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men come into being, they will overcome you all. As for me, 'Great White 
Loon,’ I shall be called. But not here shall I stay. I shall stay by the 
Great Water,” he said. 
This is the end of the sacred story. 
(15) Pine Root 
Mrs. Maggie Achenam 
kd-mJikaskusahk. 
kdiahtawa aylsiyiniwak ah-mihtsdiukamikisitsik, kihtimiw dkutah pdyak 
uskinlkiw, kdkikd dh-pimisihk. piyis tdn-tahtw askiy, piyis watapiyah 
misiwd dhpikiniyiwa, iyikuhk dh-kihtimit. 
kdiahtawd d-pa-pimisihk, kd~pd~kitdtiht. dh-itdpit, iskwdhtdmihk kd~ 
paspdpiyit uskinikiskwdwah ndwu. mistahi mdh-miyusiyiwa. 
" kltimusinaw, ” itik, “ klh-pa-pimisin watapdw-iyin^ ” itik. 
dkusi sipwdhtdyiwa. waniskdpahtdw ; paspaskipayihdw uwatapiyi- 
mah ; nawaswdw uskinikiskwdwah. kutakah mlnah pdy-aiimik uskinlki- 
wah ; dsa mlna kutakah ; ndwiwak ndpdwak, dh-pimitisahwdtsik wdtsimusi- 
wdwah. wdhyaw dkwah d-ihtdtsik, kdiahtawd nakiyiwah. 
“ nltimusd, watapiw-iyin, ni^m awa kiu^h-wihtamdtn idnisiy dsiylh- 
kdsut : ndm Iskuh k~dsdhtsdk pHwanuskwdw isiylhkdsdw. ” 
kwa sipwdhtdwak. mistahi misi-piwaniyiw. taswdkindw utakuhpah ; 
dkutah ^pdh pa-pimuhtdwak. umd k-osdhtsayik dh-utihtahkik, dstd-klsik~ 
dyiw. 
dsa mlnah pdhikwak. 
“ kutak dkwah nis%m, nltimusd, wataplw-iyin, mistahi kd-kisihk isiylh- 
kdsdw, ” itdw. 
dkusi minah sipwdhtdwak. mituni kisindyiw ; usitiwdwah mitunih 
wiy-dhkwatsiwak. dtataw takuhtdwak ; kdkdts kawatsiwak. 
dkusi dkwah sipwdhtdwak. kdiahtawd dkwah ndpdwak, tdpwdtdw 
iskwdwah. 
“ tsdskwah ! ” itdw ; “ awa ni^m ka-vnhtamdtin nlstah dsiylhkdsut : 
uskdtsihku-kimiwan ndm Iskuh k-dsdhtsdk. ” 
dkwah sipwdhtdwak. 
“ I, tdpwd miyuylhkdsdw kltimusinaw I ” 
kway dh-sipwdhtdyit, misi-kimiwaniyiw. dkwah sipwdhtdwak. dsa 
mlnah tdpwdtdw. 
" kutak ni^m dmis isiylhkdsdw : klsdpwdw ndm Iskdh k-dsdhtsdk. ” 
mituni klsupwdw ; dkwah dk Iskwdwak mustdpdkasdwak^ iskwdwak 
ispimihk isih. dh-utihtahkik usdhtsdw, pdni-kimiwan. 
hd dy ! ” iiwdwak ; “ tdpwd dyimaniyiw kltimusinaw u^mah dsiylh- 
kdsdyit ! ” 
“ dkwah niyah, ndm Iskdh k-dsdhtsdk k-dsd-mdhkituhtdw nitisiylh- 
kdsun. ” 
tdpwd mistahd asdhtdwak dki. 
“ k-dsd-mdhkituhtdw ! tdpwa miywdsiniyiw kltimusinaw uvnhdwin ! ” 
dkwah ndtukdsiw dh-asawdpamdw utawdsimisah. 
^ This feature certainly does not belong here; it spoils the climactic point of the next 
stroke. 
