yuli´l Gluska·ba´l` “nda´ba nindli·´bəgwa tawu`n[50] this Gluskabe, “Can not I cause anything to be created

ni·nawa´ ke´gwi·ba gizi·uli·´tawu`n” ni·udi·´łan yet something perhaps I can make?” Then he said,

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“a´ida ngizi·hα̨ba´ kə´səlαmsα`n.” ni·debelda´k udi·´łαn. “Well! I can make him perhaps the wind.” Then “The Owner” said,

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“nega´ wuli·hya´ tanegədli·´bəgwatu`n si·biwi·´ ta´ni·gədotsani·`n.” “Then make it what you can do even according to your power.”

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negeła´ ni·uli·ha´n gəsəlαmsαnu´l` madje´lαmsα´n Then surely then he made him the wind. The wind rose

ni·gwi·kwaskwaiwi·´ aləmi·gəslαmsα´n ni·askwa´ eləmi·gəslamsα´k then sufficiently the wind coming up and then so hard it blew

ni·abazi·a´k aləmi·α̨bə´djəgelke` elαmso´genα̨`. ni·debe´ldak then the trees torn out by the roots blew over. Then “The Owner”

udi·´łαn Gluskα̨ba´l` “teba´t` gizi·nami·tu´n elsani·a´n said to Gluskabe “Enough! I have seen how powerful you are

tet·a´tci· eli·bəgwatəwα̨´n.” ni·dəbe´ldak udi·damə´n “nega´ni·a and now what you can do.” Then “The Owner” said, “Now, I

α̨zi·daiwi·´ noli·ha´n kəzəlαmsα´n” negeła´ ni·mα´djegəslαmsα`n in return I will make him the wind.” Then surely the wind rose

α̨zi·daiwi·´ ni·edudlαmsα´k alni·gelnα´ kwi·hi·di·`t` ni·ga in return then it blew so (?) then

ni·edudlαmsα´k ni·wədu´kskα̨dəbelαmsoge`n wa it blew so then it blew his hair all tangled up on his head that

Gluskα̨bε´ ni·gadawi·´ e´nawiptα`ŋk`ᵂ wədəpkwana´l` nimzi·wi·´ Gluskabe then he wanted to smoothe it down his head of hair then all

me´tlαmsα`n ni·nda´tαmα wədəpkwana´l` nimsi·´wi· me´tlαmsα`n it blew off, then not his head of hair all it blew off

ni·t·a´tci· ume´tα̨begəzi´n notlo´kα̨ga`n. and now ends my story.

[47] The “Owner” of the Universe, synonymous with God.

[48] A common concept among the Indians; freely “by wishing a thing into existence.”

[49] Or si·bi·wi·´ nəbə´s·a`l` “also lakes.”

THE TURTLE INSULTS THE CHIEF OF THE BIRDS; GLUSKABE HELPS HIM TO ESCAPE; MOUNTAINS ARE CREATED; AND AGAIN TURTLE ESCAPES BY GETTING HIS CAPTORS TO THROW HIM INTO THE WATER, BUT IS FINALLY KILLED

Negawa´ida pemi·zo·bek`ᵂke´t Gluskα̨be´ ni·uni·´łαn So well then as he wandered by the ocean Gluskabe then he killed

podeba´l` ni·ugizi·nłα´n podeba´l` ni·unα̨dji·´ wa´wαndokewα`n a whale; then when he had killed the whale then he went to inform