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dkwah mistahi namuya a-sdhoisihihtj dtah ah-'pdskisuht, ” itwdw awa 
iskwdsis. 
dkusi dkwa, “ tanisi kd-klh-tdtamdn ? ” itdyihtam awa ndpdw. 
“ pikw dtsik ana kita-kakwdtsimdydk tantdwihk unipiwin dh-astdyik* 
kakwdtsimdhkdk ; mahtih, * kdhtsindh awiyak d-^hkimikuydk ! - dta wiya 
kik-dtikuwdw. ‘ namuya ! usdm mistahi dh-manitowiyiny dkd dh~Mh~nipa~ 
hikamyin, ’ kik-dtdwdw. ” 
tdpwd Idwdw awa iskwdsis. nlsu wdpuswa nipahtamdk dhi ustdsah. 
dmis itwdw : “ ndhtdh, ” itdw, “ nistds niwdpamdw, ” itdw dhtdwiya, 
“ dwakuni dhi d^nipahtamawit. ‘ kakwdtsimdhkdk tantdwihk dh-uhtsi~ 
nipit, ’ itwdw ana. ” 
dh, tdpwd awa mayaw dhi dh-takuhtdyit, mituni misiwd dsah dh~mis~ 
wdkaniwit awa iskwdw. dkwah tdpwd kakwdtsimdwak. 
“ tdndhki k-d~ndhtd~kiskdyihtamdk f nama t^ ahpdh kikusisiwdw kd- 
kdh-Mwutdt nimh-kakwd-nipahik f ” itwdw dsa awa iskwdw. 
“ hd, namuya^ ntdnis ! ‘ mdskdts mistahi manitdwiw, ’ dh~itdyimitdn, 
k-d-ndhtd^kiskdyihtamdn tdnimatdwihk t-dnipdwiniyan.^ ” 
“ hd, ndhtdh, dta nikiskdyihtdn dh-mh-kakwd-nipahikawiydn, k-dh- 
kakwdtsimiyan ! ” itwdw awa iskwdw ; “ nisitihk tdwdyihk. ” 
dkwah tdpwd mayaw d-sipwdhtdyit awa, sdmdk ituhtdw awa uskinlkiw, 
dhtdwiyah dh-ntawdpamdt mina ukdwiya. 
“ hwd, ‘ nitdwisitdnihk ndnipdwinin 
nipahit, ' itwdw dsa. ” 
dkwah dmis Itwdw awa uskinlkiw : 
dkusi misiw Itah ka-tsdh-tsimaidndwdw. 
dkusi dkutah kd-nipahdyahk, ” itwdw dsah awa uskinlkiw. 
mayaw d-sipwdhtdyit, misiwd tsimatdwak mistsikusah. 
tdpwd d-takuhtdyit, “ mahtih asamik ! ” dh-itikutsik, sdmdk mdtsih- 
klhkdmdwak. 
“ kdhtsindh awiyak dkusi d-klh-itikuydk, k-dh-kdh-klhkdmiydk ! ” 
itwdw awa iskwdw. 
“ dha’ ; dtah Jah-takuhtdw nistds, ” itwdw awa iskwdsis. 
iskutdw dsah uhtsi pakamahwdw dhi umisah. tdpwd pikuh dkus Isi 
wayawdydmdwak. dkusi dkwah aw Iskwdw utihtindw dhi uskutdkayah, dhi 
mdna k-dtindt wdh-nipahtdkdtsih maskwaydnah. mayaw dh-atih-pimi- 
payit awa iskwdw, mdka mlna dh-kwdskimut, sdmdk utdwisitdnihk kisisin. 
pahkisin dkutah. dkutah dsah klh-nipahdw dwakuh iskwdw, mihtsdt aylsiyin- 
iwah d-klh-nipahdt. 
: dwak uhtsi dk awiyak k-d-klh- 
“ mistikwa ka-klnlkihkwaiamuk.'^ 
dkusi dkutah kita-kisisin anima. 
Once upon a time a certain man always dwelt off alone with his family. 
After a while his wife never stayed at home, but went off every day, after 
putting on her fine clothes; every day that woman put on her good clothes. 
When she came back home, they were always in a bad state, muddied all 
over. 
^ The re^ar formation from nipiw : “he dies" would be nipiwin : “death" (cf. 
unipiwin : “his death" earlier in this text) and unipimniw : “he has his death." But 
the form here in the text is probably recorded right: nipowin : “death" and unipowiniw : 
“he has his death" are probably relics of the time when “to die" was an irregular verb, 
cf. Fox nepwa, Menomini nepuah : “he dies," Fox nepoweni : “death." 
® Normal form probably, ka-klniJcihkiitamuk. 
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