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go." He was told by the old woman: "Don't go there." He arose. He went out. He went there. He entered. He sat down. He said to (the chief): "Arise." The chief got up from his bed. He became a buffalo bull. (The youth) took his arrow and struck him with it. He knocked him down. (The chiefs) wives at once became
buffalo cows. He knocked them down. He threw them outside. He said: "Come and take the meat."
22. The White Man
A white man went along. He saw (another) white man on the branch of a tree. He was chopping off the limb close to the trunk. The white man was told: "You will fall." The white man said: "I shall not fall." He said no more. This one started. (The other one) was chopping along. He chopped it off. He fell down.
na'mne*. qake'ine* nci n^tsta'hal hultslma'xe*. qak.la'pse* ncis goes in." He said that youth: "I'll go." He was told by that t^lna'mu's maats ts!/nan'. n'owo'kune*. n'anaxa'mne*. qaoxa'xe*. old woman: "Don't go there." He arose. He went out. He went there tmaxa'mne*. n'^sakuHu'n'e*. qak/Ine- oknoxa'men'. n'oknoxa'mne* He entered. He sat down. He said to "Arise." He got up from his. him: bed nci naso'uk"e*n. n'mqa'ptsek n/Isciks. tsuk^a'te* a'a*k!e's that chief. He became a bull. He took his arrow; qanlaltimu'n'e*. qiakpakitxo'une*. neiS alt^lnamu./se*s n'ok!"il'm- 5 he struck it with it. He knocked it down. Then his wives at once qapta'kse* lu'kpu's n'ok !"ilq lakpakitxo'une*. n'anaqanm/te*. became cows at once he knocked them down. He threw them outside. qake'ine' qo'kaw^syaxa'kcil aa*ku'la*k. He said: " Come and take the meat." . The White Man Qa'na'xe* soya'pe*. ii'u'pxane' soya'pcs aa^k^tslla'cns qaw^tsq!- He went along a white man. He saw a white man a tree standing on nu'se* aa*k^ts!k!a'laks. nVntaakitsj^o'uHe*. qak.la'pse* soya'pe's a branch. He chopped off the limb He was told the white man: close to the trunk. hmts!onaxu'n*e qake'ine* nCi soya'pe* at huqa^onaxu'n'e. la^qats- 10 " You will fall." He said the white " I (shaU) not fall." He said no man: xa'n-e*. na* tslma'xe*. qaankitsxc/uHe*. klaxo'uHe*. n'onaxu'n*e*. more. This one started. He chopped along.. He chopped it off. He fell down,85543°— Bull. 50—18———3