Maidu texts / by Roland B. Dixon.

  • Roland Burrage Dixon
Date:
1912
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Licence: In copyright

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

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    name. Althoug'h living in a small country, in one that is not large, it shall be sufficient for you. This I leave ^ and growing continually, so many winters passing, very many winters passing, many days passing, ye shall be fully grown. And then ye, being fully grown, shall be born,” he said. “Then your food will grow, — different sorts of food, all kinds of food; and ye, being born with sufficient intelligence, will survive,” he said. Then he pushed them down under a gopher-hill. He spoke again. “Ye, too, shall possess a small country. ‘Come, now! leave this country!’ (this ye must not say to others, wishing to take their land.) Ye shall be people “So “ Anim^ “That (far away) you mom when •/ biis wet wem tikmaan kano,” atsoi^a. “Unim^ so^wonowonos having staid enough you shall be,” he said. “This when I have left (a)mam di webisim dkwebisim hesan^beh kum^menim that keep growing keep growing how many winters wosip'dom tetet pin kumffiienim wosip'dom teteC pim passing very many winters passing very many ekim' wosip'dom di^bosmaan'kano,” atsoka. “AdoiV kaan'- days passing you shall wholly be grown,” he said. 5 kano diTospem puk'mapem,” atsokam. are one fully grown one who shall be he said. born,” min ki pekom^ tsai^tsainom pekom^ homoTokitmenim peko^ your food different sorts food any kind food dl makan. Amon i kaan kano wem^tiki hiikes^pem puk^dom It shall grow. Then you are enough one that is being born intelligent hon wenuma'pem,” atsoi'am. Awet'en kadut'kitsoia. one who shall survive,” he said. Thereupon he pushed them under the ground. Aweten kan bei bo we yetsoia. “Ml be^i^bo bei^bo nuk^ti ^^Thereupon and again he spoke, “You also also little lo ko'dokopem mania'ankano,” atsokam. “‘Heu! UniiV country having you shall be,” he said. “‘Well! This ko doinan tsai'nap!’ Adorn' bata'sipdom tsai'ifi koyo'na country from to another (go)!’ So driving through another valley to
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