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dkwah dmis ltdw wdmistikosiwah : “ nama nika-kl-masinahikdn f 
nama kdkway atdwdkan nitaydn. mdka kiyipah mihtsdt nik-dydn ka~ 
tipahikdydn, ” dkus dmis Uwdw ; wdmistikosiwah iidw msahkdtsdhk awah : 
“ nama kdkway ka-kih-tipahikdkdn. klspin miyiyinih, kiyipah nik-dydn. ” 
“ ahd’ ! ”■ — -wamistikosiwak — ■“ kdkway kintawdyihtdn, vnsahkdtsdhk f ” 
“ wdpuwiydnah nisu, mlnah mitds nlsu, miskutdkay mlna nlsu, pdsk- 
isikan. 
dkutah mistahi ayowinis utinam. dkusi dkwah klwdw msahkdtsdhk. 
umkimdkanah miydw kahkiyaw. 
umisiy iiik umkimdkanah : “ muhtsu-kisdyiniw, tdntah ki-dtinaman 
tah-tipahikdkdyin f ” 
dkusi itwdw, “ ndtukdsiw, pdyakwdw nna-ntawdpamdw^ wdmistikdsiw . ” 
dkusi dkwah sipwdhtdw. 
dh-plhtukdt, wdmistikdsiw awah umis ltdw : “ ah, msahkdtsdhkj kipd- 
tipahikdn f ” 
“ namuya, ” itwdw msahkdtsdhk ; “ miyin pistsipdwin. ” 
“ tdnisi kitdtan f ” 
“ dh, mahlhkanak nika-nipahdwak. ” 
dkwah miyik maskihkiy, pistsipdwin. dkwah klwdw wnsahkdtsdhk. 
dh-plhtukdt wikiwdhk, “ ndtukdsiw, miyin pimiy. ” 
miyik pimiy. dkwah dkutah pistsipdwin a^tdw pimlhk ; dkwa apisdsin 
uydkanis, ^kinam dkutah pimiy. mihtsdt dkutah usihtdw apisdsikih pimlsak 
dhkwatinahJ^ dkwah kahkiyaw utinam ; dkwah sipwdhtdw d-ntunawdt 
mahlhkanah. 
kltahtawd wdpamdw mahlhkanah pdyak. 
“ dh, nislm, dstam ! ” — dhi mahlhkanah. 
“ a, namdya ! ” itwdw mahlhkan, “ a, kiwnh-nipahin usdm I ” 
“ namdya, ni^m. d-wnh-ma^inahikdhitan. ” 
“ tdnisi d-mh-isi-masinahikdhiyin f ” 
“ d-mh-atuskahitdn ka-papd-ntumaisik mahlhkanak mlna mahkd^ak, 
kahkiyaw kd-miyusitsik mahkd^sak. dtah nik-dpin ispatindhk, d-mh- 
kakdskimitakuk, d-miywdsihk dtsimdwin ka-mhtamdtakuk. ” 
dkwah tdpwd awa mahlhkan sipwdhtdw, d-nitumdt mahlhkanah mlna 
mahkdsdsah. tdpwd pdtuhtdwak mihtsdt mahlhkanak. mituni misiwd 
wdsakdm apiyiwah, d-mh-ntuhtdkut, tdpiskdts ayimihdwiyiniw vnsahkdt- 
sdhk. 
dmi^h itdw : “ nisHmitik, ayamihdwin kd-ntuhtamdk t-dtinamdk ; 
dkusi dkwah namuy dwiyak ka-nipahikuwdwak, ayamihdydkuh. mdka 
dkdh tdpwdhtamdkuh, ka-nipahikuwdwak. Ih-dhi wdpahtamuk, dh-dhi ! ” 
mahlhkanak mahkdmsak d-wdpahiahkik dhi pimiy ah, “ hdw, umah awiyak 
umah mltsitsi kd-vnh-saskamuhak, kinwds ka-pimdtisiw, ” dkusi itwdw 
vnsahkdtsdhk. 
dkwah kahkiyaw, “ niya, niya / ” itwdwak mahlhkanak, dh-miywdy- 
ihtahkik kinwds ka-pimdtisitsik. 
dkwah umah, ” dkwah miydw pimiy. 
1 The combination nt does not exist in the full form of Cree words, but is due to the 
loss of an intermediate short vowel; See Introduction. Occasional forms like na-ntawdpa- 
m&w : “he goes to see him,” are all^o variants for such as na-nitawdpamdw ; the 
syllable here is reduplicative. This differs from Ojibwa, where nand- is probably the normal 
representation of older not-. 
® Probably an error. 
