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��left home. On account of it the young girl grieved, because Long-Hair was dead. Here ends the story.
5. FROTH-OF-WATER (BI-"TES)
[The Virgin Birth; Abandonment of the Mother; The Child becomes a Prodigy, and Kills the Invulnerable White-Bear by a Shot in the Heel, and Frees the People.]
wo.wi-'git atlo"kagan na'kskwe
Here camps story. Young girl
be'ki-'nakskwe l wi-git'tka"samo medjr'mi pure girl ' was fond of swimming, always
kla'hama'wan neba'udodji wi-git'tka"samin advised her against so much fond of swimming
wi-ga'wus-al sala"kitc alambegwr'no'sis 2 her mother (said), "Some time Under- Water-Nymph 2
gama'dji'be'djip'hak'* a"tama djiksada'mu will put you in trouble," Not she obeyed,
pe'sagw-un eli-\vrgit'tka"s3rnit' sala"ki just the same so fond of swimming. At last
peba'mi-tka"samit' unafaga'zogun
once moving around swimming, as she waded ashore,
ni-we'lkwes-et una-'mi-han bo'kade'za' in front of where she was going she saw bubbles
moski-'lpdjik ski-'dabegwe amal'hi-na'wa coming up on the surface of water. She was*
surprised,
nodjani-'gaba'win e'skwatelaba'mat sala"- then she stopped and looked. While looking, sud=
kife ma'djebi-'ta'ilak e'skwelaba'mat denly began gradually turning while looking
udli-na'wa ma'n-aba awa's-is na'ste ultimately it appeared resembling baby,
be'dji-no'lam'san manife skaula'm'soge then came a breeze. Then it blew towards her
bi'"te nozek'pa'ulagun noga'di- madje'- the froth. Then she got frightened. Then she*
p'howan gi-za'skwe nda"tegane wza'mr wanted to get away from it, already could not, too
1 A virgin.
1 A supernatural creature believed to live beneath the water.
��me'tsi- ki-s bi-"tes amo/te"ka7/gun much late already froth came into contact with her.
na'ste da'li-wa'nrle bi-"tes unat-aga'- Then it disappeared froth. She waded*
zogan noma'djin wi'gwomwak a'skamat' ashore, then she went home. Thereafter
a"tami-'na tka"sami- anelmi-'dabi-'lak not again swam. As time went on,
sala"kife madje'gan wa-'de nodi-'bgun all at once began to grow her belly. Then said
wi-ga'wus-al tanmi-'na kdli'dabi-'lan
her mother, "What more trouble has happened to= you?"
i-'dak na'kskwe nda'fegek' w ndli'dabi-'iau Said the girl, "Nothing ails me,
ke'gwuseb3gwa' wi-ga'wus-al' udi-'Jagun what for (why)?" Her mother said to her,
ga'madjga k3mal'hi-'nag w zi- ke'geme"si- "Very you look surprising why
madje'gak' ka'de e'lwe't se'n^be ki-'zi- grows your belly, it seems man already
be"sut'kpk' w i-'dak na'kskwe ni-'ga has been near you." Said the girl, "Mother,
e'sma ni-a' se'nabe nabe"
never me man came
sut'ka'go udi-'Jagun wi-ga'wus-al' ka'di near me." She said her mother, "You are trying to
naba"kadawi- kenu'gtc a'da ki-'zi-ka'bzi-yu deceive me, but also not you can hide yourself,
debane'tde kwe'wHa mala'm'te sala"ki- here soon you will be found out." Then at last
ki'na'p'skazu ne'mi-ho'go't ami-"tak' w sal' very large she looked. When he saw her, her father
udi-'bgun ga'matc kama'dji- p'he'namwi- he said, "Very you are bad woman,
a'nsaba r"kaska'mone gwa'sk' w taho'bba I have a notion if I did not hold in myself to strike* you dead.
nani'"kwup' yu't-etc wi-'gi-an n9gwi - "tci- Now here you will live alone,
ta'nt'e eli'bedji-'ian ni'"kwup' yu't'e whatever (fate) may come to you. Now here
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