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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
An old man who had a daughter Uved in a tent. A man arrived. He kept his daughter.^ She had- another child. It was a male. He killed him. The woman lived in the tent. She had another child.
lu'q^ah'sine* aa'k.la'tle's. qa'qaq!maV<rslatxo'une*. nao 'kite's aa'k.- It was cut ofT his arm. It remained hanging down. The other la't!e*s luq^ah'siue*. n'^lqanm<rt.l<r'sine ta'xas xatsm^I'aht.lat!ne'. arm he cut off. It was thrown away. Then both arms were off. nao*k!"sa'q!e;s lu'saqlqa'lne*. n'dqanm^t.h'sine. nao*k!"sa'q!e*s Onel^ was cut off. It was thrown away. The other leg luq^aVsiUe*. n'o'naxo'uue*. ta'xas na^n*oq"e'qa'lne*. ta'xas was cut off. The body fell down. Then it was cut to pieces. Then
no^qlnaneya'mne* qaox^at.lana'nme* aa'qa^naklalamu'klo.
people went away and put up the tents at Where-they-used-to-sow- Tobacco. ktsdmiy<rt kq !u'mne*"na*m. nulpalm'lne* na'wasxoneya'mne*. At night people were asleep. It was heard some one singing. qakeya'mne* mlke'ine* q!o'maIq!a'nk!o. ma ki'ip. slaxa'xe* People said: "It must be Lame Knee whoisdead." He arrived q!o'malq!a'n'k!o. n-ip^'lne* neis naso'uk"e'ns. n'asa*lt/t.se Lame Knee. He killed that chief. He married them. xa^tsm^ltsuk^a'te* . Both he took. . The Youth who Killed the Chiefs 10 Qan^t.la'ane* nul'a'qana naqa'lte* pa'lkCiS. wa'xe* t^'tqa't!. There lived in a an old man had a child a woman. He arrived a man. tent tsuk^a'te* swm^'se's. lahaqa'lte* n'/nse* t<r'tqa't!s. qlakpakitxo^une*. He took his daughter. She also had a it was a male. He killed him. chUd, qamt.la'ane* nci t^lna'mu. lahaqa'lte* n'^'nse* na.utena'nas. She lived in a tent that old woman. Again she had a it was a girl. chUd; I According to Bamaby, a Blackfoot tale.
- Evidently he had married the girl, and he was in the habit of preserving the lives of his daughters,
bat kflUng his sons.