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his people. After he had finished, he told them to get up early in 

 the morning to take his son-in-law home. After he had stopped 

 speaking, the people came out of the house; and early in the morn- 

 ing the chief speaker went out and called to all the people to get up 

 and start away. Very soon everybody got up and went out and 

 down to their canoes. Ya'lo £ a' and his wife and two children also 

 got into their canoe. Then they started, and it took them four days 

 to get to Place Of False River. (Wak-at ,!a). 



In the night all the canoes stopped there, just outside of Yogwat; 

 and then Ya'loV was told to go and tell his father and all his people 

 to get up early and go to T!aci'' River, make an open salmon trap 

 (nim's) there, and put it into the river when it rained, and not to 

 club the four salmon after they groaned; and after they got these 

 four salmon, to take them home and cut them open, roast them, 

 and eat them, and to pick up every little piece of bone and skin 

 and flesh and throw them into the water. 



"Now, go!" said the chief to his son-in-law. Ya'loV all the time 

 had the ten-times-jumper blanket on. Then he went overboard, and 

 jumped just ten times when he landed at Rocky Point (Ti'lol), on 

 the east point of Friendly Cove. Then ho walked over to the village, 

 and there he found a very small house on the beach. He went into 

 it, and he saw a little fire in the middle of the little house, and he 

 rearranged the fire. 



Then his father spoke angrily, saying, "Who are you that comes 

 to our house ? You know very well that our son is dead, and that 

 we do not want any one to come and make fun of us." 



After the old man had finished speaking, Ya'lo'V spoke, and said, 

 "I am your son Ya'l6 £ a'. I have come home with my wife and two 

 sons; and now I come to tell you to go to T!aci" early in the morning 

 with all your people." Then he told his father all about what his 

 father-in-law had told him to say to him; and after he had done, so, he 

 went away again into the salt water, and he jumped ten times and 

 came up to the canoes and went into his own. 



Then the chief, Ya'lo £ a"s father-in-law, told all the people which 

 river to go to; so they all went to the different streams. But one 

 canoe went to T!aci" River: that was Ya'lo £ a"s canoe. Their chief 

 also told them to come home in the month of November, not later. 

 Then they all parted, and Ya'lo £ a"s canoe arrived at T!aci" early 

 the next morning. 



When morning came, Ya'loVs father called everybody, and told 

 them to go to T!aci", and said that they would find his son Ya'lo £ a' 

 there; but everybody said, "How are we going to find him, for he is 

 dead ?" But he was very happy, and said, "Get your canoes ready 

 and let us go ! " Then they said, ' ' We will go anywhere to find him ; " 

 and they all went to T!aci". 



