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very poor. Thou he ciiuo-ht a iiuinlxn- of ravens, and used any means 

 he could invent to kill them. He took their skins and tied them 

 together, and put on the i-aven blanket. Then he went about dres.sed 

 up nicely. Now he saw a good diincing blanket like the one he had 

 worn before. At once he tore his raven Idanket and took the dancing 

 l)lanket that hung before him. Behold it was no dancing blanket; 

 there were only lichens on the trees. Now he saw that there were 

 nothing but lichens. He sat down weeping. He took his raven 

 blanket, tied it together again, and walked on, hungry and weeping. 



4. Now he wanted to go to war. He met a pretty slave whose name 

 was K"'ixo'm. He took him along, and they came to the house of a 

 chief. The chief called to him, "Come in, my dear, if it is you who 

 ate the scales of Wa'sE." Then he was ashamed. He entered with his 



guis-lialai'tg'e. NLk""et g'Tdi-do'cp. qaq. Lig"i-lEp-ago't hwila 1 



his sliiiiniin's. Then he (-aught ravens. Anything (housed) 



blanket 



ia'tsi. qaq. K'"e doqL anna'sr. qaq. K-'et an-de-ts'Epts'e'bEt, 2 



to Icill ravens. Then he tnok the skins of the Tlioii what witli he tied them, 



ravens. 



at gula'L guis-qa'qtg'e. NLa sEm-fi'mL k'uL-io'et, t g-a'aL 



well abuut he then he saw 



he put on blanket liis 

 raven's 



ama' guis-halai't 



a ^ood l)lanket shaman' 



Then 

 when 



hwil La gula'tg'e. 



where (part.) he put it on. 



abuut he 



walked. 



NLk"'et ha'tsik'sEm 



Then once more 



btsbe'si. guis-qa'(|t. NLk"'et go'uL guis-halai't sqa-ia'gat aL 



he tore his raven. Tlien lie took the shaman's sideways it hung at 



blanket lilanket 



qaqt. Gwina'deLl nig'idi neL guis-halai't. MELax'a'EstL gan. 



his front. Behold! not it a blanket shaman's. Lichens of a tree. 



3 

 4 



wi-ye'tk"t. K"'et o'o'iu> gwis-qa'aqt at aii-de-ts'Epts'e'bEt. K-'e 8 



crii'd. Then he took bhuiket raven and what with he tied thera. Then 



ha't-sik'sEin huX k'uL-ie'et aL k^iL-wi-ye'touin Xdax't. 



nI)out he went and about crying his hunger. 



once more 



4. NLkM 



Then 



aina' xa'E. 



a trood slave. 



agaui 



La hasa'<[t cIkiii k\iL--su-g'a'tt. K*'et tq'al-hwa'L 10 



(pt-rf. } hi- desired (fut. ) about murdering. 



Then against he 

 found 



K'^ixo'iiiL 



K'Mxo'm 



hwa'doL hwilpL k'Tili 



tliey titund 



hwat. K-'et k'uL-ste'Elt. K-'ct 11 



his name. Then about he aeeom- Then 



panied him. 



K-'e 



tlie house 

 of 



sEni'a'g-"it. 



chief. 



Then 



ts'ElEMl-VVo'oL 12 



into 



invited 

 them 



sELu'a'g'it: "TsY^'iu"!i nixt, tnEdat ne'En, i>a x-ania'guaxdEL 13 



the chief: "('umein. my dear. if it i.s you. (part.) cat- scabs of 



ing 



Wa'sE." K"'e sEin-lo-dzVi'qL qa'odEtg-'e. K*'e t.s'ent qaiiL 14 



Wjl'sE." Then very in ashanu-d his heart. Then he entered and the 



was 



