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dmisi kik-dtik : ‘ mahtih sikitdn, amna wdhyaw kd-pahkihtiniyik\” itik 
dsah ; “ dkusi kik-dtik.” 
dh-klsi-kakdskhniht awa uskinlkiskwdw, wayamw, dh-uiinahk kit-si- 
nwidt. sipwdhtdw dsah. dkwah kltahtawd, mayaw dh-at-dspi-klsikdyiky kd- 
wdpahiahk. at dsah wdhyaw dh-immdhtdt, dsah wdpamik ohih mats-dylsiyini- 
wahf kd-kapd-klsik kd-tdh-tdhtsi-kwdskuhtiyit, uhtsitaw dsah mituni mihtsdt 
d-kdkwdtakihdt awah uskinikiskwdwah. 
kd-pd-nakiskdkut, dmisi dsah itik : “ mahtih sikitdn, awlna wdhyaw 
kd-pahkihtiniyik, nlstsds / ” 
itdhkdmik dsah. mwdhtsi d-m-sikit, kd-manipitamiyit dma ustdsah 
kd-klh-u^htdyit. 
“ ‘ nlstsds, ’ nitayltdw ; pdhkahtdwdhtik dtsik dwa ! ” 
dkus Isi klmdts utinani mistik, misdskwaius ; saskawuhtdw. dh-atih- 
klwdh-sakiniskdnikut, pihiukahik. pdtih dsah misiwd kd-wdpamdt uskinl- 
kiskwdwa pikw ltdwihk dh-nd-ndtwdskikdsuyit. 
dmisi itwdwak dkih uskinlkiskwdwak : “ ?n dnih kiydnaw mlna dkusi 
dh-klh-isi-miyusiyahk, awa uskinlkiskwdw k-dsi-miyusit ! ” itwdwak dki 
kd-md-mdskisitsi k . 
haw, dstdyit dsah tdhtapiwin, kiylhisdkusiyit mistikwa dtah dh-tsim- 
asuyit, utinam dmah kd-klh-manahut dmah mistik. 
“ ta-mh-plwdpiskdww ! ” itwdw dsah ; “ pd-kwdskuhtitsi, kita-udh- 
kisisin I ” itwdw dsah. 
idpwd awa dh-kwdskuhiit, kisisin awa mats-dyisiyiniw kd-ndh-nipahdt 
dhih uskinlkiskwdioah. dkusi nipahdw awa plhkahtdwdhtik ; nipahdw dhih 
mats-dylsiyiniwah. 
iiuhtdw ustdsah aspin itdh kd-kiw-uhtaskatdt. 
hawdna klh-wdpamdw, dh-mdtuyit, wiyah dh-ynawihkdtikut, dh-at-is- 
Itwdtsik, “ kimninaw ukih-kitarndkuh wnhtikdwa ! ” dh-itwdyit, mdkwdts 
ustdsah kd-pdhtawdt. 
“ dkuyikuhk pdni-mdtuk, nisidsitik ! nitakuhtdn ! ” itwdw dsah. 
mistahi miywdyihtamuk dki uskinlkiwak. mitdtaht iskwdwah kakdk- 
indw dh-pimdtsihdt, dw-utinamuwdt dhih iskwdwah. dkwah mistahi miy- 
wdyihtamuk dki ndpdwak, dh-udwitsik. 
kltahtawd nandiuhk plsk,^ “ namuya tdpwdh niya aylsiyiniw, ” itwdw 
dsah awa uskinlkiskwdw ; “ nnatawdyiniik dkwah ndhtdwiy. ntawdls dkwah 
niwlh-wawdskdsiwin. dkuyikuhk kahkiyaw kimiyu-tdtdtindwdw, uskinl- 
kiskwdwak dh-miyitakuk. ” 
Once upon a time, long ago, a Windigo carried on his work of exterm- 
ination. Ten youths took flight. That Windigo, with a face on either side 
of his head, no matter how many tents there were, always killed off all 
the people. 
Then those youths, who were ten, said, “Let us flee! We alone shall 
not be killed,” they said. 
So they made ready; far off on a mountain they went to build their 
tipi. Then, after a time, they went back; they fetched their little brother. 
They had their tent off there alone. Then, at one time, as they continued 
1 These two words have no place here. Perhaps the informant was going to say 
nandiuhk pisiskiwah : “various animals." 
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