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tdpwdh dh-wdpahkj klksdpd waniskdwak. d-klh-mltsisutsik, wawdylwak. 
“ misiwdhkamawin,^ ” itwdw aw Iskwdw ; “ ‘ tdnisih dh-tdtahk ? ’ 
k-dtdyihtaman, ka-kiskdyihldn idnsih dh-tdtamdn, ” itwdw away iskwdw. 
“ hdha’ , ” itwdw awa ndpdw. 
tdpwd wawdylwak, ndh~ndway dh-astdtsik utsaydnisiwdwa unlmdwini- 
wdwa. dh-kitdpamdt umkimdkanah, dh-atik-sipwdhtdyit, dh-tah-tdhtsi- 
tahkuskdyit unwidwiniwdwah, nama kdkway wdpahtam awa ndpdw. 
dkus Isi pimuhtdtsik, mistahi mdmaskdtdw uwikimdkanah, dh-totamiyit. 
dkus Isi d-pa-pimuhtdtsik, kltahtawd, dh-at-dtdkusiniyik, kd~wdpahtahkik 
dh-pikihtdyik itah dh-pasahtsdyik, d-sakdyik ; dkutah d-sdkdwdtsik, kd-pd~ 
mdtdwisiyit uMmisah aw Iskwdw. 
dmisi itwdyiwah : “ dydyi, misi-pdtdxo nlmdwinah nimis ! itwdyiwah. 
dkus dti-iakuhtdwak mkiyihk. 
awa kisdyiniw, “ hay hay hay I ” xnatwd-itwdw. 
d-yohtdnahk aw Iskwdw, dh-plhtukd-tah-tahkiskdtsikdt, pdhtsdyihk pah- 
kihtiniyiwah unimdwiniwdwa utsaydnisiwdwa. dkusi awah ndtukdsiw 
dh-at-otinahk, mistahi miywdyihtam, “ dkwah kd-mltsisuydn, ” dh-itdyihtah. 
nandskumdw awa kisdyiniw. dkusi pihtukdwak. 
dmis Itwdw awa kisdyiniw : “ dkusi d-klh-itdyihtamdn, ntdnis, ‘ ituhtd ! ' 
kd-klh-ititdn, ‘ dh-pa-pdyakut ninakdhkisim, ’ ” itwdw awa kisdyiniw. 
dkutah axj-aydw dkwah. pdtih kinwdsk d-klh-aydt dkutah, dkwah d- 
miyuskamiyik, kd-kiskdyihiahk wdkaydsah kd-udwit dh Iskwdwah k-dtdyih- 
tahk, dhi mlnah kisdyiniwah ndtukdsiwah wdkaydsah as dhi. dkwah mih- 
tdtam dkd tahkih ta-klh-udtsdwdt. 
dkusi dkuyikuhk dwakd dtaydhkdwin. 
Once upon a time a man lived all alone and never saw any people, 
being all alone in that place. When he had slept at night, in the morning 
he went hunting. Whenever he saw buffalo, he killed them. He would 
take a tongue and a thigh-bone and go home, and when he reached his 
dwelling, he would prepare his meal, and when he had eaten, he would 
gather firewood. So night would come upon him. As he stayed thus by 
himself, at last he felt lonesome. When daylight came and he as usual 
went hunting, again he killed a buffalo. He went home; he took a little 
to eat. 
When he was near his dwelling-place, he saw a great pile of firewood 
by his tent. He wondered about it ; “It must be that someone has come,” 
he thought. He was glad. When he entered, he saw nobody, though it 
was plain that someone had swept the place. He was sorry that he saw 
no one. He stayed there. “How is it that there is no one here?” he thought. 
Lo, there where he sat, he found some moccasins. He was very glad, 
thinking, “A woman perhaps is the one who came here. In the morning I 
shall hunt; I shall try to come upon her while she is here, if she comes 
again,” he thought. 
At daybreak he quickly went off to hunt. Again he killed a buffalo. 
He took the tongue, the ribs, the kidneys, and a thigh-bone. Then he 
went home, thinking, “I shall come in time to find her there.” He kept 
running. 
^ Error or real variant? The usual form would be tvUsokkamamn. 
