Part II of The Deluge:
From The Lenape and their Legends by Daniel G. Brinton
(1884)
1. Pehella wtenk lennapewi tulapewini psakwiken woliwikgun wittank talli.
After the rushing waters (had subsided) the Lenape of the turtle were close
together, in hollow houses, living together there.
2. Topan-akpinep, wineu-akpi- nep,kshakan-akpinep, thupin akpinep.
It freezes where they abode, it snows where they abode it storms where they
abode, it is cold where they abode.
3. Lowankwamink wulaton wtakan tihill kelik meshautang sili ewak.
At this northern place they speak favorably of mild, cool (lands), With many
deer and buffaloes.
4. Chintanes-sin powalessin peyachik wikhichik pokwihil.
As they journeyed, some being strong, some rich, they separated into
house-builders and hunters;
5. Eluwi-chitanesit eluwi takauwesit, elowi chiksit, elowichik delsinewo.
The strongest, the most united, the purest, were the hunters.
6. Lowaniwi, wapaniwi, shawaniwi, wunlceniwi, elowichik apakachik.
The hunters showed themselves at the north, at the east, at the south, at
the west.
7. Lumowaki, lowanaki tulpenaki elowaki tulapiwi linapiwi.
In that ancient country, in that northern country, in that turtle country,
the best of the Lenape were the Turtle men.
8. Wemiako yagawan tendki lakkawelendam nakopowa wemi owenluen atam.
All the cabin fires of that land were disquieted, and all said to their
priest, " Let us go.
9. Akhokink wapaneu wemoltin palliaal kitelendam aptelendam.
To the Snake land to the east they went forth, going away, earnestly
grieving.
10. Pechimuin shakowen' nungihillan lusasaki pikihil pokwihil akomenaki.
Split asunder, weak, trembling, their land burned, they went, torn and
broken, to the Snake Island.