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u¢iza" aké. Ga™ dasi Akidg¢a-biamé. Ahati! 4-biam4. Wacka™i-ga, 
middle the And leaping _ he had gone homeward, Oho! said he, they Be strong, 
one. over they say. say. 
4-biam4 nuda”hafiga aké. Ga™ ci nuda”hanga dma aka ci éga™ da®si 
said, they say war-chief the. And again war-chief the the again so leaping 
other (sub.) over 
dkidg¢a-biamé. Ahat, ¢é4"! wacka™i-ga, 4-biamé. BE angdgi yi égatqti 
had gone homeward, Oho! servants! be strong, said he, they That wecoming when just so 
they say. say. homeward 
gdxe ga™¢ai-gi, 4-biamé. Ci éga"-hna® wi™¢a%ca” ag¢é naji’-biama. Ci 
to do desire ye, said he,they Again so regularly one by one going _ they stood, they say. Again 
say. homeward 
wi” akA éga® ag¢d-biama. Ci wi™ aka ag¢ai etéga™, nikaci*ga g¢éba-¢ab¢i". 
one the 80 went homeward, Again one the went apt, man thirty. 
they say. (sub.) homeward 
Ci wi" aké Aa*si ag¢d-biamé. Ci wi™ aké édudta™. Ana akfi-ma wacka” 
Again one the leaping went homeward, Again one the next to him. How reached there to be strong 
(sub.) over they say. (sub. many again 
dkig¢dji-hna”-biama. Ede ¢édeajdqtci naji” ta" dbag¢d-biamd. Ictabgi 
pemmansten one another regularly, -But atthevery bottom stood theone hesitated they say. Tears 
they say. 
dsnu-biamdé. Hau, ¢éha! ni hni™. Nw a¢i” éga” afigigaca™i, 4-biama. 
trickled, they say. Ho, O servant! man you are. Men weare so we travel, said (the 
leader) they say. 
(laxdge, ¢é4", pfiji ckaxe, 4-biamé. Egi¢e g¢é ama yi Wé's‘t aké na” qahi 
Youcry, servant, bad you do, said he, they At length he was going when Snake the backbone 
say. homeward (sub.) 
ké ¢it’tiqa-bi ega™ wdja" kihé ama. Ki ma™a¢a gaha kig¢é¢é yi ca™’ca® 
the raisedinahump, having helay downagain they And onhis back he knocked him down when without 
they say suddenly, say. again stopping 
¢asni™” ¢é¢a-biamd. Ahat! d4-biaméa. Ga™, ¢é4"hd, angi-hna® a*ma” ¢i”. 
he swallowed him they say. Oho! said (the leader) So, O servants, we alone we walk. 
suddenly they say. 
Niacitga witdgtci ctéwa™ 4gudi t’é ga” ¢ai yi taf, 4-biamd. Ga™ ag¢a- 
Person one soever where todie wishes if he dies, said he, they So they went 
. say. homeward 
biama. Ga™ akf-ja"-hna”-biamé. Ga™ éga™-hna™ ja”-biama wéahide  té. 
they say. So they slept on the way home So thus regularly they slept, they ata distance when. 
regularly, they say. say 
Kgi¢e na™ba wada™be a¢4-biamd. Nida*hanga! gatédi yf d‘tba édf ¢a’, 
Atlength two to see went they say. O war-chief! iaiteat lodge some there the, 
piace 
4-biama. Ahati! 4-biamé. Nuda*hangé! uwaéjia¢ai, 4-biama. Wackan’-ga. 
said they, Oho! said he, they O war-chief! we are tired, said they, Be strong. 
they say. say. they say. 
Can’ge a™wafi’gag¢i" afiga”¢ai, d-biamé. Ahau! 4-biama. Ga™ 6'di 
Horse we sit on them we wish, said they, they Oho! said he, they So there 
say. say. 
ak{-biama. yi-ya™haqtei ké‘di naji”-biamé. Nuda™hanga akiwa 4fi ¢an‘di 
they reached The very edgeof by tho they stood, they say. War-chief both lodges to the 
again, they say. the lodges 
a¢d-biamé. Egi¢e cati’ge hégaji ké amd. Ki nuda™hanga akiwa wabasi- 
went they say. Behold horse @ great many in a line, And war-chief both drove them 
they say. before them 
biamé. WA¢i® ag¢4-biama. Ga™ama gd¢uadi wa¢i" akf-biamé. Uwagi¢a 
they say. Having they went back, After a while at that place having they arrived To tell them 
them they say. them again, they say. 
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