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Qaq!atcglt'k 



(Told by interpreter, Don Cameron, at Sitka, January, 1904) 



Clt!ka'q!ayu * 3^e'yati^ wu'ckikliye'n^ ye'duwasak" * hunxo'^ a° 



At Sitka it was that there. were brothers named thus the eldest that is 



QaqlAtcgu'k.^ ALlu'nayu^ liAs ak"citA'n.^ Leq!^° tslutii'tayu" 



QaqlAtcgu'k. Hunting it was they liked. One morning it was on 



that 



q!a't!q!i xode' ^^ dak ^^ has uwaqo'x." Lei At udJA'qx.^^ Ts!u 



islands to among out they went by canoe. Not things he ever killed. Again 



yen uqo'xtc.^" Ts!u diik uwaqo'x," AdA'xayu^^ yuqlu'n^^ xo'de 



there he always came Again out he went by canoe. And then the fur seals to 



in by canoe. among 



wuduwasa'.^^ "Hu At naqo'xtciya ^° aya'.^^ CllklA'L!^^ i'sa'^^ 



hi.s name was called. "He things always going in canoe is here. Keep quiet your voices 



after 



gaa'x."^* Daq Has naqo'x^** a'ayu^^ yuhunxo'a^" ye'qiayaqa:" 



lest he Shoreward they were going by at that time the eldest brother it said thus: 



hear." canoe was 



> CU!ka' (Sitka) compounded of Cithe native name of Baranoff island, the post-position t.'a behind or 

 BACK OF, and the post-position fco on; q! locative post-position at; ayu compoimded of yu the demonstra- 

 tive and probably a- indefinite pronoun, used to call particular attention to the place. 



2 ye an adveroial particle referring to brothers, which may here be translated as follows, although 

 it sometimes refers to what precedes; ?/o- continuative prefix §15.3; li stem of the verb to be. 



3 wu- § 1.5.4; c- the reflexive prefix § 11; kik! younger brother; -yen suflix which seems to take the 

 place of hAs to indicate plurality. 



■1 ye AS follows; du- § 17.3; iva- § 18.2; sa to name or call; -k" noun-foriningor perfect participial sufBx 

 § 20.3. 

 6 hunx elder brother; 6 probably possessive; kik! younger brother. 

 6 a stands for ye'duwasaku. 

 ' Object of ye'duwasaku. 



8 a- indefinite pronoun indicating the things himted for; L.'iln hunting for, employed as a post-posi- 

 tion; -ayu (see note 1). 



9 hAs personal pronoun subject third person plural; a- object referring to aL.'u'n; k"- indefinite prefix; 

 ci- desire § 18.7; tAn to put, verb-stem of many uses. 



'" Leq! ONE, numeral modifying ts.'uld't. Very often the noun modified is omitted in connections like 

 tliis. 



» ?«.'m again; tat night; ayu demonstrative. The meaning seems to be, another night being 

 past. 



12 q.'at! ISL/ nd; -q.'i plural; xo among; dc motion to. 



13 Adverb; seaward or to an open place. 



14 u- § 17.2; wa- § 18.2; qox to go by canoe. 



1^ u- § 17.2; djAq to kill; -x distributive suffix § 19.4. 

 i<5m- § 17.2; qox to GO BY canoe; -tc intensive suffix § 7. 

 1' a- indefinite pronoun; -dAx from; ayu demonstrative. 



18 yur demonstrative; q.'un fur-seal. 



19 wu- § 15.4; du- § 17.3; wa- § 18.2; sa to name, to call, also voice. 



20 na- action accompanied by another action § 17.5; qox to go by canoe; -tc intensive suffix § 7; -i 

 participial suffix; -ya noun-forming suffix § 20.2, 4. 



21 a indefinite pronoun, and ya demonstrative. 



22 c- reflexive § II; I- frequentative § 18.4; k.'AL.' to be quiet. 

 23 i- thy; sa voice (see note 19). 



2'' ga- subordinating prefix § 17.4; dx to hear. 



25 o and ayu. 



26 yu- demonstrative; hunxo' elder brother; a indefinite pronoun. 

 2' ye- AS follows; q.'a mouth; ya- § 15.3; go stem. 



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