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edita® ni ke gang ge a¢a-biama. Huht wi" é¢a"be adi” aki-biamé. Ki 
thence wa- the diving he went, they say. Fish one emerging he brought it back, they say. And 
ter (lg. 
ob.) 
. oe re 5 eels 
Ictinike ¢inké ¢atéki¢a-biam’. Ki Ictinike g¢é ama yi'ji, na*bii¢ici" 
Ictinike the (st. he caused to eat it, they say. And Ictinike was starting when glove 
ob.) home, they say, 
masiniha gisi¢aji gixe g¢é ama. Ki nijinga ta” ¢ wagikd-bi ega™, 
on one side notremem- pretend- he was starting And boy the that he meant his as 
bering it ing home, they say. (std. ob.) own. they say 
“Cé¢a™ i¢é¢i" mam¢in’-gi! Qa™xdja feia™¢a ¢é¢a-gai! Déeteda- na,” 
That seen having it walk thou! Ata great throw it back to him, Ste He talks in- usu- 
(ey. ob.) for the distance owner! cessantly, ally 
owner. 
Z bi Z Ki k -bi Vals 4 Sh 
4-biama. Iki cin ‘gain’ 2 oa ama dei" aga- lama. Qa'xaja igia™ ‘ga ec ¢e t Abi 
saidhe,they And child 2 the havingit went, they say. Ata great site was about to throw it 
Say. (my. sub.) for the distance back to the owner, they 
owner Say, 
yi, “Didiha! didiha!” 4-biama Ictinike aké. EjAha wéaga¢i" hi ama 
when, This way! this way! said, they say Tetinike the Further having them he was reach- 
(sub.). for the owners ing there, 
they say 
v/ su s / . ~ 
yi ji, = a” datbe hi te, uffa-ga,” a-biama, ‘“Dadtha, wacta™be ef te, 
when our to see me he shall tell him said, they say, © father. you see them you shall 
father reach reach 
there there 
af,” 4-biama nujinga aka. “Gé wian’yuhai éga", Qa"xdya wégia™ da ¢éGa-@it, 
he said they boy the That we apprehended it as, Ata great throw it back to the am, the 
said, say (sub.). distance owners, 
an¢a™i ¢a™cti,” d-biamai- Naxidecka™ni aké. Ga™ 6’di a¢a-biama 
we said heretofore said, they say Blue Kingfisher (2) the (sub.). And there went, they say 
Naxidecka™ni ama, Ictinike yiide. E/di bf amd yi, Tetinike aka ¢ixuepat’ 
Blue Kingfisher (?) the (my. Ictinike toenterhis There he wasar- when Ictinike the large white 
sub ), lodge (= riving, they (sub.) willow 
to visit) say 
dgadamuqti kédega" Ane a¢é-biamé. Ki edita™ ni ké u‘a™si éeihe 
as it lay bent down so far thatit climb. w ent, they say. And  fromit stream the leaping beneath 
was horizontal (7) ing it (lg. in the sur- 
ob.) face 
did¢a-biama. Ki na™ji"cké’qtei Naxidecka™ni aka ¢izd-biamé. Ni 
had gone, they say. Aud scarcely Blue Kingfisher (?) the (sub) seized him, they Water 
Say. 
inandé’qti Ictinike ¢izd-biamd. Ga" huhtt wi" ¢izi-bi ega”, Ictinike efat¢a 
having his fill Ictinike he seized him, And fish one he took, rae Ictinike he left 
of it they say. they say for him 
ag¢a-biama. 
he started home, 
they say. 
Ki ci’ a"b Aji yi, “(infga” Sin’ga ¢inké’di b¢é té minke,” 4-biamé. Kt 
And again day an- when, Your grand Flying. to the (st.ob.) Igo I who will said he, they And 
other father squirrel say. 
di a¢d-biamé. F/di hi ama yi, Sin’ga aka, igdq¢a® ¢inké é wagikd-bi 
there he went, they say. There he was arriv- when, meh the his wife the (st. that he meant his 
ing, ray say squirrel (sub.), ob.) own, they say 
f . . Smee , 
ega™, ““Wayu ecké i¢a-gi,” A-biama. Wayu ¢izd-bi ega”, of te dgine a¢a- 
as Awl that seen vad said he, they Awl hetook,they as, lodge the climbing went, 
(Ig. ob.) hither say. say (eur his own 
ob.) 
biama. Pahdciayiqti ahi-bi- yi, candé ¢a" jayihé-biami. page uqpa¢ée 
they say. At the very top he reached, when — serotum the  hestabbed they say. Black — to fall from 
they say part himself, walnuts a height 
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