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dkwah tdpwd sipwdhtahdw ; itah dh-dyimaniyik aiih-ay-ituhtahdw, 
dkwah wdhyaw dh-aydtsik, mistikwah nlsu dh-tsimasuyit, dkutah d-sdkuyit, 
mtikwdniyihk pakamahwdw ; nipahdw. 
“ dkusi nka-mh-naspitawdw awa ukimdw ! ” itwdw dsah vdsahkdtsdhk. 
tdpwd, ayisk mtsihik dhi tm.payah ; tdpwd naspitawdw dsah ohi ukimdwa. 
“ dkwah mahtih sdmdk nka-klwdn. mahtih dsindkusiyit vnwah, " 
itdyihtam, 
atsiyaw piku kwdpahwdw sdniydwa. wawdylw ; dkus Isi klwdw. 
wdhyaw uhtsi pdtsdpamik dhi kd-nipahdt wfiwiyiwa. 
“ tdnisi k-dh-pd-klwdyin f nama tdihkdis ndhtaw kipd-Jawdn. iyikuhk 
nlsusdp tipahikan mdna kd-pd-dpihta-klsikdw-mUsisuyin. mistahi kitahtawd 
kimdhtsdwin ! ” 
dta wiyah dsa nisituhtawdw. dkwah dkus Isi klwdw. mlna ntaw~ 
ituhtdw. atsiyaw pdy-dtihtik dhi kd-kl-kiskindhamdkut tslpayah. 
“ kdhtsind vnpats kika-nipahikawin ! mam mistahi pakahkam kiwih- 
mdhtsdwin ! namwdis ahpdh kikiskdyimdw plsimuhkdn / ” itik. 
dkwah wdpamdw pisimuhkdna, dkuydk kd-nisitawdyimdt. dkwah 
klwdw, nlsusdp tipahikan dy-ispayiyik. dsay mlna ntaw-dtuskdw, min d- 
ntawdpamdt sdniydwa. dkwah wdpais pdn-atuskdw. 
“ tdpwd kitahtawd mistahi kimdhtsdwin, ” itik dhi umkimdkanah, 
“ dkwah wdh-udpats dh-pd-klwdyin ! ” itik. 
“ hah, ” dmis Itwdw ; “ Htahtawd wd-mpats kdkway niwdh-wani- 
kiskisin, ” itwdw. 
dkw dh-utdkusiniyik, masinahikan kd-plhtukatdyit. namwdts nisitaw- 
inam. kd-kiskisit anihi tMpayah ka-klh-kitimdkdyimikut, dkwah wayawiw. 
“ wahwa, mistahi kimdhtsdwin / ” itik ; “ dkus dtsik ana vnpats kd- 
nipahikawiyan I ” 
sd-sdminamiyiwa dhkwdkana, usklsikwa, utdn : nisitawinam masinah- 
ikan. dkwah dh-wdpahtahk, masinahikdtdyiw, wdpahkih d-vnh-pd-ndtiniht ; 
ayisk undtinikdwah^ dhi ukimdwah kd-nipahdt, dkwah wdh-vnpats dsah 
mdna dh-pdh-ndtinimiht. masinahikdw ; dtsimustawdw utlnima. 
tdpwd, “ wawdylk, iyinitik. kiunh-pd-ndtinikundnaw^ wdpahkih. nipdy- 
itisahamdkawin, ” itdw, “ masinahikanah. ” 
tdpwd kikisdpd takuhtdyiwa kd-pdh-ntupaylstdkutsik. mdka wiya 
vnsahkdtsdhk mdka mlna ka-kitdpahkdw kuntah. 
kitahtawdh dmis Itik dh Iskwdwah : “ tdpwd mistahi kimdhtsdwin I 
kitiyinlmak m-mdstsihdwak, ” itik ; “ kitaydwinisah ta-^hkihkdmuyan kit- 
dtinamihk, ta-pusiskaman, mlna kitd7n kita-wiydhpiiiht. ” 
tdpwd vnsahkdtsdhk slhkihkdmdw utdmah ta-wiydhpitimiht. wiydh- 
pitimdwa. pustaydwinisdw ; nitawi-ndtinikdw, mistahi mdka mlna 
mdhtsdhkdsdw. kahkiyaw dsah mdstsihdw dhi kd-pd-ndtinikdyit. dkusi 
pdyak pikuh klwdtisahwdw , masinahikan d-kiw-dsihtdt. 
ndtdh dh-takuhtatdtsik,^ dmis Itwdwak utiyinisiwak : “ mdka min dtukd 
vnsahkdtsdhk ! ” itwdwak. 
masinahikan vMhtaw : “ klspin kiya vnsahkdtsdhk, kivnh-nipahitin 
sdskwdts. usdm misiwd kiti^htsikdn. ” 
^Should be obviative; I may have mis-heard a fonn undtinikdyiwah, but do not 
know if such would be the obviative of this preterit. 
* This would seem to mean “he (or it) will come to fight us”; probably read kiwih- 
p^dtinikamndnaw : “we shall be come to and fought with” (passive). 
* Why plural actor? The rest of the story is obscure because the persons are not kept 
distinct. 
