Ni-te na w'madcenin sawepelal witapyil; sankehomok'n-lo sak'm;
kekeskesil w't-apskapin; w'nimi‛ton wiski sepayiu eyowuk. Katama
w'lamsitasiu; lithasu: "katama k'm'taksiu." Et'l-ēwestakw: "katama-tetc
k'm'tekhamop'n." Kwākses w'tiyal: "mosa w'lamsetaseketc!"
Kεnok-lo kamatc w'pitcethatm'n. Pokumk lithaso wakesen el-melkim'k,
kεnok-lo kakes kaptenin naka wiskelams'n; samakwan han sawapinakwot.
Pukdcinskwes w'kisi‛ton mudc'kisgut. Nekek-el-te pemhemuk; meskw
piskiyawok w'm'tekh'm'nya.
"Nil noli nitap," item kwākses, "k'madc'han." W't'liyan pokumki
wikwami‛kok. P'tciyat katekenek, te‛po topkwan naka t'kēyu.
P'mau‛sowin'wuk matcesp'nik. Nit na nek'm w'madce-nosokwan; nekek-el-te
wedcwaukawaham; skauwastetnukwadcil wikwus'l w'p'mi-phal w'simis'l
nima‛kwsoweswul w'pakam'k. Nek'm nikamo el-apit yate-te-lo upkapu(?).
Pokumk eli-muskesit mipis-i‛kok, nimakw'sowes w'nimial. W'titm'n:
"wetckoyat n'hesis." Eli-kwulpesit, katama nimi‛to. Pokumk akwak-wetesin
epusik. Ni-te metcotelmosanya. Aptc nimakw'sowes w'ka-kalwan:
"tco-te-lo, nika, nimia n'hesis." Aptc nimakw'sowes kwulpesit;
w'keskowaman naka tutcel w'laswel-siktelmoltinya. Ni-te olnekwak
nipi‛kok nimakw'soweswul tahalo epus.
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Kuloskap w't-elkiman nimakw'soweswul-lī: "kwaskw wikwam'k; tan etutc
petcyeyin k't'li‛ton k'tci skwut, wulkweskwi skwut, naka k't'siya-kewan
Pukdcinskwes w'nidcan'l; na kutckauwiphowamin tan-te kisitutcyeyin."
Elkimat, ni-te elokelit. Kispetek skwut, w'k'tciyakan wasis'l;
sikte-yokw'san. Pukdcinskwes wis'kilwehe. Etutci matcephekwalat tahalo
mals'm k'topit matchekwalat ma‛takweswul.
Nimakw'sowes wiskapayo atciu-kakalwan: "n'hesse; n'siwes." Pukdcinskwes
na tcilkitakw'so: "k'tatc'wi-p'tciphotc m'ni‛kok eyit Pokumk
wetcitc-kisi-kikhosyin." Nit it'mulit, Pokumk w'tasi-kwetekwan;
w'nimian; nit na op'dci-seksin. Ni-te et'li-kiweyit-siktelmin; w'titm'n:
"te‛po npapwi-nosokwa, ip'dc'l n'musadcin Nima‛kwsowes."
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Kenok-lo Pokumk wewitham'l; w'tiyan: "k'tcitciol naka k'tcitci‛toln'l
hilelokyinil, kil Mutc'hant." Eli-pilwapyit w'petcyamko w't-ewekan
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