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(13) Little-Snow-Dart 
Simon Mimikwas 
mimikwds. 
kayds dsah ndhiyawak, misdw dtdnaw ; mkiwdwa %ntaw~mlkiwahpah. 
mihtsdtiwak awdsisak. 
kltahtawd dh-pipdhk mihtsdl awdsisak md-mdtawdwak mistikwah ; 
sosimdwak,^ mitdtaht nlsusdp. dkwah sdsimdnah dkunih mitihtdwak. 
awiyak itdh puyuyitsih usdsimdnah, dkutd t-dh-pd-kdwdtsik. 
dkusi sipwdhtdwak, piyis nlsu pikuh aydsinwak.^ piyisk ndwdw na~ 
nipdwak ; dh-utdkusihk dkwdydk utihtdwak usosimdnah^ dyako h-api^sisit 
vMmimdWj dyako ndpdsis usdsimdnah. dkusi dyako iskwdydts utihtdwak 
ndwdw mwdhts dh-nipdtsik. dkusi umhtdwak mistikwah uhtsi wnkiwdw. 
dkutah aydwak. 
mwdhtsi mitdtaht dh-tipiskdk, dkwah mistahi mdyi-Msikdw. ndwu- 
tipiskdw dkuyikuhk mispun. dkusi ndhtdhkatdwak. 
kltahtawdh usdsimdnah utindw ; wayavfiw ; pakamisimdw : “ mdt- 
sdk ! ” itdw. 
dkusi dsay dh-wdpahk, kaydhtd apiyiwah pdhtsdyih usdsimdnah. dkwah 
wayavfiw : wiyds mistahi wayavntimihk astdw. dkusi dkwah jnhtukatdw. 
dkusi dkwah awdsisak mltsisdwak. 
tahtwdw dh-tipiskdk mispun. dkwah wanihdwak ; vnkiwdhk wani- 
hdwak. kapd-pipun dkutd aydwak. 
Htahtawd dkwah, “ Jnwdtdn ! ” tdpwd sipivdhtdwak. Mwdwak dkwah. 
dkusi dh-tipiskdk takuhtdwak. 
dkusi, “ tdnt dh-klh-aydyin f 
“ d-kih-papdh-mdtawdydn. ” 
dkusi kitahamdk uhidwiyah. “ kd-klh-vMsdwatsik namuya fst awiyak 
kimisi-wandtsihdw ? ” 
“ namuya awiyak ; kahkiyaw npdsiwdwak. ” 
“ dkusi kiydm kanawdyimik, ” itwdw pdyak kisdyiniw. 
dkusi ndhtdhkatdwdn. dkusi wihtamwak milsiwin wiyds mistahi dh- 
aydtsik itd kd-Jah-tuhtdtsik. dkusi kutakihk tdpwdw kisdyiniw, ta-ndtahkik 
aytsiyiniwak mltsiwin, itdh kd-klh-tuhtdtsik awdsisak. dkusi tdpwd sip- 
wdhtdwak. tdpwdh mistahi pdtdwak. 
dh-takuhtdtsik, “ tdnitah, tdnisi dsi-kaskihtdydk mltsiwin mistahi k- 
dydydk f ” 
“ nisdsimdn dh-mdh-minahut. ” 
“ haw, ntawdts k-dsdsimdnisit kik-dsiyihkdsun. ” 
kltahtawd dh-nlsitsik awdsisak mdka minah sdsimdwak. ma-mitihtdwak. 
dkunih. nikutwdsik dh-nipdtsik utihtdwak usosimdniwdwah. kutakah 
mlkiwdhpah dkutd kiydidwak. tdpwdh pdhtdkwan dh-takuhtdtsik. 
ksdyini pdyak : “ takusin k-dsdsimdnisit. mistahi manitdwiw ; dkd 
wiyah mawindhuhk ; nama wiya ka-klh-sdkdtsihdwdw. ” 
^ Throwing the snow-dart, sosimdn, animate gender. A Cree friend later made 
me a pair; the dart consists of a cigar-shaped piece of light wood, about 5 inches 
long and about 1 inch in diameter, ornamented with burnt pattern, and fixed on a 
slender reed. These are thrown so as to speed along the ice or hard snow. The sport has 
gone out of use. 
* Probably an error. 
