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9. Ot maAakpus man osan 
chakun sinumaAan koes Se Lu- 
mawig ot nakuoe chet lason 
Lumawig ot impaAupfus koes. 
Ot imdoekon Lumawig kan 
koes-sa achi man-akau pal-yan 
otken-awatkoes-sa: “Noman- 
akau-ka pai-yon ikanselme pal- 
yon seka ingkoenat matoi-ka. ” 
Ot kaAsan Se Lumawig set Hi- 
na. 
10. Otin-kau man set ilina 
nan-akau pal-yon ot mangwoe 
mat kapitan choet Ilemus Ina 
inchoAom Se Lumawig ot pina- 
?Aa kuphin-nachol Se Lumawig 
hichoechit polis ot chumatong 
man Se Lumawig sinOmaAan 
chet kuphin-nachol ot masulit 
manon nampudno Se Lumawig 
ot kananan: “On, nan-akawak” 
ot painnigkon kuphin-nachol 
Se Lumawig set doAoi choechit 
suAchcecho ot imdoekoen chet 
kuphin-nachol no chuon po- 
Aon aAaAkau ichoeAanchoe ud 
Pfuntok. 
9. When one year had passed 
he was examined by the judge 
and he gave explanations and 
was set free by the judge. 
And Lumawig told the judge 
that he would not steal again 
and the judge replied: “If you 
steal again we shall put you 
into prison until you die.” And 
Si Lumawig went away to his 
town. 
10. And when he found him- 
self in his town he istole again 
and the capitan of the people 
of Lemus decided to go and 
report Lumawig and the gov- 
ernor caused the police to ar- 
rest him and when he arrived 
he was examined by the gover- 
nor and by and by Si Lumawig 
confessed and said: “Yes, I 
have stolen,” and the governor 
ordered him put into the house 
of the constabulary and the 
governor said that after twenty 
days he be conducted by them 
to Bontoc. 
8. sinumaHa , past of sumaSa, very probably from Span, sumdria first 
examination in court. 
impa-ichce£an, past of pa-ichceAan, cf. ichayan in notes to sect. 9 of 
The Eagle and the Child. 
Pfuntok, for a number of years after the advent of the American regime, 
the Kalinga towns whose speech is here recorded formed part of 
the present subprovince of Bontoc. 
innigkce, past of igkoe what is put into something. 
kansel, from Span, cancel jail. 
9. chakiin year, Iban. dagun; the above statement is evidently due to an 
error; the rights of an accused person are well established under 
American law all over the Islands. 
koes, from Span, juez, judge. 
nakuoe, past of makuoe one saying, doing. 
lason, from Span, razon reason. 
imdoekoe, past of idoekoe what is told; cf. iphyaka in Bal. 
