Maria Bittner's text studies: Online Update for Mohawk
Mohawk (Northern Iroquoian: New York, Quebec).
Tenseless, polysynthetic, incorporating, head-marking, head-initial, 'free' order.

Myth.
"The Bear and the Fox". Iroquoian myth, recorded in Mithun & Woodbury (eds) 1980:77–95.

I. Fox finds food and shares it with Bear [4/24/05 ou].
II. Fox makes a proposal [4/24/05 ou].
III. Bear accepts and gets fooled [ou].
IV. They meet again and agree to have a fair fight [ou].
V. Bear enlists Pig [ou]..
VI. Fox enlists Dog and Cat [ou].
VII. Bear gets nervous and offers peace [ou].
VIII. Cat shows how he would've fought [ou].
IX. Don't meddle with foxes! [ou]

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