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tdpwd dh-klsisahk oma mayaw utakisiy, tdpwd dyltaw uhtsih mitsiminam- 
wak, dh-nntstsik. dkwah kdkdts dh-kitdtsik, maskamdw. 
“ haw, oma 7mlsih, piydsiw ! ” itwdw dsah, 
“ oh, kdkway itah kd-kitimdkdyimikuyin ? ” itik dsah dhi ndpdwa ; 
“ kakwdyahow ! ” itik dsah ; “ ati~pasikdw / ” itik dsah. 
iah kisiwdk ustikwdn uhpimd dh-astdyik, utinamiyiwa itdh isi k-dsi- 
kdsitdskandyit ; nayahtahik. kawiskosow. 
“ kakwdydhuh ! ” itik ; “ pasikdh / ” itik : “ m dni dtah dh-manitdw- 
akdyimuyin, itah wiya at-dtimitdni, kika-nipahitin ; kik-dti-patakwdkimat- 
itin.^ ” 
tdpwd ati-sipwdhidw awa ndpdsis. tsiki wdkiwdhk dh-at-dydt, dsay 
kisiwdk kd-pdtsdstamuhtdyit, dh-atimikut. dkus Isi sd-sdkwdkimdtik. 
dkwah dsah nipahik ; dskanah kd-klhtsiidskamdk. dkwah mistahi iniywdy- 
ihtam awa uskimkiskwdw, ndhtaw dh-pd-nipahnniht. 
dkwah dsay mlna dki ndtukdsiwak kd-klh-pimdtisihdtsik mlna itwdwak, 
“ pdyakwdw ia-kakwd-pimdtsihdtsik ! ” 
tdpwd awa kd-misikitit notukdw dpakumi-ndtukdw dwatdw dwaku. 
tdpwd dsay mlna pimdtsihdwak. dsa mdna wdh-pimdtsihdtwdwi, matutisi- 
wak. 
dkwah dsay mlna klkisdpd, “ ntaw-asam kdhkuminawak, ” itwdw dsah 
awa ndpdw. 
tdpwd dh-ituhtdt awa uskimkiskwdw, klh-pimdtisiyiwa dhi ndpdsisah. 
“ dsay dtsik dki mlna klhtwdm I nikih-miywdyihtamwah dh-nipah- 
imiht ! ” itwdw dsah. 
“ kiydm dkus dna pdyakwdw mlna nika-untsdwdw, ” itwdw awa ndpdw. 
tdpwdh pdnihdw awa uskinlkiskwdw. dkwah wawiylw awa ndpdsis. 
mdt^wak. pd-vnsdmik dhi ndpdwah. dsay mlna sipwdhtdwak ; dsay mlna 
mdtahdwak wawdskdsiwah. 
“ awa tsl f ” dh-dtiy-itdt, “ namuya / usdm api^sisiw, ” itik. 
mitunih ndspits d-mdh-mdhkiskamiyit, dwakunih pdmitisahivdyit, 
“ iidp kika-pdy-dtimin, ” itik. 
tdpwd mwdstas dkutd dh-takuhtdt, dsay kdkdts klsi~wiyanihdyiwa. 
dsay mlna, “ hdw, awdsis, oma nawatsl ; mlMhkahk dma utakisih, ” 
itik dsa. 
tdpwd, “ dyltaw uhtsih mlna kika-mltsindnaw, ” itdw dsa. 
tdpwd, “ 7ilswdw dkwah dkusi kititwdn, ” itik dsa. 
“ ayisk niya nikitimdkisin, ” itwdw dsah awa ndpdsis. 
“ dha\ ” itwdw dsa awa ndpdw. 
dkwah tdpwd, “ itdh niya k-dsi-7nisdk, dkutd isi niya 7iik-dsi-mlisin, ” 
itwdw awa 7idpdsis. 
piyisk mlna sdkotsimdw. dkwah tdpwd dyltaw uhtsi mitsiminamwak 
dh-mltsitsik. api^s dy~iskwahtahkik, ispimihk isiwdpinam awa ndpdsis. 
“ haw, oma mltsih, ” itwdw dsah, “ piydsiw ! ” itwdw dsah. 
dkwah dsay mlna uhpimd astdyiw oma ustikwdn, dsay mlna dwakuh 
k-6tinamiyit, d-nayahtahikut. dsay mlna pasikotisahuk, “ kakwayahuh ! ” 
dh-itikut. dkwah ati-sipwdhidw. mitunih papdsimik. 
“ klspin itah atimiidni, kik-dti-mdtakuskdtn ntasdmak uhtsi ! ” itik 
dsah. 
^ The medial stem is -dkimd- : “snowshoe” (verbal), cf. Ojibwa dgim, Menomini 
&kim (animate): “snowshoe.” The word used in Cree is asdm (animate): “snowshoe.” 
I did not catch the word when dictated, but succeeded in making informant repeat it. 
As a result it is not used in the recurrence of the incident, below. 
