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1. Sayewi talli wemiguma wokgetaki, 2. Hackung kwelik owanaku wak yutali Kitanitowit-essop. 3. Sayewis hallemiwis nolemiwi elemamik Kitanitowit-es-sop. 4. Sohalawak kwelik hakik owak[259] awasagamak. 5. Sohalawak gishuk nipahum alankwak. 6. Wemi-sohalawak yulik yuchaan. 7. Wich-owagan kshakan moshakwat[260] kwelik kshipe-helep. 8. Opeleken mani-menak delsin-epit.
1. At first, in that place, at all times, above the earth, 2. On the earth, [was] an extended fog, and there the great Manito was. 3. At first, forever, lost in space, everywhere, the great Manito was. 4. He made the extended land and the sky. 5. He made the sun, the moon, the stars. 6. He made them all to move evenly. 7. Then the wind blew violently, and it cleared, and the water flowed off far and strong. 8. And groups of islands grew newly, and there remained
9. Lappinup Kitanitowit manito manitoak. 10. Owiniwak angelatawiwak chichankwak wemiwak. 11. Wtenk manito jinwis lennowak mukom. 12. Milap netami gaho owini gaho. 13. Namesik milap,tulpewik milap, awesik milap, cholensak milap. 14. Makimani shak sohalawak makowini nakowak amangamek.
9. Anew spoke the great Manito, a manito to manitos, 10. To beings, mortals, souls and all, 11. And ever after he was a manito to men, and their grandfather. 12. He gave the first mother, the mother of beings. 13. He gave the fish, he gave the turtles, he gave the beasts, he gave the birds. 14. But an evil Manito made evil beings only, monsters,
15. Sohalawak uchewak, sohala-wak pungusak. 16. Nitisak wemi owini w delsinewuap. 17. Kiwis, wunand wishimanitoak essopak 18. Nijini netami lennowak, ni goha netami okwewi nan tinewak. 19. Gattamin netami mitzi nijini nantine. 20. Wemi wingi-namenep, wemi ksin-elendamep, wemi wullatemanuwi. 21. Shukand eli-kimi mekenikink wakon powako init'ako.
15. He made the flies, he made the gnats. 16. All beings were then friendly. 17. Truly the manitos were active and kindly 18. To those very first men, and to those first mothers; fetched them wives, 19. And fetched them food, when first they desired it. 20. All had cheerful knowledge, all had leisure, all thought in gladness. 21. But very secretly an evil being, a mighty magician, came on earth,
22. Mattalogas pallalogas maktaton owagan payat-chik yutali. 23. Maktapan payat, wihillan payat, mboagan payat. 24. Won wemi wiwunch kamik atak kitahikan netamaki epit.
22. And with him brought badness, quarreling, unhappiness, 23. Brought bad weather, brought sickness, brought death. 24. All this took place of old on the earth, beyond the great tide-water, at the first.
