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19. The Man and the Wasps

An old man went along. He defecated. Wasps stung his anus. He put his hand in. He soiled his hand. He shook his hand. There was a stone. He hurt his hand. He put his hand into his mouth. He tasted his excrement.

20. Lame Knee

There was a town. The chief said they would break camp in order to plant. ^ They broke camp. The chief's wives went to draw water. There were the friends of Lame B[nee. His friends said : You ought to steal the chief's wife. Lame Knee started. He went there limping. The chief's wife came back carrying water. He seized her. She said to him: Let me go; the chief wants to drink." Lame KJaee said: I will not let you go." The woman said: "Let me go;


19. The Man and the Wasps

Qa'na'xe* nu'la'qana. qaoxal'u'xte'k. n'itklona'pse* yu*'wat!s He went along an old man. He defecated. They stung him wasps aa'k!alaxe'kp!es. qa^naqlale'ine* matsle'ine*. nCjS qaqana'ane' aa'ke'es his anus. He put his hand in, he soiled his han d. ' That he did his hand (he shook) sw^tsnu'kse*. t!aqtseyxo'unie*k. naqtuq!waq!alene. n'u^ktuk^e'ise* where was a stone. He hurt his hand. Heputhishand intohismouth. It smelled his hand of aa*q!u-'le's. his excrement.

20. Lame Knee

5 Qa'k.luna'mne*. qake^ne* naso'uk"e'n tsu^qnaneya'mne'ts ts!^t- There was a town. He said the chief they would break camp to sow mo'k!ohie*. ta'xas n'lun^tsk.luna'mne*. xunyaxaklo'use* t<rlna-

  • n the ground. Then they broke camp. They went and dipped the

water mu"e*s naso'uk"e'n. qahaqa'aiie' alswi^'timo q!o'malq!a'n*k!o. wives of the chief. There were friends Lame Knee. qak.la'pse* alswu'e's xma*'nhaw^tsnutEm/hie' t^lnanmu"e's They said his friends: "You ought to steal the wife of naso'uk"e*n. ts Ima'xe* q !o*maIq !a'n'k!o. qaox^aq !ank !o'„te'k. the chief." He started Lame Knee. He went there limping.

laapskalko'lse* t^lnamu./se's naso'uk"e*ns. tsmk/n'e*. qak.la'pse* 

She came back carry- his wife the chief's. He took hold of She said to him: ing water her. p<rsk/n'u ma kts!e'iko*l naso'uk"e*n. qake^ne* q!o*malq!a'n'k!o "Let me go, he wants to drink the chief." He said Lame Knee: hutslaqa^p<rskm^'sine qak.la'pse* ncis pa^'lkcis p^sk^'n'u tu'xwa "I will not let you go." She said that woman: " Let me go, almost

The planting of tobacco is meant.
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