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UKIABI, THE SUITOR—A PONKA LEGEND. 615 
né tai.” (Wée aki¢a agi™i té.) “Ujési ckéxe tai. Mar¢in‘ka  ¢ipiqti 
you will Hoe both had the Hole for youmake will Earth made very 
go (pl.) (past a pole it (pl.). skillfully 
act) 
o, ens 
i¢a™ ¢a¢ée égar hitqpé a¢aji tai. Nikaci”ga wi" nixu tai. Gi-bajfi-gw. 
yon place it plume you put will Person one you will Do not be ar 
smallob- (pl.). mark (pl.). coming back. 
jects on it 
Nicta™ yi, @di g¢i”i-ga. Cupi ta minke,” 4-biama. 
You finish when there sit ye. I will reach there where said, they say. 
you will be 
Ukfabi ama a¢atf té maja” ¢an‘di. Q¢abédi ing¢an’ga éearqti piyzi¢a- 
Ukiabi the went the land tothe(place). Among the wild oe justso hechanged 
(my. (past trees himself into, 
sub.) act) 
biamé Ukiabi aké. Si¢ize yan’de na"p’an’de, déde cté na™naq¢i" aidtiag¢a- 
they say Ukiabi the He raised ground shook slowly fire even mi: eas blaze np became snd- 
(sub.) his feet from walking, by walking denly as he 
was approach- 
ing, 
biamé. Wagiq¢a" ama igidaha™ g¢i"-biama. “(pikdge yan’ ve a-i,” A-biama. 
they say. Servants the (pl. Son iae him, sat, they say. Your mica near is eon said, they 
sub.) their own ing, say. 
Ati té ha. Ti ama (yi d-biama ikige é¢a"ba, “Kagdéha, yaAci a™¢icta’i 
y/ a 7} 
He came ¢ He came, when said as follows, his fr jend he too, oO friend, long ago we finished 
they say they say it 
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¢a™ja, ¢atiiji,” 4-biama “Ahat,” 4-biama Ukiabi i'e‘age aka. “ Ké, ¢ag¢eé 
eels you did not said, they say. Oho! said, they say Ukiabi old man the Come, you start 
come, (sub.). back 
. . Fe om eect ° ces o = . : 
tai. Wé‘e ¢a™ i¢a™¢ai-gi. ya”si sata” té gdté ani™-da™ ¢ag¢é tai,” af 
will Hoe the put down (pl.) Plum-stone five the that youhaveit, youstart will said 
{pl.) (ev. ob.) the (ev. ob.) (col. ob.) and back (pl.), 
S, . viyqe ee . . - RG 
té. “yijébe tédi ¢andji® tai. ici hidé té ¢atajd¢ica” ¢ana™tata tal. 
the Door-way atthe youstand will Tent- base the on the left of youpatteronthe will 
(past (pl.). pole ground withthe  (pl.). 
act). sole of the foot 
Tea ~ , bee t eras , 
ya’si sata" ¢écpaha tai,” (d-biamd Ukfabi itc‘’ge aké. Wagaq¢a™ ama 
Plum- five you show to will said, they say Ukiabi old man the Secemat the (pl. 
stone her (pL), (sub.). snb.) 
a¢a-biamia. ) 
went, they say. 
Egi¢e mi™jinga wadixdaji akA Aci ¢ta™be atii té hai. Nistu 
fo) 
At length girl unmarried the outof emerging came 5 Stepping 
(sub.) doors (from the backward 
tent) 
ag¢ai té ha. E gi¢e wa‘ amd wiuhe ama. Hegi¢e Yig¢isar¢a- da® ya?’ qi" 
they went 5 Atlength woman the was following close Atlength turned themselves and running 
back (my. after thém, they say. around 
sub.) 
ag¢a-biama. Ki wiuhe ama wa‘i ama. Ga" a¢i"” ag¢a-biama watt ¢i™ 
went homeward, And was following close woman the And having they wenthome- woman _ the 
they say. behind them, they (my. her ward, they say (mv. 
say sub.) ob.) 
ni ama. Watt amd waté g¢ib¢azé ma¢i”-biamad, najfha ¢a”  cti 
men the (pl. Woman the(my. © skirt tea her own walked, they say, hair the too 
sub.). sub.) by pulling part 
. yeihe ° . 
yig¢idaza-biamd, waté ¢a” yig¢i¢ingé’-qtia”-biama. Maja” ¢an‘di a¢i” 
she pulled her own hair skirt the she utterly destroyed it for herself by Land at the (place) hav- 
down over her forehead, (gar- tearing, they say. ing her 
they say, ment) 
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