LENÂPÉ.


I.


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.