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to sleep. She did not see where her husband slept. Early the next morning she saw her husband. He was walking about. The Frenchman thought: "I might go to my daughter to see whether he bit her." He started. He arrived. He knocked at the door; he opened; he entered. There was his daughter; Grizzly Bear had not bitten her. He went back. He came back. He said to his wife: "Go to the Grizzly Bear." The old woman started. She arrived at her daughter's tent. She knocked at the door. The Grizzly Bear opened it. He said to her: "Come in!" The old woman entered. Food was prepared for her. She ate. After she had eaten in the evening, she staid there over night. At night she wanted to see how the Grizzly Bear slept. The old woman went to sleep. She did not see where he slept. In the morning she saw him walking about.


qa.u′px̣ₐne· (Not she saw) kaₐs (how) naₐqałq!u′ʼmneᵢs (slept) nu·łaqₐna′ēs. (her husband.) kkanmi′yιt.s (Next day) wι′łna·ms (early) nʼu′px̣ₐne· (she saw) nu·łaqₐna′e·s (her husband) sła·tιqa′ₐtse·. (he walked about.) qałwi′yne· (He thought) neᵢ (that) nu·łʼa′qₐna (Frenchman:) hułts!ιna′mi·ł ("I might go to) ka′swin (my daughter) naₐqanqa.ι′t!x̣ₐnaps. (whether he did not bite her.") ts!ιna′x̣e·. (He started.) łax̣a′x̣e·. (He arrived.) t!ax̣o′ᵤne· (He knocked at) łaq!anx̣o·′nałs. (the door.) nuk!ᵘιn·kι′n·e·. (He opened.) tιnax̣a′mne·. (He entered.) sa‵osaqa′pse· (She staid there) swι′ne·s (his daughter;) pa·ł () qae′t!x̣ₐna·psι′sne· (he had not bitten her) k.ła′włas. (the Grizzly Bear.) ła·ts!ιna′x̣e·. (He started back.) ła·łax̣a′x̣e·. (He went back.) qakι′łne· (He said to) tιłnamu′ʼe·s (his wife:) ts!ιnamι′łe·nʼ ("Go to him) k.ła′wła. (the Grizzly Bear.") ts!ιna′x̣e· (She started) neᵢ (that) tιłna′mu. (old woman.) łax̣a′x̣e· (She arrived at) aₐʽkιt.ła.ι′ses (her tent) swι′ne·s. (her daughter's.) t!ax̣o′ᵤne· (She knocked at) ła·q!anx̣o·′na·łs. (the door.) nuk!ᵘιn·kι′n·e· (He opened) k.ła′wła. (the Grizzly Bear.) qakι′łne· (He said to her:) tkax̣a′menʼ. ("Come in!") tkax̣a′mne· (She entered) neᵢ (that) tιłna′mu. (old woman.) ιtkιι′sne· (It was prepared) ke′e·k. (food.) ι′kᵢne·. (She ate.) ku′łʼe·k (When she finished eating) wałkwa.iyι′t.se· (in the evening,) łaqa·′kiyiksι′łek. (she staid over night.) ktsιłmi′yιt.s (At night) qałwi′yne· (she wanted) ktsu′px̣a (to see) k.ła′włas (the Grizzly Bear) kaₐs (how) tsa·qałq!u′ʼmneʼs. (he would sleep.) q!uʼmne′ᵢne· (She slept) neᵢ (that) tιłna′mu. (old woman.) qa.u′px̣ₐne· (Not she saw) kaₐs (how) na·qałq!u′ʼmneʼs. (he slept.) kkanmi′yιt (In the morning) nʼu′px̣ₐne· (she saw him) słatιqa′ₐtse·. (walking about.)