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Na yû'Ans xâ'-idAga-i.

30.

NAñkî'lSLas gôñgâ'+ qîndjî'wayû hao hao qînxiê'ndalAñ.
NAñkî'lSLas's | father | a great one, | such a great one coming along.
Gua+ qîngê'dao î+dja'n sû qî'nlgalwañ.
Halloo! | great chief | is | he says | great one moving about.
Gua'+ qwîga (gî) gî'na gagîtlûgîn û'hao hao îs
halloo! | sky to | something | stretched up (like a rope) | he is there, | it is he
    qînxiê'ndAl-Añgua'.
    great one moving along.
Qîñgê'do î+dja'n sû qîlgAlwAñ gua'.
Great chief | is | he says | great moving about, | halloo!

He says it is NAñkî'lSLas's great father moving along so greatly.
Halloo, great chief moving about!
Halloo! he moves along greatly like something extending to the sky.
Halloo great chief moving about! 2


Footnotes

22:2 NAñkî'lSLas's father would be an Eagle, and the mother pretends that he is reborn in her child.


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