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salmon were just fresh. Then they two were talking: "The salmon 

 must stay upstream. For that reason are there none here below." 

 Thus they two were talking while they kept on going. Tlie spawning 

 place of the salmon was just fresh. So they two kept on going 

 upstream when (suddenly) they two saw some old salmon, where it 

 lay (in the sand) . Thereupon one (of them) said : ' ' This is probably 

 very bad; it is not good. Thou shalt just leave him alone; thou 

 shalt not spear him!" (Such was) their (dual) talk. "The (good) 

 salmon must stay upstream." And then they two kept on going. The 

 spawning place of the salmon was just fresh as they kept 

 on going upstream. However, not long (afterward) they saw 

 a salmon where it lay (in the sand). Thereupon (one of them) 

 speared him, but did not hit him. He missed him. So they two 

 kept on going, but (it was) not long before they two saw 

 again two salmon. Tiien they speared (them), but both of them 

 missed. Thereupon they two went to a deep place. In vain they 

 two looked (in order to find out) where those mentioned salmon 

 had gone. So then they two kept on saying, "We two wiU depart." 

 Then they two departed. The spawning places of the salmon were 

 simply fresh. Suddenly not long (afterward) they two came upon 

 the tracks of a bear. Thereupon they two kept on saying there, 

 "This thing must have scared them away, so that there are no salmon 

 here." Then they two kept on going upstream. But (it was) not 

 long before they two found again the footprints of a bear, just very 

 fresh. Tlie ground was still wet where that referred-to (bear) came 

 ashore in the river. But not long (afterward) they two saw salmon — 

 three salmon — where they lay; just very good (were) the several sal- 

 mon. Then they two speared them and caught two. So they two laid 

 them down on the bank of that river, whereupon they two began to 

 talk there. "Now we two must have come upon the salmon. We 

 two will keep on going upstream." The footprints of the bear were 

 just fresh, as they two continued to go upstream along that mentioned 

 creek. (They two saw) very many signs of the salmon, (and they) 

 were always just fresh. They two were not going long when they two 

 saw many salmon. Tlie salmon were running around in different 

 directions in that creek. (There was) a large number of the salmon. 

 But (it was) not long before they two espied a person upstream wading 

 around in the small river. Then when they two saw (that person), 

 from that time on they seemed to have become different. One of 

 (them) was always thmking of his father. So as they two stood (there) , 

 he (the elder boy) said to his younger brother: "Thou shalt stay right 

 here. I will go farther upstream for a little while." 



