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piyis kisiwdsiw mdniyds awa. kipahwdw wdtihk ndpdsisah. dkwah 
mdh-mdtdw ndpdsis. papdmitdtsimow pikw itdh wdtihkdnihk. nama kdk- 
way wdpahiam. kdtahiawd ydylhtitdw utsiht^s, kd-pusisipayiyit dhtsanisah, 
“ kdkway, kd-tipdyimiyan ? ” itik oh dhtsanisah.^ 
“ dh-ndhtd-wayawiydn. ” 
“ umis Itwd : ‘ nikntwdsik iskwdhidm, pdskihtdpayih ! ’ itwd, ndpdsis, ” 
itik. 
dkwah ndpdsis, “ nikuiwdsik iskwdhtd^n, pdskihtdpayih ! ” 
dkusi ydhtdpayiyiw. wayamw ndpdsis. wdsaskutdnikan pdyak aydw. 
dkw dhtsanisah tahkih dyakunih pnkiskwdtikdw? dkwah sipwdhtdw, dh- 
Jawdt. dkwah dh-takusihk wdkiwdhk, dtsimustawdw ukdwiyah. 
“ dkwah paid klkway^; nika-kd^hdn niwdsiskutdnikan, ” itdw. 
dkwah miyik ; kd^ham. 
“ kdkway nitawdyihta7nan, kd-tipdyimiyan ? ” itik juistdpdwah pdyak. 
sdkihik, wdsiskutdnikanihk dy-uhtsi-wayawiyit. 
“ niwaskdhikan t-d^htdyan dh-miywdsik mistahi, ” itdw. 
“ aha' , ” itik. 
dkwah dh-nipdtsik, dsay klsihtdyiwa, 7nistah d-miywdsiniyik. sdkihtam 
wdsiskutdnikan. 
“ pikd kdkway ndiawdyihtamani, ka-kd^hdn uma wdsaskutdnikan, 
dkwah ahtsdnis. pikw ltd nk-dydn ; itwdyanih dkutdh nik-dydn. nama 
kdkway ka-pwdtawihtdn, ” itik ndpdsis awa. 
kdtahtawd dh-ay-apitsik, awa matsi-mdniyds pihkwah utinam ; mist- 
sikuwatsisihk asiwatdw. kiskdyihta^n, dkut dh-masinahikdhk pihkuhk, 
ndpdsisah dh-pimdtisiyit, dh-aydyit animah kd-mantowaniyik wdsaskutdni- 
kan. dkwah wdsaskutdnikanah mdwcUsihidw dh-miywdsiniyikih ; dkwah 
dyakunih sipwdhtatdw, itah tdkusihkih, dh-mdydtahkih wdsaskutdnikanah 
d-vfih-atdwdt, miskuts dh-miywdsiniyik dh-mdkit. piyis utihtdw ndpdsisah. 
pdyakwapiw ndtukdsiw. 
kakwdtsimdw, “ namuya M kdkway kitaydn wdsaskutdnikan dh-mdyd- 
tahk f miskuts dh-miywdsik ka-miyitin. " 
dkwah, “ pdyak astdw dtah ; ka-miyitin, ” itdw ndtukdw. 
dkwah niiunam ; miskam ; miydw. miskuts miyik dh-miywdsiniyik. 
“ dyuko kd-nitau'dyihlaindn, ” itdw awa matsi-kimutisk. 
dkwah ndpdsis awa namuya dpiw ; kih-nakatam uwdsaskutdnikan kd- 
manitdwaniyik. dkwah takusin. kakwdtsimdw ukdwiyah, “ tdniwd animah 
niwdsiskutdnikan ? ” 
“ nikusis, itik, dh-miywdsik miskuts kklh-miyikawindnaw, dh- 
atdinikawiyahk dwakdw kiwdsaskutdnikan, ” itdw. 
kisiwdsiw ndpdsis. 
kildsindtsihin. dwakdw wdtihkdnihk kd-Idh-kwdstdwdpinit, kd-wayd- 
simisk, ” itdw ukdwiyah. 
dkwah sipwdhtdw ndpdsis. kdtahtawd dh-pa-pmuhtdt, dh-tipiskdyik, 
npdw. 
^ In part the ^enies which are attached to the ring and the lamj) are distinct from 
these objects, but in part the informant, more in accord with Cree views, does not dis- 
tinguish them. 
* Verb-form with inanimate actor, although ahtsanis : “ring,” is of animate gender; 
in fact, even an inanimate noun in such a connexion would ordinarily be used in animate 
gender. 
® Meaning “a rag” — temporary word-avoidance. 
