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dmis itdyihiam : “ ohi awdsisak ta-wani-kiskisiwak. mkiwdhk namuya 
ta^pikiskdtamwak ! ” itdyihtam. 
tdpwd dkusih ispayiyiw. 
“ hdWj imhtdk tdsipitsikanah kiydm mihisdt ! ” itwdw. 
dkusi totamwak dki awdsisak. d-tipiskdyik, dsay mlna ntumdw sosi- 
mdna. 
“ dkd wiya dkwah mdlawdkdk dki sdsimdnak. atmkdk. tdsipitsikanah 
VMhtdk kiyikaw. dtah akutdk kdhkdwakwah jnhtsdyihk, ” itwdw. 
dkusi tdtamiyiwa ohi awdsisak. mayaw dJi-wdpaniyik, dsay mlna 
nikamdw klksdpd, d-sdsimdt, “ mdtsdk I ” dh-itdt sdsimdna. 
dy-utdkusiniyik, “ pdhtukdk kahkiyaw ! tawdydk iskwdhtdmihk wisk~ 
wdhtdmihk mina ! ” itwdw. 
dkusi totamwak. dsay mlna jnhtukdkutsinwak sdsimdnak. dsay mlna 
dpuhtdwak. dkuyikuhk dstd-klsikdyiw. dkuyikuhk mdtsikdyihtamwak 
awdsisakf dh-mltsisutsik. 
dkusi itahkamikisiw ; pdyakwaniyiw dh-totahk. piyisk dma kd-misi- 
sakdyik, dwakd wdsakdm akutdyiwa wiydsah, nandtuhk mltsiwinah, wiyawdw 
dh-atuskdtsik. mistahi mlsihtdwak. 
kltahtawd awa matsihkiwis klksdpd kd-wayamt, d-ntawi-sikit, dkutd 
dw-uhtiniyik, kd-pd-paswdmdkwaniyik. ndsdskam, d-pasui, d-paswdmdk- 
asikdt. klksdpd kisiwdk itdyihtam. pdydhtik pimuhidw. dma kd-mahkask- 
wdydyik dh-utihtahk, dsay utdkusiniyiw. kdydpits paskwdyiw. wayat- 
sdwiw. tahki paskwdmdkwaniyiw. miluni dh-utdkusiniyik, takuhtdw. 
“ dyahd, kistdsinaw takusin ! mahtih asamihk. nohtdhkatdw, ” itwdw 
awa sdsimdnah kd~lah~mitihtimiht. 
dkusi kapd-tipisk mltsisdw ; nohtdhkatdw ayisk. 
dkwah awa k-dtuskahdt sdsimdna dwaku dmis Itwdw : “ mahtih ta-mdyi~ 
klsikdw, dkd ta-Jawdt awa nistds, dkd kit-dtsimut ! ” itwdw. 
tdpwd dh-wdpaniyik, mdyi-kdsikdyiw. 
dkusih dmisih itwdw : “ mdMk ! ” itdw sdsimdnah. 
dw-utdkusiniyik, “ pihtukdk kahkiyaw I " itwdw ; “ kdy-itapiydk, 
dkus Isi tawapik ! ” itwdw. 
dkusi totamwak. kitdpamdw awa matsihkiwis. tdpwd plhtukdpayiyiwa 
sdsimdna, kuntah k-dydtamiyif awdsisah, dh-miywdyihtamiyit, dh-wiyinih- 
tdkdyit. dkusi kitdpamdw. 
“ d, ni^mitik, ka-iintsdtindwdw. usdm nindhtdhkatdn itdh k-dhtuh~ 
tdydn, dkd awiyak d-klh-minahut, dh-ndhtdhkatdhk, pikuh dh-mdtawdhk, 
dkus dy-isi-mltsisuhk,^ ” itwdw. 
“ hd, nistdsd, namuya ka-klh-mwdstdtitindn. usdm nam dwiyak kdhtd- 
dyiwiw dtah ; pisisik awdsisak, ” itwdw awa sdsimdnah k-dtuskahdt. 
pdyakwan dh-tdtahk. 
kltahtawd d-way audt Jdksdpd, “ mistahi mlsihtdwak dki kd-klh-wanihiht- 
sik awdsisak, ” itdyihtam, dh-wiyinut, “ nika-klwdn. nka-ntaw-dtsimun, ” 
dh-itdyihtahk. 
tklwdw. dkusi klwdpahtdw. 
t^kih udkiwdhk dh-ihtdt, “ hdw, mahtih nistds kd-klwdt, ‘ nka-ntaw- 
dtsimun, ' k-dtdyihtahk, ta-wani-kiskisiw ! namuya kit-dtsimdw ! ” itdyih- 
am awa sdsimdnah kd-klh-mitihtimiht. 
^ Unknown word; translation a guess. 
® That is, the two chiefs, in person or by proxy, would engage in contests of magic 
power, each setting as stakes an agreed number of Us followers, to be killed and eaten by 
the other side, in case of defeat. 
