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namuya kiskdyihtam dsay dh-kitamwdyit uniskimah. dkusi dkwan 
utinam dm dsitiyiw. nama kdkway niskah. 
hd hd hdy, ndsdmih-mdstihkaswdw ! ” itwdw. 
piyis kahkiyaw utindw ; kahkiyaw nama kdkway ; usitiyiwah piku. 
hd hd hdy, mdka min dtsik dnih dh-waydsihit mahdsihit mahkdns, kd- 
kitamwdt niniskimah ! dkus dtsik dnih kd-ndhtdhkatdydn ! ” itwdw ; “ hd 
hah, kikisiwdhin, mahkd^s ! namuya ta-pdhtsdw askiy itd tit-dtdmuwin. 
niya nikiy-u^htdn askiy ; ka-miskdtin ; miskdtdnih kd~kitamwatsik ninisk- 
imak ! ” itwdw unsahkdtsdhk, dh-sipwdhtdt, dh-ntunawdt mahkd^ah. 
namuya wdhyaw dh-ihtdt, kd-wdpamdt, dh-na-nipdyit, mitunih dh^ 
mistataydyit ; ayisk kih-kispuyiwah. asiniyah utindw, d-imh-pakamahwat. 
“ yahd ! ” itwdw ; “ nka-watokatakwdw,^ ” itwdw ; “ nik-dtastutinih 
awa mahkd^iwaydn ! ” itwdw ; “ kiydm nka-pasisamawdw, ta-nipahapor- 
sut dm dhtsi paskdpahtdw, ” itwdw. 
na-nituhtdk, dm dh-itdt. dkusi kutawdw, wdsakdm d-saskahahk masku- 
siyah. dkwah dh-kwdhkuidyik, waniskdw awa mahkdsis. mistahi kaskd- 
pdsdw. 
“ he' , ” icisahkdtsdhk umis itwdw ; “ hike' , mahti minah kitamuk 
niniskimak ! " itdw. 
kuntah wdskdpayihdw awa mahkdsds, dh-kaskdpahtdyik mistahi. piyisk 
namuya wdpamdw vfisahkdtsdhk. kwaskwdpayihdw awa mahkd^s, iskutdw 
uma dh-pdsitsi-kwaskuhtit, dh-tapa^t. namuya wdpamdw wisahkdtsdhk, 
dh~tapasiyit. piyis misiwd pasitdyiw, dkutah dh-wdskdhtdt wisahkdtsdhk. 
‘‘Idpwd nikitimahdw, dh-nipahihkaswak mahkdsds, ” itwdw wisahkdt- 
sdhk ; kd-wdpahtahk pihkuh dh-astdyik, mustusu-mdy itah dh-kiy-astdyik, 
“ tdpwd nikitimdkihkaswdw ! " dh-itwdt ; “ mahiih k-dskuhkasut, nka- 
mdwdw, iskuhkasutsih, ” dh-itdyihtah ; uma pihkuh d-wih-utinahk, “ kd- 
Jasisut iskutdw ds dmah dwaku mahkdsis, ” dh-iytdyihtah, dh-t^ihut. 
dkuyikyhk namuya kiskdyihtam d-kih-tapasiyit. 
dkusi dkuyikuhk dwaku diaydhkdwin. 
dh-tah-tahkiskawdt sihkihpah,^ “ hdw, dtdh nikdn ayisiyiniw kit-dhpikiw ; 
ka-wdpamik uma kd-nanaputdkandskdtdn. ‘ sihkihp ' kik-dsiyihkdtikwak. 
namuya ka-miyusin ; usdm kikisiwdhin dh-wihtaman, dh-tdhkdpiyan, ” 
itdw. 
dkusi dydkd. 
Once upon a time, as Wisahketchahk was tramping along — as usual 
he was hungry — as he was tramping along, he saw some ducks and many 
geese, and ducks. 
Then this was what he thought: “How shall I kill them?” he thought. 
Presently he saw a little lake, and by the water’s edge some weeds. 
He took them and rolled them up. He tied up a great bundle of them, 
took it on his back, and went off. When he came walking close to where 
the ducks were, they caught sight of him. 
The ducks said, “Ho, our big brother! What is that he’s carrying on 
his back?” they said. 
“Suppose I ask him,” said one duck. 
^ Error? 
* This para^ph was added in answer to a leading question. “I did not tell you that 
part,” he explained. This is characteristic of our informant. Notice that even now he 
does not explain the diver duck's red eyes. 
