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Ho ])ut out liis toiiyiio. Txii'msEui seized it uud tore it out. 'riicn tiie 

 ehief wus dumb. They returned to tlie shore ;ind quitted lisiiirig. 

 The Coi'iuorant'.s wife went down to the hciieh. luid Txii'insKni said to 

 her, "'Hie diief fainted, and lost his s])eeeh." But C'iiief Cormo- 

 rant .said, ■■(Togogo!" "Now you heai' h(^ says that he caught all tiii.s 

 halibut, but 1 eaught it." Yet he liad not eauyht it. In tiiis way 

 the Cormorant lost his speeeh. Tiicn liicy carried up thr iialilmt, 

 and Txii'msiom told how tiie ehief had lost his speeeh. 



S. 'I'xa'msKin did another thing. He came to a ehief, who called 

 him into iiis iioust'. His name was TEno'k"LKnx. The house stood 



1 Ni.k-'et go'us Txa'msEm de'lixtg-e. K'"et k'si-ma't'Eut. 



Then look Txa'msEm lli^ toiifjuu. Tliun out lir tori' it. 



2 K''e ni'g-i a'lyixi. sEm'a'g'it. >i'Lk-"e tsagam-lo ya'ltk"det. 



Thou not .spoke the ehief. Then from sea to lliey retiinieii. 



land 



3 Haul. Le ig'am txo'x'deitg'e. NLk''e La iaga-ie'et 



They (perf.) fishing their hnlibut. Then when to hcaeh went 



stopped halibut 



4 naksi. ha'utsg'e, k*'e a'lg'ixs Txa'msEm: "Gulda'uL 



the wife of the eormorant, then said Txii'msEm; ■•Fainted 



6 sEm'a'g'it tgona^ Gwatk"L La a'lg'ixt." NLk""e a'lg-ixL 



the chief this? It is lost (pa.st) his speech." Then spoke 



6 SEmTi'g'idEm ha'uts, aL he'tg'e: "Gooogo." "Wo, naxna'L! 



the chief the and he said: "GO, go, go." "Now, hear! 



cormorant, 



7 gul-ganeL mo'gudEL txo'x', tgon dej'a'L he'tse. ALk"'e' 



all he caught halibut, this thus said he said. But 



8 ne'e t'an mukL an-he't. Q'amgai't-ni'g'idi mukL sEiiiTi'g'it 



I who caught what he said. Still not caught the chief 



9 tgon. Nda aL neL dEui gwa'otk"L La a'lg'ixt qan ax-inu'kt." 



this. He it is who (fut.) he lost his speech there- not he caught." 



fore 



10 NLk"'e La yukt bax-do'qdeL txox*. NLk'"e hes Txa'msEm 



Then (perf.) began up they took halibut. Then said T.\:i'nisEm 



11 aL sEiu'a'g'it, La _vukt uui'lel hwil Iiwi'Il sEm"a'g'it ([an 



to the chief, (perf.) begin he told what did the chief and 



l;^ gwatk"L a'lg-ix, aL nak'st hwil he'tg'e. 



it was lost thesi)eech, to his wife when he said, 



13 8. Ha'tsik'SEm huX k^'eli, Invfl hwtis Txii'msEui. K''et 



Once niore also one did T.xa'uisF.ni. Then 



14 hwaL hwil lo-d'ii'L sEmTi'g'it. Iv'T> he'tg'e dsm lo-d'a't 



he where in was a chief. Then he said ifut.) in sit 



found down 



15 la'ot. TEno'k"LEnxL hwat. Alo-hehe'tk"L hwi'lptg-e. K-'e 



in it. TEno'k''i,Enx his name. .\loue stood his house. Then 



