“ namuya. dydpits aniki upahtsdwiyak,^ itah kita-nlpawiyin, ” itdw 
ukusisah. 
“ haw, kiya nikdn nium kita~uMsdwatsik ! ” 
kiiuhtdw awa misiatdw-awdsis ; misahtsi-pdtsimdw kiyikaw muhtsihk 
uhtsi, dkwah awa mitsaskwatsus k-aydt dyaku misiw ltd itwahikdkdw klkaw 
muhtsihk, dkwah uwltsdwdkaniwdwa dh-akimdtsik, pdtih awa misdskwatsus 
k-dydt pdyak dyiwdkipayiyiwa upawdkanah. itdmihk k-dydtsik asJahk 
utsaplhkd^sak d-wdpiskisiyit, ayiwdkipayiyiwa pdyak dyakuni, dkwah 
mdsihitdwak wistdwa, aspin ispimihk d-ydhklmukih ohi itah ka-nlpawitsik. 
kltahtawd ndh dkwah pihtaiwdn mistahi wdpdpihkdpayiw. dkwah 
ndhah, “ dkwah dsah ni^m miydtawdt I " itdyihtam ; “ dta wiya pakahkam 
manitdwiw ; kahkiyaw kdkway klh-wlhtamawdw, ” itdyihtam, 
kdtahtawd, “ ndkd, niwi-sdkuhik, kimdstindn tm? ” 
“ namuya ninayaufin, ” itwdw awa k-otihkumit iskwdsis. 
“ maht dwaku pdtdh ! nka-tdhtsikdpaunn. ” 
“ namuya dkutowahk, nkusis ! ” itwdw, 
mistikwak dskusitsik, dkuyikuhk dh-pdy-dydtsik, kdw-utinahk upiway 
awa k-otihkumit, omatowihk wahtMhk^ dh-utinahk. pakamaham uma 
mistsikus, nama kdh-yahklmdw. 
dkwah ndha pwdstawdts wdpdpihkdpayiw, 
“ hdy, uskats d-pawdmiydn, utsaplhkd^s, misiwd klsikuhk askihk ta- 
papdmdpdkamowa kipdsdkandpdma ! ” itwdw. 
mdkuhdw dkwah. ha, papdmdmow dkwah, dh-nawaswdtiht. dkwah 
ndh Iskwdw pdhpdkahdkan aydw, dkwah dy-dpisdsiniyik ahkdmasinls. 
pakamaham.^ piyisk pdwdpisk tdpiskots dh-dti-misdyik, tdhtsikdpawiw. 
“ uskats dh-pawdmiydn, ndydwats ta-pimakutsihk, ta-sipwdhtahit awa 
kd-mdkuhdt nislma ! dkutowahk nikl-mhtamdku ! dkwah niwlkimdkan 
upakamdkan kit-dh-pasastdhwak awa kd-tdhtsikdpawiydn, ta-ki^kutsihk ! ” 
itwdw, 
pakamaham. 
“ itdh nimn umistsikumis k-dydyik, dkutd ituhiahin I ” itwdw. 
pimakutsin, mdkwdts namuya kwayask ihtiw ; utdsiydniw aw iskwdw, 
dw-utihtdt umna. 
“ hdy, utihkumiw-iskwdw ! mdstatdw kd-nayawihdt nisdmah nikitimdk- 
dyimimdh ! ” itwdw. 
dpihkundw utdsiydna ; pasastdhwdw ohi kdwiyah. 
mdstatdw-awdsis pahkisin, oki mina kdwiyak. 
“ hdy, nlstah, k-otahun ntdpatsihtsikanah. dydpits pdyakwaw kiudh- 
mdtawdn. dwakunih nikdwiy utihkumah dyakuni kik-dpatsihdw,‘^ dkwah 
ohi pdwdpisk. ati-miyuskamiki, mituni nipihki, dkutah kd-vflh~mdtawdyin. ” 
dkusi kiwdwak. takusinwak wlkiwdhk. 
“ hd, dkwah wdwls mistahi manitdwiw ! ” itdyihtam awa ndtukdwa 
kd-kih-nayomdt. 
^ Animate plural noun; meaning? The translation is surely wrong. Later in the story 
it seems that the things, whatever they are, consist of kdvriyak : “porcupine quills." 
* As piway is “body-hair" this word is probably “armpit" or “pubes." It is evidently 
a dependent noun, i.e. one which always has a possessive prefix. 
® He does not tell what it was she stood on and struck. 
* Out of construction; he should have said kik-dpat.sihinidwa, since the object is 
obviative. Similarly, though ohi : “these" is plural, only one of the objects, the iron, is 
mentioned, the thong omitted. 
