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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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