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(14) Little Snow-Dart 
Adam Sakewew 
sdkdwdw.^ 
kltahtawd imkiwak aylsiymiwakj nlsu ukimdwak, pdyak matsihkiwis * * 
uhtdwiya. kltahtawd awdsisak mihtsdt sdsimdwak. 
“ mahiih kakwdisiyawdhitutdk dma kd-sdsimdyahk kahkiyaw, mahtih 
amna ndhtd-^sdsimdt, amna wdhyaw kd-pahkisiniyii, ” itwdw pdyak awdsis 
dhkuma dw-dhpikihikut. 
dkusi sdsimdwak. dkwah ati-uiindwak sdsimdna. piyis pdyak usdsi- 
mdna aylsisiniyiwa kdnihk. pimitisahwdwak. 
“ dkd wiya awiyak ndhtaw kita-kiwdw ! ” itwdio. 
dkwah piyisk d-sakdyik dkutah ati-sdskipayiyiwa, d-mitihtdtsik dhi sdsi- 
mdna, d-paskwdyik dkutah wdhyaw, d-sakdyik dkutd ispisiyiwa. 
kltahtawd dw-utdkusiniyik, amn dma, kl-mihtiskdyiw.^ kdkdts pah- 
kisimuyiw ; kwayask dmis Isi tsimasuyiwa usdsimdna. dkuyikuhk ydtini- 
yiw ; mispuniyiw. 
” dtah aydtdk. ka-kawatsindnaw. mdnukdtdk ; mihtikuwdhp u^htdtdk, 
dtiht maskusiyah kit-dtinamwak. mi^htdk Jakinaw, itwdw. 
dkusi uMhtdwak. piyisk dh-tipiskdyik, klsihtdwak. d-wdpaniyik, 
kdydpits mistahi mdyi-klsikdyiw. 
dkdya knwdtdk. ka-kawatsindnaw, ” itwdw ; “ nikuhtdk. dkwah 
dtah skwdhtdmihk tsdh-tsdhkdkundhamuk. pd^hkuk kisdsimdniwdwak 
kahkiyaw, ” itwdw. 
miydw. kahkiyaw dkwah wdskwdhtdmihk tsimahdw kahkiyaw sdsimdna. 
dkwah klksdpa wayamw, dh-utindt kahkiyaw sdsimdna, nikamdw. 
“ niydk ! mdMk ! ” itwdw awa, sdsimdna kd-klh-itisahumiht, kor-klh- 
pimitisahumiht. 
dkusi dhtsi piku mdyi-klsikdyiw. 
dkwah dw-utdkusiniyik, “ kahkiyaw pUhtukdk. dtah tawaydk iskwdh- 
tdmihk mlna wiskwdhtdmihk, ” itwdw. 
piyis dkusi tdtamwak. kltahtawd awa kd-klh-mitihtimiht usdsimdna 
dyuku kd-plhtukdkutsiniyit usdsimdna. d-klh-itaskdtuyit usdsimdniwdwa, 
dkus isi itaskdtuyiwa. kahkiyaw mihkdwiyiwa sdsimdna. 
“ dkdya wayaudk / ” itwdw. 
kdtahtawd kd-pah-pitihkuhtiniyik klkwa. 
d-k-dsi-pitihkuhtiniyik kdkwah, dh haw, dkwah wayaudk ! ” itwdw 
awa kd-klh-mitihtimiht usdsimdna. 
dkusi wayaudwak. awin dhi, nandtuhk pisiskiwah, ukwdskwdpayihdsah, 
nandtuhk dhtasiyit pisiskiwah, dki dh-minahutsik sdsimdnak, dwakunik 
dy-dpuhtdtsik, usdm d-manitdwit awa usdsimdna kd-mitihtimiht. 
^ When I asked Sakewew to tell me a last story, he said, nimdstatayohk&nasinin : “I 
have nm entirely out of sacred stories.” (Initial stem mast-: "exhaust”; medial -dtayok- 
kand-, formed from the noun atayohkan : “prehistoric spirit-animal,” with post-m^ial 
-d- ; Plains Cree in this way freely forms a medial from any noun; compound final -hsin, 
consisting of pre-final -ht- : “come down, faU, lie” and animate intransitive verb final -in). 
At last he produced this story, for which he perhaps delved deep into his memory, since it 
contains details about the contests of spirit-animals, as well as a number of unusual words. 
* In this tale the position of this person is much like that of Wisahketchahk. On 
Star-Blanket Reserve one of my informants identified the two. 
® Unknown word; translation a guess. 
