Maidu texts / by Roland B. Dixon.

  • Roland Burrage Dixon
Date:
1912
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Credit: Maidu texts / by Roland B. Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    know nothinir.” So Robin-Man went off. A.s lie went, he said, “I shall be a person who travels only in this way,” and he flew away. Earth-Maker spoke: “You had better lie down here on your face.” — “All rio*ht!” said Coyote, and, kneeling down, he lay on his face. Then Earth-Maker stretched the world with his foot. Stretching it once, he extended it towards the east, extended it on that side; then to the south, then to the west, he stretched it; then to the northwest and to the north he stretched it. Having ex- tended it only a little ways, he said, “All right!” 5 atsoi'a. “Nl lies!' maHmakitmenkas,” atsoi'a. AweEen he said. “I what 1 do not know,” he said. Thereupon tsiwis^polotkom-maiMlim dkoktsoia. Mokl^ ono^yekb, “Nl mantle-sticking-on-man (?) went away. His departure, “I kokas^ ayaMompikno ono^pem maiklum mamYpem.” AtseC I have this way only one who goes man one who will be.” Meanwhile kaiMoidom kaiToitsoia. flying up he flew away. KoMoyapem we^yetsoia. “Hen^te unEnak wusutTinup,” Earth-Maker spoke. lie on belly,’ atsoi^a. Amdnh he said. Then wusubkinutsoia. he lay on belly. tehodiopkoitsoia stretched out gradually with feet. “Won’t you here to- please ward “Heu!” atsoi^a. AweEen yokosTitdom “All right!” he said. Thereupon lying at length KoMo tehop^tsoia tehodiopkoidom soEibe World he stretched stretched out gradually once with feet with feet ekMadoikodi ikuiE tehodiopkoitsoia. where dawn rises on that he stretched out grad- side ually with feet. AweEen komoMi aweEen pokoTikotsonokodi tehoTopkoi- Thereupon south at thereupon sun’s setting-place at he stretched out gradually lo tsoia. AweEen koMomtsandi tehodiopkoitsoia. AweEen with feet. Thereupon world other side he stretched gradually Thereupon at (northwest) out with feet. koMombeleYdi tehd'hopkoitsoia. HadaTieni heden teas- world side at (north) he stretched out grad- bar not close by having ually with feet. waitoweten, “Su!” atsoi'a. stretched with “Enough!” he said.
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