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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 - awas-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'kawit 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 unamrhan 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"kawp 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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