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��amadje'gi-- Then she*

��ubi-'di-gan tci-'k'tek ala'gwi- wada"k he entered in the quiet direction there was

moni'mkwes-u ma'nife wi'se'lmu

Woodchuck. Then she cried

anspi-' da'ldon'ke i-'dak ali-'ge nkwe'nas while there talking. She said, "Poor grandson,

ga'matc ni-'una nza'k-ahadi-'bana

very much we we suffer

mazi-' ni-'una awa"k - anak all we slaves."

dama'wan Bi-"tezal' weda'uzHit

began to relate to Froth her life-history.

i-'dak nadja"tc gra kawi-'dji-

She said, "And then you you with

awa"kanwi- anode'k' w pazin anobe'nag w zin slave sort." Then she stopped grieving she bustled* around.

udla'jjkwelan uda'dji'han Bi'"tesal

She prepared food, she made him over with good* food, Froth.

nomi-'tsi Bi-"tes neda'li-'pit a'lnabe Then he ate Froth; while there eating, a man

bi'di-gi-'gada'hit i-'dak rushed in quickly. He said,

kpi-'wus p'ma'p'tuwHan kaba'po'ldi'ben in the bush is tracked going by we will have* sport,

a'gwa no'so'ka'wona i-'dak moni'mkwes-u it is said, they pursued him." Said Woodchuck,

ki-'nag w ba pla"gi-zr"po se'nabe ma'nit'e "At least ought to wait till he is done eating the* man." Then

Bi-"tes i-'dak an-i-" debne't-e ngi-za'dji- Froth said, "So! soon I shall be ready,

��awa s-is ivyu A little beast here

��nawi'gam'holagun I am fond of

��ni - a"tc ga'matc

I too very

pa"pwagan na't'e gi'zi'"pit uwi'"kwunan sport." Then when he finished eating he took

uda"tabi - al udr'lan moni'mkwes'wal'

his bow. He told Woodchuck,

mo'za'k nsa'hi'katc no"kami - nono'delan "Don't worry about me, Grandmother." Then* he went on

��Bi-"tes yu'geda'k se'nabak se'ka'ldi'djik Froth. Here (outside) men were standing

eda'lska-wazo'ldi'djik udi'-Jan Bi'"tesal' there waiting for him. They said to Froth,

yu't-e kpi-'wus abma'p'tuwi-'lan awa's-is "Here in the thicket fresh tracks going by,*

little animal

nauza'man'e nage'hel'a ama'djaba'zi-no let us chase him." Surely they all went forth.

ma-la'm'te pema'p'tuwi-'lat ela'bit

Then his tracking looking

Bi'"tes ki'nala'gitdi'e'na 1 wada"k

Froth, ki-nala'gitdi-e'na * there

pema'p'tuwi -> tat ma'n'aba wi'gwom

his tracks going like a wigwam

wa'djr kedji'p'tazi-gaza'ne wudjki - 'k as though greatly pulled out from the ground

e'sp<xmp'tak' w e - e" 2 ma'nit'e kwagwo'male such big tracks e~e - l 2 Right away he began to run

Bi - "tes uno"so'ka < wan awa - 's - i'zal e - e - Froth, chasing the little animal, /

na - 'lau agwagwo'male yu'gaskwa'ln^bak Then how he ran. These people

mazr' bad9ge'k'hodjo'lduwak udji'gi' 1 - all hung back. They let him*

ta'wawat Bi-"tesal' uni'"-

go ahead Froth he went ahead*

kanHalin e'bagwa'tc awi-'kwi'dahamawal of them on account of it they were laughing at* him in their minds

wa'skwe Bi-"tes e'lmi-lat ma-'lam this Froth as he was going along. Then

udad3mi'"ka'wal awas'i'zal' ela'bit

he overtook him little beast looking (he saw)

gi-'nalagitdre'na wada"k se"ket

gi-'nalagildi-e'na there standing

amptawa"kwe spo"se w5 - bi'awe"s-us half way up the trees in height White-Bear

ktaha'n-dwi' wamp'sk' w gi'i' nabma'dje'wan 3 magic White-Bear gi-vl then he shot at him '

1 An expression of extreme surprise.

2 Rhetorical, like ki~i\

3 An objurgative form, see footnote I, p. 220.

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