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hdWj awa hohhuminaw uhtsihkamahk. mituni t-dydpisdsinwa. 
tmawdiamuk dhi utakisiyah, ” itwdw, 
dkwah wiydpaniyik, sdskwdts ispitsiwak kahkiyaw sisund sdkahikanihk. 
dkwah, “ nislm, kika-sdkuhtwdn tsdf” itdw. 
“ namuya. mdskdts usdm ayiwdk at-dyimaniyiwa, ” itdw awa mat- 
sihkiwis. 
mistahih dyimdyihtam. 
dkwah awa nlkdn pimutam matsihkiwis uhtdwiya. kd-vntsi-pakdsiyit 
kd-misikititsik sihkihpak dkutdwiw, pikw Itah dh-pikwdskdwdt miskwami- 
yah ; dkwah awa matsihkiwis uhtdwiya itdwahk k-dyotdtsikdtihtsik^ dkiUd- 
wahk. dkwah kdwi itah wdh-pdkupdyitsi, dkviah uhtsi-koklw awa mat- 
sihkiwis uhtdwiya. 
“ hd, tdpwd paskiyawdwak ! ” itwdyiwa. 
ayis tdpi-pimutam. dkwah awa k-dsdsimdnisiw vntsi-pakdsah dsay 
min dyaku nikamow, “ nitamiskowin niya ! ” dh-itwdyit. 
mitunih misikitiw amisk. pdkamahahahki, usuy uhtsi misiwd ma- 
matwdskupayiyiw. dkusih asawdis itdh uhtsi koklw, kunta mdna miskwam- 
iyah kd-sdhkwdpiyit,^ itdh piydkupdyitsi kdtahtawd mitun dtah sisund 
piydkupdyit. 
dmis Itdw ustdsah min dhi amiskwah : “ iyikuhk takusiniydni, kika- 
mdtahpinatdwdwak, dkd ayiwdk klh-tdtamdni. iyikuhk takusiniydni ; 
misawdts nika-kiskdyihtdn, awiyak nlkdn kd-pakamahwdt awiya. dkusi 
namuya kwayask kit-dspayiw, ” itwdw. 
nikamdw : “ niyah niwdpamdkdwin^ ! ” itwdw, miskwamlhk dh- 
pakitM. 
papdmuhtdw miskwamlhk, kuntah dh-pd-pimituhtdt, piyisk k-dtih- 
sdpupdyit miskwamiyah. tsdhkatahwdtsih miskwamiyah, kuntah misiwd 
kd-ma-matwdskupayiyit. dhkami-kituw mdkwa. piyisk waskitisik nipiw- 
iyiw, dh-dhkami-kitut. plsk ydtinipaydstaniyiw. dkuyikuhk sdkuwdw 
matsihkiwis. 
“ namuya wiyawdw nipiy uslhtdwak ! wiya ni^m nipiy u^htdw ! mdka, 
‘ iyikuhk takuhtdydni, ’ d-fah-itwdt ni^m ! nlsu niuri-kakdkindwak, d-udh- 
mdwakik, dh-wiyinutsik. ayis niya ninm nklh-utindw, ” itwdw. 
kdklw awa mdkwa, akdmihk ndtd kdh-niatwd-kitut mdkwa, dkutd mina. 
piyis md-mahkdskdw dma sdkahikan. piyis nama kdkway miskwamiy. 
kltahtawd pd-kdklw dtah kisiwdk. 
piydkupdt, “ haw, dstamitik / kahkiyaw dkdya awiyak nipahihk ! 
dstamiiik ! ” itdw ; “ dkwah dhi utsakisdsah tahtuh dh-pdpayihtdtsik, 
uhpimdh kit-dti-nlpawiwak. tahtuh dkd dh-pdpayihtdtsik mlna dwakunik 
uhpimd ta-nlpawiwak, ” itwdw. 
dkwah dtiht pdpayihtdwak. 
“ d, kiylsdhkamikisit,^ tahtuh kd-pdpayihtdydk, mistikwah kik-dmlt- 
siwindwdw, dtiht maskusiyah. ‘ ntaw-uyasuwdh ! ’ d-kiy-itikawiydn. kiya, 
nistdsd, aylsiyiniwak nihtdwikitwdwi, uhpikiiwdwi, ‘ pahkwatsow ,^ ' kik- 
^ The allusion is plainly to the hell-diver duck; the difficulty is that the present 
passage seems to imply a difference between the “diver-duck” (sihkihp) and “the one that 
IS made merry over. 
^Unknown word; perhaps error of record. 
* One expects niwdpimakdxDin ; if the text is correct, it contains an archaic or pseudo- 
archaic medial stem -amakw- : “loon.” 
* Probably red hk for the final t ; 1 have so translated. 
® Allusions to the lynx may be introduced on my account. 
