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dkus dw-utihtahkik miskwamihk, dkwah awa kd-manitdwii kutak ukimdw 
uskiniklma, dwakuni ndtd si-kwdskuhtiyiwa miskwamihk. potih nikikwah 
kd-kokiyit miskwamihk, dkwah ndtd tdwakdm dkutd kd~mdskipdyit. kdwih 
kdkiyiwa, dkwah diah itah kd-Wi-uhtsi-kdkiyit, dkutah wdli-pd-pasikoyit 
aylsiyiniwah. 
dkwah matsihkiwis uhtdwiya dsi-kwdskuhtiyit, pot dwa sdkwds kdJaw 
itah kd-klw-uhtsi-kokiyit nikikwah. itdh kd-klh-pdkupdyit, dkutd pdkupdw 
awa matsihkiwis uhtdwiya. dsay mlna kdw-uhtsi-kdkiyit, dkutah uhtsi pd~ 
pasikdyiwa uhtdwiya. 
sdkuwdw matsihkiwis, “ ndh~nam dwiyak ! dh-4iwdt. 
“ namuya ! kipaskdydkawindwdw, hunt Itah miskwamiyah klh-pik- 
wdskawdt kohtdwiy, ‘ ndh-nam dwiyak / * * ka-klh-itwdhtdnaw ! '' itdw ; 
“ mdka tdpi-pimutam,^ ” itdw. 
dkwah awa kutak misiwd tsah-tsdhkasinahikdsdw. kawipayihow, 
kuntah dh-ati-kdh-kwdtipipayihut dylni-kinusdw. namwdts pisuskawdw 
miskwamiyah. ndtdh tdwakdm mlna dkutd dh-wayavM, dkutdh uhtsi pa- 
pdtsdstamuhtdw awa aylsiyiniw kd-kinusdwit. 
dkwah awa k-dsosimdnisiw nikamdw, dh-pdkdskwdhikdt usdsimdnah. 
“ nikik misinihdw^ ! ” 
dh-itutdmut,^ kawipayihow : amisk. amiskdwiw. pdkamahwdtsi misk- 
wamiyah, anta misiwd kd-ma-matwdskupayiyik. 
pdh-pimituhtdw, d-nikamut, “ nikdn ntamiskdwin / ” dh-itwdt. 
kdklw. ndtd tdwakdm kltahtawd miskwamiy kuntah kd-tsimasut, misk- 
wamiy dh-wayamwdpiskawdt. 
kunt dkwah sdkuwdw matsihkiwis, dpispdskwatowi-pakamdkan ^ dh- 
tahkunahk. kdhtsindhowak dh-sdkotsihihtsik. hah, paskiydkdw k-dsdsi- 
mdnisiw. 
haw, dkwah dw-utdkusiniyik, kisiwdhtwdw matsihkiwis dhtdwiya. 
“ nkutwdsu-mitanaw kit-dhtasindniwiw wdpahkih. ' na-nd-nlsindn- 
iwiw, ’ itwdw, ” itdw. 
“ ‘ dha’ , ’ itwd, nimn, ” itwdw. 
dsay dkusi klksdpd, “ tdnisi dy-isi-mdtawdhk, nistdsd f ” itdw. 
“ pdyak wanaskdt^ dh-udh-pimutamihk. dyaku mdna sdskwdts nipaski- 
ydkawindn, ” itwdw matsihkiwis. 
klksdpd ituhtdwak. ha, tdpwd nisusdpu-mitanaw aylsiyiniwak aydwak 
dkutah. 
“ dkwah awa nikdn kd-pimutahk nlsutsihts kita-pataham ! ” itwdw awa 
k-osdsimdnisiw. 
potih tdpwd dkuyikuhk patahamiyiwa. 
dhtdwiyah dkwah pdmutamiyit, “ Mki nlsutsihts, api^s ayiwdkd^s ta~ 
pataham awa ! ” itdw uhtdwiya. 
tdpwd dsay matsihkiwis sdkuwdtdwak. dkwah awa kutak dsay mlna 
pimutam ; min dwaku kdkdts tdwaham. 
^ The term pimutam : “he shoots (it)” is used for taking one's turn in any kind of 
contest. 
® Unknown word; translation a guess. 
® Unknown word; translation a guess. 
* If correctly recorded, probably some kind of reduplication of piskto- : “lump,” as in 
piskwahisaw : “it is lumpy land.” 
® I do not know whether pdyak wanaskdt is one or two words, i.e. whether the inde- 
pendent word wanaskdt is found in Cree or not. 
