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along. He cut off his arm. It remained hanging down. He cut off the other arm. It was thrown away. Then both arms were off. One leg was cut off. It was thrown away. The other leg was cut off. The body fell down. Then it was cut to pieces. Then the people went away and put up the tents at Where-they-used-to-sow-Tobacco. At night the people were asleep. Some one was heard singing. The people said: "It sounds like Lame Knee, who is dead." Lame Knee arrived. He killed the chief. He married his two wives. He took both of them.

21. The Youth who Killed the Chiefs[1]

An old man who had a daughter lived in a tent. A man arrived. He kept his daughter.[2] She had another child. It was a male. He killed him. The woman lived in the tent. She had another child.


łu·qᵘałι′sᵢne· (It was cut off) aₐʽk.ła′t!e·s. (his arm.) qa·qaq!ma‵wιsłatx̣o′ᵤne·. (It remained hanging down.) nao′k!ᵘe·s (The other) aₐʽk.ła′t!e·s (arm) łuqᵘałι′sᵢne·. (he cut off.) ιłqanmιt.łι′sᵢne·. (It was thrown away.) ta′x̣as (Then) x̣atsιnιł·ałιt.ła·′t!ne·. (both arms were off.) nao·k!ᵘsa′q!e·s (One leg) łu·saq!qa′łne·. (was cut off.) ιłqanmιt.łι′sᵢne. (It was thrown away.) nao·k!ᵘsa′q!e·s (The other leg) łuqᵘałι′sᵢne·. (was cut off.) nʼo·nax̣o′ᵤne·. (The body fell down.) ta′x̣as (Then) na‵n·oqᵘe·qa′łne·. (it was cut to pieces.) ta′x̣as (Then) no‵q!naneya′mne· (people went away) qaox̣ᵘat.łana′mne· (and put up the tents at) aₐʽqa‵nak!ałamu′k!o. (Where-they-used-to-sow-Tobacco.) ktsιłmi·′yιt (At night) kq!uʼmne·′ʼna·m. (people were asleep.) nułpałnιłne· (It was heard) na·wasx̣oneya′mne·. (some one singing.) qakeya′mne· (People said:) nιłke′ᵢne· ("It must be) q!o·małq!a′n·k!o. (Lame Knee) ma ki′ip. (who is dead.) sł·ax̣a′x̣e· (He arrived) q!o·małq!a′n·k!o. (Lame Knee.) nʼipι′łne· (He killed) neᵢs (that) naso′ᵤkᵘe·ns. (chief.) nʼasa·łtι′t.se·. (He married them.) x̣a‵tsιnιłtsukᵘa′te·. (Both he took.)

21. The Youth who Killed the Chiefs

Qanιt.ła′ₐne· (There lived in a tent) nułʼa′qₐna (an old man) naqa′łte· (had a child) pa′łkeᵢs. (a woman.) wa′x̣e· (He arrived) tι′tqa·t!. (a man.) tsukᵘa′te· (He took) swιnι′se·s. (his daughter.) łahaqa′łte· (She also had a child,) nʼi′nse· (it was) tι′tqa·t!s. (a male.) q!akpakitx̣o′ᵤne·. (He killed him.) qanιt.ła.′ₐne· (She lived in a tent) neᵢ (that) tιłna′mu· (old woman.) łahaqa′łte· (Again she had a child;) ι′nse· (it was) na.utena′nas. (a girl.)


  1. According to Barnaby, a Blackfoot tale.
  2. Evidently he had married the girl, and he was in the habit of preserving the lives of his daughters, but killing his sons.