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skÊ·kÊ·Ê”ec  spÌ“qÌ“nÌ“iÊ”
      night  sun

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cqÌ“sipiÊ”  hu  hec  qÌ“iqÌ“eÊ”y , cÌŒxÊ·exÊ·Ê”it , hi  yÌ“e  n  hec  awstm , snč̌̓elÌ“xÊ·tinÌ“ .

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a long time ago here there is a camp , there were many of them , here where it is called , the west end , where the sun goes down .

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kÊ·enÌ“t  t  suxÊ·nč̓elÌ“xÊ·tiÊ”n  hu  hec  cÌŒsÌŒtÌ“steÊ”s  Å‚uÊ”  skÊ·kÊ·Ê”ec  spÌ“qÌ“nÌ“iÊ”

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so then it was these people who were guarding the night moon .

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Å‚i  yÌ“e  huÅ‚  kÌ“Ê·iƛ̓t  sqelixÊ· , hu  heÊ”c  x̣ʷuÊ”pmiÊ•ys  yÌ“e  skÊ·kÊ·Ê”ec  spÌ“qÌ“nÌ“iÊ”,

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here these other people , they were wishing for it this night moon ,

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nteÊ”  qs  naÊ”qÌ“Ê·ms  m  kÊ·enÌ“t  qÅ‚  cÌŒcÌ“qÌ“mnaÊ”sqÌ“tms

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they thought they would steal it and would then throw it up into the sky .

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nÌ“e  qeʔł  pÌ“eÊ”xÊ·mi , tmÌ“a  hi  č̓eyleÊ”xÊ·;

 

so it will again become bright , you know it is a dark land ;

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qs  weÊ”kÊ·isti  m  qs  naÊ”qÌ“Ê·ms

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they're going to hide so they could steal

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kÊ·enÌ“t  hec  miymiyscuÊ”t  Å‚i  yÌ“e  Å‚uÊ”  hepÅ‚  spÌ“qÌ“nÌ“iÊ” , nÌ“e  qs  cÌŒtqeÊ”ms  yÌ“e  Å‚u  suxÊ· - nÌ“anÌ“a qÌ“Ê·Ê”um  m  qs  puÊ”lstms

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but then they aware of this , those who had the sun , they would give chase , chase these robbers and will kill them .

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yÌ“e  č̓sel  staʔʕan  Å‚uÊ”  nteʔʔ  Å‚uÊ”  qs  suxÊ·naÊ”qÌ“Ê·m , tmÌ“a  huÅ‚  ayÌ“Ê”ayÌ“puÅ‚,  ta swet  qs  kÊ·nnuÊ”nm . ho·y , lsÌŒeÊ”  hu  axÌ£iÊ”lm -- hecyaÊ•Ì“  swet  huÊ”  ntu·nÌ“iÊ”cÌŒntmÌ“ ,  Å‚u  huÅ‚  ayÌ“Ê”ayÌ“puÅ‚ !

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These two antelope who thought they should be the robbers , becasue they are so fast , no one would be able to catch them. So... that is how they decided everyone around could not over take them , they were so fast !

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Å‚uÊ”  huÅ‚  stÊ•an  heÅ‚  iaÊ”ap...hu  yÌ“e  n  qÌ“eyÌ“muÊ”tyeÊ”s  hu  čłaÊ”qiÊ•s  Å‚i  yÌ“e  skÊ·kÊ·Ê”ec- spÌ“qÌ“nÌ“iÊ”  hu  npiÊ”lsÌŒ ,  x̣ʷa  qs  elÌ“iʔłni ,  x̣ʷa  qs  esÌŒcÌŒeÊ”ni...

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So when the antelopes arrived home...and here on their teepee they did lean it against this here night moon and they went in , maybe they were going to eat , who knows what they were going to do...

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ih ,  exÊ·  pÌ“n  spilye  sewne ,  hu

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oh , boy , who but coyote hears this , and

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sÌŒey  s  kÌ“Ê·Ê”is  xÊ·tÌ“ip··· wÌ“icÌŒis  hec  čłaÊ”qi...n  yÌ“e  skÊ·kÊ·Ê”ec  spÌ“qÌ“nÌ“i  hu  kÊ·enÌ“t

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that's when he went running . . . he saw it it is le...aning this night moon and then

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kÊ·eys , sÌŒeyÌ“  s  xÊ·tÌ“pusis

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he took it , proceeded to run away with it

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sewneÊ”mntm  t  huÅ‚  stÊ•an ,  kÊ·enÌ“t  sÌŒeyÌ“  s  cÌŒtqeÊ”ms  spilye , hec  taÊ”x̣ʷlus  č̓  ntx̣ʷetkÊ· .

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they heard him did these antelope , so then they began to chase coyote , who is headed toward the river .

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pu · · t  qs  kÊ·nnuÊ”nm

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ju . . st as they were going to grab him ,

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spilye  yoyoscut  hu  kÊ·upis

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coyote gave a mighty heave and pushed forward

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yÌ“e  skÊ·kÊ·Ê”ec  spÌ“qÌ“nÌ“iÊ” [ tmÌ“a  hec  qiccms - - ]

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this night moon [ you know he is rolling it - -]

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hu  kÊ·enÌ“t  ƛ̓axÌ£t  x̣ʷollqÌ“Ê·  hu ntÌ“iypetkÊ·

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and then fast it rolled and fell with a splash

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ye  n  ntx̣ʷetkÊ· ,  pÊ”isÌŒeÊ”  hec  awstm  nqqÊ”eteÊ”kÊ· .

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here into the river , at that time it is called the narrow little river.

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kÊ·enÌ“t  putiÊ”  s  lsÌŒeÊ”  hu  yÌ“etÅ‚x̣ʷa.

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so then yet it is there even unto this day.

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sÌŒeyÌ“  hu  hoy.

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that is all.

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