Maidu texts / by Roland B. Dixon.

Roland Burrage Dixon

Date:: 1912

Credit: Maidu texts / by Roland B. Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$one he gave one sort, to another he gave another. “Ye shall all have different names,” he said. Finally he finished giving, he distributed all. 1 hen after a while, continuing on his way, he came hither, kept travelling; and after arriving in the middle of the world, he made other people. “Ye shall be mortal men like this,” he said; and, having made two, he left them. \e here, growing steadily, when so many winters shall have passed, very many winters, many days, ye shall be fully grown,” he said. “Then ye shall be mortal men, ye shall be born full-grown. This country shall have a bei^bo sot^i moh again one he kaahTano tsaiyf you are different meiTostsoia. ko doina mei^ye, “Opek^anim mai^dli mi country to giving, “Every man you yako'peni mama'pem.” Adorn' kan one having a one who shall be.” So and name he gave them all. Aweten'kan tsai'men ono'doidom opin'tsoia. Oye'web- _ _ Thereupon and by and by going on he came. Kept 5 Sisim oye'webisim ka'do es'todi okit'weten kan sikes'tsoia g^ing ^ kept^going world middle in having arrived and he fixed it. mm won om mai'dum amon'i unim' mamaan'kano ” This mortal men then this _ you shail be,” atsoia. kene yawet'en uti'tsoia. “UniiV kaan'kano re s.mcb ^ Two having created, he left them. “This you are 1 webisim hesan'ben kum'menimmaat wosip'tset tetet' pin eep growtng how many ^ winters indeed being passed very many kum menim pim ekim wosip'tset kaan'kano di'bosmapem ” enters many days being passed you are one who shall fully “Adon' kaan'kano won'om mai'dum^ mapem' _ men will be pukmapem, atsoi'am. “UniiV ko'donkan one who^^shall be he said. .<Thi, mama'pem,” atsoi'am. “Unim' yaman'in kin' one that shall be,” he said. «This mountain behind lo atsoi^am. he said. dfbospem one who shall fully grow yako'pem one having a name$

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