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44
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a
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or
s
e
45
NdN term
for
common
ancestors
46
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ya
h

Family
47
Peh-hahn

Crane
48
W
ee-ah-
k
ah-
s
hkah

W
h
i
te
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um
e

Ate and
I
n
a
li
v
ed
in
S
ou
t
h
e
rn
O
h
io
fo
r
m
any
y
ears
be
fo
re
I
was b
or
n
,
m
o
s
tl
y
ar
ou
nd far
m
ers
and su
c
h
.
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u
ess
t
h
ey
m
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st
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l
o
st
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h
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lovely,
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e
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erred, s
m
iling.

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o
p
ila,” J
u
lie re
p
lie
d
, retur
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ing
h
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m
i
le.
Julie gaz
e
d
at
Lena f
o
r
a
l
o
ng
m
inute,
as
if
m
aking
a
d
e
cision.

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a
m
inute,”
Julie
said,
and
hurri
e
d
awa
y
.
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around,
she wav
e
d
an
d
sa
i
d
,
“Be
ri
g
h
t
b
a
ck!”

W
ow
!”
L
e
na
brea
t
he
d
.

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h
ere
is
s
o
m
u
ch
to
lea
r
n.
Y
o
u
k
now
, Ate
a
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d
I
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a
t
a
u
g
ht
m
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a
l
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t
of
t
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la
n
gu
ag
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and
basic
beliefs,
e
s
pecially
after
At
e
’s
ac
c
ident,
but
I
guess
they
w
a
nt
e
d
to
ble
n
d
i
n
.
Y
o
u
k
no
w,
we were
t
h
e
on
l
y
Nati
v
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A
m
erica
n
s
in
May
Hill,
at
least
t
h
at
I
k
n
o
w
o
f
,
so
I
ca
n
’t
really
b
l
a
m
e
t
h
e
m
.
Julie
is
so
n
ice
to
tell
u
s
all
o
f
t
h
is,”
Le
n
a
exclai
m
ed.

S
h
e li
k
es yo
u
,” Nic
k
ie
offere
d
.

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