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Accordingly he started out who had challenged Wisahketchahk. He 
did not even ripple the water as he stepped. When he reached the other 
side, from there he shouted to Wisahketchahk. 
“Now, when Wisahketchahk is right in the middle of the water, he 
will sink under water; but I do not mean to kill him. Let him sit down 
there for good, there in the water!” 
And really, there he sat down, under water. When he called every 
kind of being to help him, they did not heed him. 
Everyone told him, “We fear him who is doing this to you.” 
At last the loon consented to take Wisahketchahk from where he was. 
He took him out. So he saved his life. 
(8) Wisahketchahk and the Bear 
Adam Sakewew 
sdkdwdw 
latahtawd wisahkdtsdhk, “ hah, mahtih nik-d^htdn ; usdm kitdhtawd 
nikd-mdkuhikun kdkway, ” itdyihtam. 
u^htdw misdskwat ; usdhtdw atsusisah. 
“ kdkway kd-klnikdk dkutah kit-dstdydn, ” itdyihtam. 
Htahtawd miskam mistik, mihtah dma tdpiskdts. napakihtak uslhtdw ; 
tdpihtitdw mihisdt. 
“ dkusi ! ” itdyihtam ; “ nik-dh-minahun kita-mltsisuydn, ” itdyihtam ; 
“ a, kisdts minah tsdpihtsikanis nik-d^htdn ; dwaku mina nik-d^htdn, ” 
itwdw. 
d-Msihtdt, “ dhj minah napakihkumdn nik-osihtdn ; usdm miywdsin awa 
mistik kit-dh-vMhtdydn, ” itdyihtam. 
uslhtdw mdhkumdn, napakihkumdn. 
dkwah d-wdpahtahk unlmdskwdkanah, “ ptand mdsknstawit,^ moskist- 
dkawiydn ! ” itdyihtam ; “ usdm miywdsinwa nnlmdskwdkana ; nama 
kdkway nika-kustdn, ” itdyihtam. 
d-ld-klsihtdt, sipwdhtdw. pasdhtsdhk akdmihk dkutd wdpamdw wdkay- 
osah. hd, kiskdyihtam d-matsihtwdyit. 
“ a, nika-ki^maw, tdpwdtak ; dkusi nika~nipahdw ; nika-muwdw, ” 
itdyihtam. 
dkwah dmisi itdw : “ awdna ndhd ? ” tdpwdw, “ kd-wdpikiskitsdt ! ” 
dh-pdhtahk awa wdkayds, kisimdw. 
“ mahtih tdnitd kd-tdpwdhk I ” itdyihtam. 
nam dwiya wdpamdw. kdsdw wisahkdtsdhk. klhtwdm dh-mdnahikdyit, 
“ mahtih nka-kakwd-wdpamdw awd kdy-isit, ” itdyihtam.^ dkwah ^pd 
dmisi tdtam, dh-ivdtihkdt ; dtdh usdpiw. pdtih kd-pimi-sdkiskwdt. wdpamik 
dsay. 
“ hamna ndhd kd-wdpikiskitsdt ! ” itdw. 
hdw, wdpamdw aylsiyiniwah ; mdsJdstawdw. dkwah awa wisahkdtsdhk 
pimakdmipitdw upihtatwdna. kisiwdk dtay d-pd-nakiyit, pimwdw. ndt- 
wdhtin dma mistik. vnpisisah piyisk mdstinam. 
^ A slip of the tongue; the dictator corrects himself in the next word. 
* I.e., the bear; the next sentences are obscure because third person and obviative are 
not kept apart. 
