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hem̓is hem̓is
Morning Dove

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cqÌ“sipiÊ”  kÊ·enÌ“t  hi  nkÌ“Ê·eʔłxÊ·m  Å‚iyÌ“e  huÅ‚  hemÌ“is  hemÌ“is  hu  n  cÌŒcÌŒiyÌ“eÊ”s.

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A long time ago there they had one home these two people Mourning Dove and his maternal grandmother.

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Å‚iyÌ“e  nkÌ“Ê·a  xÊ·ist  hemÌ“is  hemÌ“is

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Here this one day he left did Mourning Dove

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qs  kÌ“Ê·Ê”is  čłpmi.

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he was going to go hunting.

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hi  č̓uw,  hi  č̓uw,  cÌŒmlkÌ“Ê·ma  hi  sč̓uw---

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he was gone, he was gone, the whole day he was gone---

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ho··y,  hu  heÅ‚  cÌŒicÌŒsÌŒ------  heÊ”cÌ“Ì“sÌŒcÌŒeÊ”!  č̓uw-lÌ“eÊ”xÊ·!  hecyaÊ•Ì“  ƛ̓mÌ“  Å‚uÊ”  hec  qÌ“iqÌ“eÊ”y--  hi  č̓uw-č̓uÊ”uw!

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Fi--nally he got home----- what happened! the land was bare! Everyone that had their teepees there--  they were all gone!

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tmÌ“a  putiÊ”  ttwÌ“it  hemÌ“is  hemÌ“is--  ho···y,  cÌŒtqpels,  č̓upelsm,  hu  sÌŒeyÌ“  scÌ“qÊ·aqÊ·--  "ha-yo,  t  hi  skÌ“Ê·uy!  ha-yo,  t  hi  skÌ“Ê·uy!"

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As you know as yet a little boy was Mourning Dove-- bo..y he became anxious, he got very lonesome, and so that's when he began to cry-- "o-oh-h, where's my mother! o-oh-h, where's my mother!"

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sewnÌ“eÊ”mntm  t  spilye,  nmeÊ”eneÊ”mntm  t  spilye,  cuntm---  "ƛ̓emi?!"

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he was heard by coyote, he got on coyote's nerves so coyote told him-- "That's enough!"

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kÊ·entm  t  spilye,  yoyoscut—

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he was grabbed by coyote, with all his might—

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hu  cÌŒcÌ“qÌ“mnÌ“ewÌ“sntm  n  heÊ”c  sÌŒitÌ“--

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and he flung Mourning Dove high into a tree—

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"lsÌŒeÊ”, m  kÊ·  nyaÊ•Ì“pmist--  m  pentcÌŒ  m  ha  qs  cÌŒcÌ“qÊ·aqÊ·Ê”um  ha  skÊ·uy!"

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"There, you shall stay forever-- you will always be heard crying this way for your mother!"

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sÌŒeyÌ“  hu  hoy

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That is all

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