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Without speaking to each other again, they parted.

(5.19)[19]
Dádoo'iłch'iͅiͅhanáách'idziidahé, goch'áͅhiiłteená'a.
Bitsiií ła'yá yeenánałndiiłgo ch'at'iná'a.
nDásáyá kát'éshíͅ, 'iyáahee baanaach'igháná'a.
Tsiͅbigodé 'óͅóͅ'áí bikétsinyá hagots'ich'iiná'a.
'Iyáahee nách'iyalaí gozéé'yá 'ich'iyandiłná'a.
Without speaking to each other again, they parted.
[Coyote] went on, turning his head in all directions.
Further on over there, someone was moving about doing something.
He was digging at the foot of a stump standing there.
He was picking up small objects and putting them in his mouth.
 
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(5.19) Linguistic Notes

tsiͅbigodé 'óͅóͅ'áí bikétsinyá 'at the foot of a stump standing there'. tsiͅ 'tree'; bigodé 'its knee'. 'óͅóͅ'áí, relative in -í of 'i-...- 'a rigid object extends' [hi- perf. neut. intr.]. bikétsin 'its ankle' [see note 3.42, §2].