15 



they crawled, here coals they placed opening against. Then Old 



pamtch hdtaktal kiit^guk tchukt%ak4nka; k^shguk gut^ksh. Tchiii gute- 



Grizzly through it to crawl in attempted; could not she crawl in Finally getting 



gank gena dmnadsha: "mu'lii mu'lu te-utewa, nm'hl mii'lu te-utdwa," 



in she went crying on her way: " rotten wood rotten wood breaks easy, rotten wood rotten wood breaks through," 



genuta shudktcha na-asht hu'k Shdshapamtch; p(in hem^ze: "tush gint 18 



walkiug wept so Old Grizzly; then she said: "where 



m41ash nu gdntak shl^ta tatakiash?" hemkankatchna genuk. 



ye I am going to find the children ! " she said repeatedly while walking. 



Tchiii wiwalaksh pinu'dsha mdklezapksh ku'mgtat; mu' shiidshank 



Then the young antelopes she overtook while they camped in a cave; building a large fire 



sku'l^a. At tataksni sh^mtchal^a Shdshapamtchash pin6dshasht m'nalsh; 21 



she lay down. Xow the children became aware, (that) Old Grizzly had overt.aken them; 



tx^wag tapi'nkayentch wil'hdgsh skishu'la; "at a na'lsh hii'ktakag pinu'dsha; 



the elder the younger antelope woke up; "now us she' caught up with; 



skishuli!" h^mta m'na t^pia. Tchiii s^fshCda hfi'ktag. Shashapamtch 



wake up!" it said to its younger. And woke up this little one. Old Grizzly 



