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asay mina, “ tdntah dtukd nkah-kih-uhtindn nipisiy ah-miywdsik, kit- 
dsihak f ” 
dkusi sdsay mlnah kisdyiniw, “ nk-dtuhtahdw itdh dh-miywdsiniyik 
nipisiy ah. ” 
tdpwd iiuhtahdw. 
dsay mina, “ a, nipawdkan, hdwakuh kitasamitin I ” itdw misi-kind- 
pikwah. 
dsay mina awa uskinlkiw k-dsamimiht misi-kindpikwah nipahdw. 
ustikwdniyiw klwdhtatdiv. dsay mina kisdyiniw ndway takuhtdw. mamh- 
kdtdw mina upawdkanah. 
“ misi-kindpik, nipawdkan ! ” itwdw. 
dkwah namuya Hh-kiskdyihtam tdnis dkwah kita-kih-isi-kawatimdt 
ta-k-dsi-nipahdt, ahpdh ta-kawatimdt. 
dkwah omis Itwdw : “ mdi^tdn, ntdhkwdh^ ! ” itdw. 
tdpwd mdtsiwak. dh-tipiskdyik iyikuhkj nipahdwak moswah. 
“ wah ! piku ta-nipdyahk ! kimisi-kawdtdpdwdndnaw ! ” 
kisupwdmispuniyiw. 
“ pdsdtdn kitaydwinisinawa ! ” itdw. 
tdpwd pdsamuk, mituni mistahi dh-ponahkik minahikuskdhk. mayaw 
dh-kiskdyimdt unahdhksdmah dh-nipdyit, utinamwdw utayowinisiyiwa kd- 
Hh-akutdyit. kahkiyaw mdstihkasamwdw. 
“ kdkway kd-saskitdk f kitayovnnisah mdstihkahtdwah ! ” 
“ hdh, ayisk kim-kakwd-nipahin ! — itdp nikor-mdsdwin I ” itwdw awa 
uskinlkiw. 
ntumdWj dh-ati-sipwdhtdt awa kisdyiniw kisinwah. tdpwd mistahi 
kisindw. ayisk ntdmdw. dkwah awah uskinlkiw klwdw. asiskawdw usisah ; 
mosowiWj dh-klwdt. 
dkwah, “ tdndhki f ” itik wiwa. 
“ kohtdwiy dh-mih-kakwd-nipahit, kahkiyaw ntaydwinisah klh-mdstih- 
kasam. ” 
tdkuhtdt awa kisdyiniw, ajnwah unahdhkiMma. klhkdmik utdnisa. 
“ tdndhki mina k-d-mdstihkasamwat kitihkwatim utaydwinisah f ” 
itik utdnisa. 
“ hd, dh-klskwdhkwasiydn, ” itwdw awa kisdyiniw. 
“ mahti pdyakwdw dsay mina ! ’’ itdyihtam awa kisdyiniw. “ ninahdh- 
kislm, mahti mdtsdtdn I ” itdw. 
tdpwd mdt^wak. 
“ namuya ia-klh-klwdyahk ! ” itdw sdsay mina. 
iyikuhk dh-tipiskdyik, nipahdwak moswah. 
“ kiydm ka-kapdsindnaw, ” itwdw awa kisdyiniw ; “ kika-pdsdndnaw 
kitaydwinisinawa “ klhklhk dkusi nka-kakwd-isi-nipahdw , ” dh- 
itdyihtahk awa kisdyiniw. 
dkwah akutdwak d-klh-pdnahkik utaydwinisiwdwa. mayaw dh-nipdyit, 
awa uskinlkiw nlhtinam kahkiyaw utaydwinisah. itah kd-nipdt astdw. 
^ Literally, “my sister’s sou (maa speakiag); my brother’s son, my husband’s sister’s 
son (woman speakmg),” often, as here, for nahahkis : “son-in-law. Similarly, nisis : 
“my mother’s brother’’ for “my father-in-law” {See below), and nisikus : “my father’s 
sister: my mother’s brother’s wife” for “my mother-in-law,” both of these being more 
8p>ecmcally mandtsinidkan : “person one dare not address, parent-in-law.” And nahakkan- 
iskwdw : “daughter-in-law” is httle used beside nistim ; “my sister’s daughter (man 
speaking); my brother’s daughter, my husband’s sister’s daughter (woman speaking).” 
