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" dhy ttsdm kindtukdwin, nohko” itdw. 
“ hay ! dkwdydk am aytsiyiniw pdkwdsit ! kahkiyaw aniki kd-pdw~ 
utihtatsik, nndpdmak aniki, dkd kd~tdpwdhtaman ta-vfikimiyan ! ” 
“ hd, nohko, usdm kindtukdwin ! ” 
dkusi aii-pasikdw, dkus dh-iidt. kwdskwdpayihdw awa ndtukdsiw, 
dtah dh-itindt, dkwah uskdtah d-wdwakipayihtdt, dtah dkwah dh-dkwaskitmdt. 
dkwah ndtukdsiw wdw-utihtinikdw. dh-dta-pahkwatindt, nama kaskihdw, 
usdm d-maskawisiyit dhkuma. papdmdwatdw, mlna awa ndtukdsiw nipiy 
dh-wdpinahk, dh-sikitdi. ndpdwisiw aw uskimkiw. dkwah kunta papd- 
muhtdw, ituhtdw kisdyiniwa mkiyihk, itah dh~kdh-pawdmit aw uskinlkiw. 
mituni kisdyiniwiw. dy-ati-takuhtdt, kd-pd-wayawiyit. 
“ dyahd ! tdnisih k-dh-pdtdwatdmikawiyin, ndtukdsiw f ” itik. 
“ ndh, d-pakwdsit awa, ‘ ndtsihkawm, ' dh-atiy-iiak, dh-pakwdsit, 
‘ ntsawdts nka-naydmik, ’ k-dh~itdyimak. ndki kikusdkak, dwakunik d- 
mdh-miyusitsik, nam dwiyak npakwdtik. dkdya ndnitaio isin. nikisi- 
wdyik awa, dh-pakwdsit. ” 
“ hdy a dy, wdskinlkiyan ! dtah sdkahikaniwiw. dkutd maht Ituhtd. 
dkutdh anih aydwak msu ndsisimindnak, d-kitimdkdyimdt awa kd-naydmat. 
niy dni wiya nikustdw nivdikimdkan, ” itwdyiwa, 
sipwdhtdwaidw. tdpwdh utihtam sdkahikan, kuntah kd-pdh-pdhpiyit 
uskinlkiskwdwa nlsu. 
“ hdy, tdnisih mdka mlna k-dh-awdsislhkdsuyin, kd-pd-naydmikaw- 
iyin f ” 
“ hah, dkdya ndntaw itwdk, ndsisimitik ! d-pakwdsit awa, d-kisiwdhit, 
‘ ntsawdts nika-papd-naydmik, ’ k-dtdyimak. ” 
itah ndpdtsih, tdpiskdyiki, kdydpits naydmdw ; kikdwatdsin, dkusi 
nama ndntaw itwdwak dk dskinikiskwdwak. 
“ ntsawdts mahtih npawdindwinihk nk-dtuhtahdw , ” itdyihtam. 
dkivah papdy-itdwatdw. 
tdkuhtdtsi upawdkanah, “ dhdhdy, ndsisd, nikustdw ! ” itdw. 
nama ndntaw klh-tdtdrndwa ta-pahkwatinimiht. dkusi piyis kahkiyaw 
upawdmdwinihk nama kdkway. dkwah aydw. 
“ pikw dkwah ta-nipahit, ta-nipahdhkatusuydn, ” itdyihtam. 
kdiahtawd ay-dtataw takusin itah dtuhtdtsi. piyisk utisindkwaniyiw 
itah kdh-nipdtsi, d-na-naydmdt ndiukdwa. kltahtawd wdpahtam sipisis, 
div-utdkusiniyik, amiskwa d-klh-kipahamiyit. dkutah ituhtdw. ndtd akd- 
mihk wdpahtam ahkdpaskwah} dh-aydyikih ; dspls mistikwah dh-uydsk- 
waniyikih aydyiwa. 
“ hd, dkutd akdmihk nka-ntawi-pimisinin. kiydm dkutd nka-nipin, ” 
itdyihtam. 
pdtih dtataw pltsitisin.^ 
“ ntsawdts nka-pimitdtsimun. dhtsiiaw orna nivnh-nipahik awa ndtuk- 
dsiw, ” itdyihtam. 
kltahtawd ati-sipwdhtdw. nahisin siswid kipahikanihk. dsay tipiskd- 
yiw. ati-pimitdtsimdw. kdkdts dh-kapdt, ndhtdsin. 
“ ah, wdpahkih nik-dtihtdn, ” itdyihtam. 
^ A water-weed, not identified. I do not understand this passage. 
® If the record is right, the word is analysable as initial stem jntsit- : “draw toward 
one”; connective -i- ; animate final -sin : “come down, lie’'; one would expect ts for the 
t. Meaning? 
