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(30) Partridge and Quail 
Adam Sakewew 
adkdwdw. 
kltahtawdh d-niisdk dtdnaw aytsiyiniwak dh~tdikitsik, pdyak ukimdw 
utdnisa miyusiyiwa, pitsiwak kahkiyaw. pdyak piku mlkiwdhp tsimatdw, 
dh-nakatihi pdyak kisdyiniw, dkwah uimkimdkanah, notukdsiwah. dkwah 
nlsu iskwdsisah aydwdwak. matukahpihk wlkiwak oki kd-nakatihtsik. 
dh-wdpaniyik, papdmuhtdwak oki iskwdsisak, dh-utinahkik uskanah, dh- 
pakdhtdtsik. d-mdsahkinahkik matukahpihk, dh-mUsimdpohkdtsik, dkusi 
pikuh dy-isi-mltsisutsik. 
dkwah kltahtawdh ndpdsisak, dy-ispatindyik, ndtakdm uhtsi matdwisiw 
ndpdsis pdyak ; dkwah pdyak itdy dh-pahkisimuhk isi kutak mina dyaku 
ndpdsis, tsatsdkahkwdnah ^ dh-takunahkik, ispatindhk dy~ituhtdtsik, dh- 
dmatsiwd-tsikahkwdt kulak mina, kd-pimakutdyik tsikahkwdn. wdpahtam 
awa nistam kdh-dtsimak. mina kihtwdm tsikdhkivdw, kutak mina kd-pim- 
akutdyik. awa nistam k-dtsimak ndpdsis dmatsiwdw, utsikahkwdn d-ndtahk. 
“ iyahdh ! itah dtsik dwa dy-aydt I ‘ wlh-nitawi-vnwiw, ’ kiiikawih ! ” 
oma k~dtdt awa pahkisimuhk k-dhtuhtdt. 
“ had I namuya ! kiy dtuk oma d-unh-wlwiyan ! ” itdw awa ndtakdm 
k-dhtuhtdt. 
dkwah, “ kintawi-wnwih ! ” itdw. 
dkwah nlhtatsiwdwak, matukdhpihk dh-ituhtdtsik. pdyak namuya 
wdpiskisiw. ndtakdm k-dhtuhtdt wdpiskisiw ; kiydrndwisiw ; namuya 
mwdsih jnkiskwdw dyaku. dkwah awa kutak kiskwdw, dh-usdmitundt, dh- 
jnkiskivdskit. 
“ haw, dkutah anih tsimatwdtutdn ! ” itwdw awa k-dsdmitundt. 
ma-mdtawdwak dkutah. 
kltahtawd dk dwdsisak iskwdsisak kd-pdhtawdtsik ndpdsisah dh-tdt- 
wdwitamiyit. 
“ hdy, ndhtdh, kdhtsind d-kl-wdpinihtsik dtah awdsisak nlsu kd-tsimat- 
wdtutsik. kdhtsindh d-klh-wdpinihtsik dwakunik mina, kiydnaw mina kd- 
wdpinikawiyahk ! ” 
“ aha’ , ntawdsimisitik. dkutdh anih akdmiskutdw nahastdsuk. untsi- 
mdiawdmihkuk pdh-pdyak. dkusi namuya ka-plkiskdtdndwdw, untsi- 
mdtawdmdydkwdwi. ntawi-ntumihkuk, ” itdwak dk Iskwdsisak. 
mtun dh-utdkusiniyik, ituhtdwak dk Iskwdsisak. kd-plkiskwdskitsik 
dkutdwahk awa aw dmisimdw. aw dslmimdw namuya mwdsi jnkiskwdw. 
ndki mina ndpdsisak aw ostsdsimds kdw-usdmitdndsit. 
dkusi dw-utihtdtsik, “ nlkindhk kivn-pdy-iiuhtdndwdw ta-vintsi-ma- 
mdtawdmitdhk ! ” 
“ wdpam ndha ka-wrih-wlwiyan ! ” itwdw awa kaw-usdmitsdnisit ; 
“ yah, kipd-mwi / ntawi-nahdhkapi ! ” itdw usl7na. 
* The word tsikahkwan : "lance,” (plural -ah, or reduplicated tsatsakakkwdnah) is 
used also of small darts with which boys played a game: one thi'ew his dart so that it stuck 
upright in the ground, and the opponent tried to throw his so as to split the other. The 
same word in animate gender (plural -ak) is used of the girls’ and women’s gambling toy 
which consists (seen on Star Blanket Reserve) of four slabs of wood shaped like a knife- 
blade wdth surfaces slightly convex, and measuring perhaps 8 by 3 inches. On one side 
of two slabs are bear-tracks; on one side of the other two, weasel-tracks. The four slabs 
are grasped in one hand and tossed; the throw counts according to the combination of 
bear-tracks, weasel-tracks, and blanks that turn up. 
