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aha * , kd-pa-pdyakunlmdskwavnndhk kiy-aylhtiydnf ka-klh-wawdn- 
ihih ! ” itdw. 
utinam isdpihtsikanis ; tahkamdw, 
dh-tahkamiht awa wdkayds, “ mam ! ** itwdw. 
ndtwdhtitdw, 
kd-pa-pdyakunimdskwdwindhk Jah-aylhitydrij ka-ki-wawdnihih I ** 
itdw. 
tahkamdw dm dhtsi napakihkumdn mistik ka-Mh-v^ihtdi ; ndtwdhtini- 
yiw. 
dkusi dkwah sdkihikj " manitdww ! ” dy-itdyihtahk. “ nika-nipdhik ! ” 
itdyihiam ; “ ntsawdts nka-tapaMn, ” d-ndtdmututahk itah d-sakdyik. 
mituni kisiwdk askdk^ dh-tdwaiiyit. iydpasdpitsi, kisiwdk askdk. 
mpisiya dh-asaskitdyikih, dkutah itdmdw. dkwah kdsispdkutsin awa wdka- 
yds. tdtipdwdpayihdw msahkdtsdhk. kapd-Msik dkutah wdsakdmdtisahuk. 
Jdtahtawd ndyawapitwdwij dyltaw nlpawistdtdwak. kltahtawd kd~wdpumdt 
dskanah, itah kd-pdh-pimipahtdt dkutah dh-mdskatdwahkiskawdt. nakxw. 
mdn dwa wdkayds vnmdskawdw, mana kuntah d-wdkastdyit awa wdkayds. 
“ pdkdhkam awa wdkayds kustdw^ ** itdyihiam awa udsahkdisdhk. 
mistahi naydwapiw. awa mlna wdkayds nayawapiw. ntsawdts tahkis- 
kawdw unsahkdtsdhk dhi kd-kusiimiht dskanah. piyisk pahkwatsiwdpisk- 
awdw. 
nitsawdts dh-wimdskawdyit, “ kustdw ! ” itdyihiam awa udsahkdtsdhk. 
utindw dhi dskanah. 
“ pakahkam awa kustdw ! ** itdyihiam. 
nitsawdts usiikwdnihk akundw, dmisidh-iidt dhi wdkaydsah : ** hwhw^_ !**' 
dh-itdt, kd-wdki-kwdskuhtiyit. 
“ inahtih nika-mdsklstawdw I nayawapiw I ” dh~itdyimdt. muskist- 
awdw ; tapasiyiwa. 
iydpasdpiyitsih dhi wdkaydsa, kisiwdk a^kdwdw, “ hwhw ! ** dh-itdt. 
dkusi mdna mh-kakwd-mlhkawildw. piyisk wdpamdw ufisahkdtsdhk 
dhi wdkaydsah, pUstdw utdniyihk aw-uhtsikawiyik. 
piyisk awa wdkayds, “ kiydm nika-wdpahuk ! ** itdyihiam. 
kawipayihdw dkwah awa udsahkdtsdhk.'^ uhtiskawapistawdw dmis dh- 
itindt dskanah, d-wdh-nipahatdhtamiyit, mayaw kdtdpamikutsih, “ whwh ! ** 
dh-nimi^wihdt. 
“ pakahkam kustdw ! ” itdyihtam ; “ namuy dwa wlhkdis ta-waniskdw, 
nakatimakih dhi nitdskanah, *’ itdyihtam. 
“ haw, wdkayds ! mistahi kitdyimisun, aylsiyiniw miydkuhatsih. 
nlsta nitaydn kdkway kit-dh-nipahitdn. ” 
tdwatiw wdkayds, ispdh dh-pdy-itisinimiht dhi dskanah, unpitah d-sdma- 
hamuht. 
“ tsatsdmdsinwa dhi Japitah I ” itdw udsahkdtsdhk. 
“ haw, ntdskan, wdpahwdhkan awa tsatsdmdpitsis wdkayds ! wdpah- 
wdhkan, mayaw waskaudtsih diah uhtsi. kanawdyim ta-waskavfit. kuntah 
ndtamihik ; niklwutdwa ! mdydkwdm, ntdskan ; kinisituhtdn uma ! 
wdpahwdhkan ! ” 
^ Undulating velar or palatal spirant, with rounded lips; said to be the noise a buffalo • 
makes when angry. 
* Slip of informant's tongue, or of my hand, for wdkayds : “the bear,” and so trans- 
lated. 
