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dmiskohosiwaydnisah} ; “ dwahw dwa^ ndsisd, ndutipiskwah kik-dydn, dkd 
misi-wandtsihiskih, nohtdhkwasiyini, ‘ nimusd, pita nika-pimisinin ! ’ kik- 
dtdw. ‘ aha’ , ’ itiskih, aiva kdskikanihk kik-dhaw. ‘ haw, nimusom kdtusit- 
sih, kilns ! nimh-mpan. wih-wdpahkih, kuskunihkan I ’ kik-dtdw awa. 
dkwah awa, ” itik, “ itdmihk kika-saniskamdsun, ” itik, dh-miyikut utdsiydn- 
iyiwa dhkumah ; “ dkusi piku ka-kl-sdkdtsihdw, totamanih, ana kisdyiniw. 
dkwah Mkih ihtdyanih, mistik kik-dt-otindn, namuya dh-misdk mistik, dma 
kiy-dti-pimuhtdyin.^ nlswdw nipdyini dsay kika-wdpahtdn nipiy. nam- 
wdts kika-wdpahtdn idntd dh-kisipdkamdk, ” itik ; “ dkusi pdn-dpihtd- 
kisikdki, dkuyikuhk kisiwdk kik-dtihtdn anima sdkahikan. ia-tahtakwahtsdw. 
kika-wdpahtdn apins dh-ispatsindsik. dkutah kik-dtuhtdn ; dkutah ka- 
nahapin. kl-nahapiyini, dkutah tslki sdkahikanihk ka-wdpamdw ta-pd- 
sdkdwdt aylsiyiniw dh-ynisikitii. tdpiskots iskwdio tit-dsihdw. namuya ka- 
wdpahtdn usitah. pd-takuhtdtsi, ‘ hd, ndsisd, klwdh ! kd-pd-ndtat kika- 
klwdhtahdw, ’ kik-dtik. dkuyikuhk ta-pd-sdkdwdw d-wdpiskisit misatim 
dh-miyusit. ‘ haw, dyakw dwa kimiyitin. klwdh / ’ kik-dtik. dkaya idp- 
wdhtawdhkan. dmis ltdhkan : ‘ namuya dyakuh kd-ntawdyimak, ’ kik- 
dtdw. dkusi, ‘ yah, tapwdh dkwah, ndsisd ! ’ kik-dtik. itdh k-dhtuhtdt kik- 
dsi-klwdhtahik. ‘ pd-ndtah aspapiwin, uhtsitaw ta-klwd-tdhtapiyin, ’ kik- 
dtik, takuhtdydkuh wikihk ; ‘ ndsisd, ntaw-dtnah ! jnhtukd ! dh-mlkisiwik 
aspapiwin, ’ kik-dtik. utinamani, sakdtsimiski, ta-pd-ituhtdw anih ana 
misatim. ‘ utin ; wiydhpis, ’ kik-dtik. uydhpitatsih, ‘ tdhtapi / ’ kik-dtik ; 
‘ klwdh ! ’ kik-dtik. sdkdtsimiskih, tdhtapiyini, nnh-dtah-sipwdhtdyini, 
iydyaw sdkahikanihk kik-dsi-sipwdhtahik ana ynisatim. nama ka-klh- 
sdkuhdw. piyisk ta-pahkupdw. dkuyikuhk kd-pd-pdkupdt kulak misatim ; 
dyakw dna ka-misi-wandtsihisk, ” itik ; “ dkd tdpwdhtawdhkan, ” itik ; 
ndyutipiskwah dkutah kik-dydn. klspin idpwdhtawiyini dma k-diitdn, 
dkus dna ta-sdkdtsihat, klspin ndutipiskwah dkutah aydyani. mdka anima 
k-dspatsindsik nahapiyini, pdtsdstamuhtdtsih, dk dninia tdpwdhtawatsi dma 
k-dtitdn, ka-klhklhkimik. ‘ nyd, plhtukd ! ’ kik-dtik. ‘ kiya nlkdn jnh- 
iukd ! ’ kik-dtdw. ispih sdkdtsimatsih, wlh-plhtukdtsih, ati-plhtukdisih, dm 
dhtsi ynistsikus kik-dhpdskwahamwdn uskutdkay. ka-wdpahtdn usitah. 
tdpiskdts misatim usitah k-dsi-wdpahtarnwdn. ‘ wdy I tdnis dwa nimusdm 
dy-isindkwaniyikih usitah ! ’ kik-dtdw. ‘ tdnisi dsindkwahkih, ndsisd f 
dh-tm-wdpahtaman ? ’ kik-dtik. ‘ dha’ / tdpiskdts yyiisatimuskasiyah dsindk- 
wahkih kisitah, ’ kik-dtdw. ndsisd, mdydkwdm kakwd-wdpahtam usitah. 
klspin wdpahtamatsi, dkus dni ka-sdkdtsihdiv. mdka dkd wdpahtamani, 
kika-sdkdtsihik, ” itik ; “ mdka wdpahtamani usitah, dkus dni ka-sdkdtsi- 
hdw. dkwah dyaku ndwutipiskwah klh-aydyanih, dkusi tahtu-klsikdw pdyak 
misaiimwah kika-miyik. ‘ klwd / ’ kik-dtik. namuya ka-tdpwdhtawdw . 
dta wiy dni dhtsitaw sdkdtsihatsih, kika-miyik dwakuni misatimwah. klh- 
ndu-tipiskdkih, dkutah aydyini, ‘ hd, nimusd, kitdm ana ndpdstim dydkw 
dna kd-pd-ndtak, ’ kik-dtdw. ‘ dha’ , ’ kik-dtik. iskwdhtdmihk kit-dstdw dh- 
mdydtahk aspapiwin ; dkwah plsdkandpiy ka-mdydtan kit-dh-dniskdpitdk. 
dyakunih kika-ntutamawdw. ‘ dhi kutakah d-mdh-miywdsikih aspapiwinah, 
plsdkandpiy ah, dwakuni, ’ kik-dtik. dkdya tdpwdhtawdhkan. dkutah anim 
dhtsi ta-sdkdtsihisk, dta ndutipiskwah paspiyini, ” itik ; “ min dyuku 
' Later in the stoiy we have the transparent form amisk-ohosiuuydnis pointing to a 
w'ord *amisk-6how : “leaver-owl,” but I dare not correct the present form, because vowel- 
change in the initial syllable is archaic in Central Algonquian in several noun-formations. 
^ The kiy- is probably an error of record. 
