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��udi'da'man aha - a"' eskwa't'e nami 1 "- he says, "Aha-a-t Yet even they remember*

kawr'daha'mguk go'sa'snawak

��me

��our descendants."

��TRANSLATION

��Then he went home, and his grandmother rejoiced. "Now," said he, "I have fixed it so that never again will there be a winter too hard. I have finished working for our descend- ants. Now you and I will go away from here to the extreme end of our land (the earth). There we shall live forever; nevertheless we shall work for our descendants. I shall always hear them whenever they ask help of me. From now on I shall continue to work. I shall make arrow-points. Perhaps in future years a great war will come. Then they can use them, our descendants." Then Woodchuck, his grandmother, said, "Now I also shall make stores of baked crushed corn for our descend- ants' food when the great war takes place, to be their provisions."

Even now, to-day, whenever a story is told of him, Gluskp'be stops work, raises his head, and laughs heartily. He says, "Aha-a-t Even yet our descendants remember me." 1

��SECONDARY MYTHS CONCERNING GLUSKA'BE

14. GLUSKA'BE IS DEFEATED BY A BABY

Gluskp'be ga'matc ktci'se'npbe

Glusk^'be very great man

pse'li-gi'si'ha'du mazi-' wuse'ka-'wan many things he could do all he overcame

ktci - awa''s-a' ne"sana'g w zrlrdji-hi mazi-a"tc great beasts, dangerous ones, and all

ktcrmade'olinowa' 2 wuse"ka - 'wp be'dji- great conjurers 1 he overcame, even

kasala'm'san wuse"ka - 'wp an - i - "

the wind he overcame. "So !"

1 It was believed even until recently by some of the older people that Glusk^'be would some day return and restore the country to the Indians; the expulsion of

��udi'da'man ni-a nda"tama awe'n a'yr he said, "I not any one there is

tan se'ka''wit nap'hs'nam udr'lan but I conquer!" Then a woman said,

e"kwi - ni-'da a'yii a'wen se"kask' "Don't say that, there is one who will conquer* you."

Gluskp'be i-'dam awenaskwe'na se'ka-'wit Gluskp'be said, "Who is that who conquer me?"

udi'da'man p'h'nam nra'ga ni-'gwomnuk She said the woman, "Indeed in my own wigwam

a'yu se"kask' Gluskp'be i-'dak naga'di there is who will conquer you." Gluskp'be said,- "I want

na - 'mi'ha nap'he'nam udr'lan naga' to see him." Then the woman said, "Well, then,

a - 'lose nr'gwomnuk Gluskp'be r'dam come to my wigwam." Gluskp'be said,

p'ha nadjina - 'mi'ha nodlo"san

"Yes, to see him." Then he went

wr'gwomuk nama' be'djo'set una''mrhan to the wigwam. When there he came, he saw

awa's'izal' dalimrli'ha'dage nap'he'nam a baby there in his mischief. Then the woman

i-'dam owa'was-is nda'haba gase"ka''wp said, "That baby cannot you conquer."

Gluskp'be udabade'lmu nawawo's'is

Gluskp'be laughed. Then the baby

muskwe'ldaman tci'bago"kezin seska'demin got angry, gave a great scream cried,

a"tama gi'zi'djr'gana muskwe'ldak

not could hush him he was mad.

nodr'lan p'he'nam ehe" Gluskp'be Then said woman, "Ehe"! Gluskp'be

agwedji-'se^kawe Gluska'be mi-'na

try to conquer him." Glusk/be again

udabade'lmu nawa'wa's'is tci'bago"kezu laughed, then the baby made a scream.

naGluskp'be uga'digla'hama-'wul

Then Gluska'be tried to stop him

se'skade'mizi be-'zagwun e'l'kwesit

crying himself still he kept on.

the Europeans to be accomplished by one sweep of the hero's foot forcing them into the sea. 1 Made'olinu, professional conjurer.

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