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sihkihpf dwakuh dh-pdhtahk kdkway, dh-napatdh-tohkdpit, dh-nimihitutf 
kd-wdpamdt udsahkdtsdhkwah dh-ati-nipahdyit. 
“ lyahd ! ” itwdw, “ mdka mlnah kimdstsihikunaw wlsahkdts&hk ! ” 
itwdw. 
dh-idhkdpitsik kutakak, umis Itwdw wdsahkdtsdhk : ” kdkway oma iiah 
kd-pdtdydn nimihitowin, kdkdpdtisitsik^ f nindhtdhkatdh / ” iidw ohi stsi- 
pah, 
wayamydmuwak kutakak, dh-tapasUsik. 
dkusi wayaudw wdsahkdtsdhk, dh-pdhpit, dh-miywdyihtahk, “ mistahi 
nika-mltsisun, ” dh-itdyihtahk. dkusi pdkunam uma udkih, ohi mihtah 
dh-utinahk, dh-kutawdt, ohih d-wih-nawatM nlpin-dyah. dkusi dh-nawatmt, 
kahkiyaw nawat^w. dkusi dsdm mistah dh-ponahk, dpwdsiw. 
sipwdhtdw, “ pitah nika-pon-dpwdsin ; dkuyikuhk ta-klsisowak niniski^ 
mak, dh-itdyihtahk. 
tdpwdh wdhyawds dh-ituhtdt, kd-wdpamdt mahkd^sah d-wdsakdyihtam- 
iyit uskdtiyiw, dh-watiskdyit, dkd dh-kih-pimuhtdyit, d-vdh-tapanhikut. 
“ tsdskwa, ni^m ! ” iidw. 
" wdh, namuya I ” iiik ; “ usdm mdka mina ndnitaw kiwdh-tdtawin, ” 
itik. 
“ namuya ! ” itdw ; d-wih-dtsimustdtdn. Ih uma kiwdpahtdn M 
mistahi kd-pikihtdk f ” 
“ dha’ , ” itik. 
dkutah mihtsdt ninipahdwak niskak mina sd^pak, dkutah dh-nawatsi- 
ydn, ” dh-itdt ; ** mistahi ka-mitsisundnaw, ” itdw ; “ mdkah pitah ka- 
kakwd-nakatundnaw. ndma wdhyaw k-dspatindk dwakuh ka-tdtipdwdpah- 
tdndnaw. ” 
“ hdh, namuya ! kiwdpamin dkdh dh-klh-pimuhtdydn, d-wdsakdyih- 
tamdn niskdt, ” itwdw mahkd^s. 
umis itwdw wdsahkdtsdhk : “ asiniyak niskdtihk nika-tahkupitdwak, ” 
itwdw. 
“ dha’ , ” itwdw mahkdsds. 
asiniyah uiindw wdsahkdtsdhk, dh-tahkupitdt uskdtihk. 
“ haw, ni^m, dkwah ! ” 
dkwah sipwdpahtdwak. nakatdw mahkd^sah wdsahkdtsdhk. 
“ hdy, umihkawikih awa mahkd^s, kd-kitimdkaskdtak ni^m ! iidp 
dtiht nik-dsamdw, dyikuhk ta-takupahtdtsih, ” itwdxo wdsahkdtsdhk. 
mayaw dh-dkawdwdt wdsahkdtsdhk, kdwdpayiw awa mahkd^, namuya 
d-wdsakdyihtahk uskdt, oma kd-pikihtdyik dy-ispayit. dh-takuhtdt, niskah 
si^pah mina kd-wdpamdt dh-kisisuyit. utindw, dkwah dh-mitsisut, vfisah- 
kdtsdhkwah dh-kimutamawdt unawaMwiniyiwa. kitamwdw kahkiyaw. usiti- 
yiwah pikuh ohi niskah dkwah mMpah, dkunih piku iskutdhk astdw, “ ta- 
wdpahtahk udsahkdtsdhk, ” dh-itdyihtah. dkusi tapa^w, “ nka-kisiwdhdw, ” 
dh-itdyimdt wisahkdtsdhkwah. 
dkwah wdsahkdtsdhk iyikuhk dh-takuhtdt mistah dpwdsiw ; ayisk mis- 
tahi pimipahtdw. 
“ hdy, dstdpwdsiydnih nika-mitsisun, ” dh-itdyihtah, “ itdp dtiht nk- 
dsamdw nisim, ” itdw mahkdsdsah, “ iyikuhk takuhtdtsih, ” itdyihtam. 
1 The ending of the vocative plural is, of course, -itik. The sound ts for normal t appears 
in diminutives (among the yoimger generation of speakers, almost imiversally); less 
often in other words formed with suffixes containing s (as in the present instance); and 
occasionally in other words, probably always with a diminutive touch. 
