The land prayer

This struck my eye:

…pi Winisdi, nsaika mamuk ukuk styuil kopa
‘…and Wednesday, we did the land’

ilihi, pus ST tlus nanich tilikom klaska
‘prayer, for God to protect the’

ilihi.
‘people’s land.’

— from Kamloops Wawa #201 (June 1902), page 138, right column

𛰅𛱁‌𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆‌𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙‌𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm?
kata maika tumtum? Qu’en penses-tu?
What do you think?
And can you say it in Chinuk Wawa?

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