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till alone. Txii'msEin wii.s very glad because he fsuw nuich food there. 

 Ho ate there all the time. Then he .sawTEno'k"LEnx's club. It hung on 

 the house post and was inlaid with abalone shell. TxiimsEm said. ''He 

 acts like a bad slave." He saw that the chief had large teeth. The 

 chief arose aud took the club, intending to kill Txil'nisEui. but he ran 

 out of the house. Then Txa'nisEm spoke kindly, "I said you are 

 acting nicely. Chief." TEno'k"LEnx said, "No, you said, ' He acts like 

 a bad slave." " "I shall not sa}' so again. Chief. Let ine sit near you." 

 Then TEno'k"LEnx agreed. Txii'msEm reentered the house and stayed 

 there a long time. Now Txii'msEm went into the woods near the 

 house. He made a club of rotten wood. He pounded mussel shells 

 and inlaid the rotten wood with it. Then he took TEno'k"LEnx's club 



sEin-t(i"al-srEp"Ens Txii'msEm nc'tg'e ai, hwil g'a'ai, wunii'x", j 



luiirh ;i,!<ain>t liketl him Txa'm^'Em him Itfcuuse lie saw footl. 



qan het. K''e qane-hwila yCoxk^t lat. K"'et g'a'ai, ha-q'ala'X. 2 



tlu-re- hesiiid Then ahvay..^ lu' ate in it. Then he saw a elnb. 



fore so, 



Mfin-ia'gat ai. dagane'sL hwi'lptg'e. txa-l)Elri'tla. K'"e 3 



ri> it bung at the house post of his house. all abalone Then 



shell. 



lo-a'lg"ixL qfi'ots Txii'msEm t hwil g'a'ai. wI-w(5'nL sEm'a'g"it. 4. 



in said the heart of Txii'msEm he when he saw the tooth r)f the ehief. 



great 



K""e haldEm-l)a'.xL .sEm'a'g'it, at go'uL ha-tfala'X aL dsmt 5 



Then arose the ehief. he took the elub lo ifut.) 



dzak"s Txii'msEm. K'si-ba'xs Txii'msEm. K''e ama 



kill Txa'msEm. Out ran Txii'msEm. Then well 



a'lg-ixs 



said 



Txii'msEm: "AmL hwi'lEUEst sEin'a'g'it. Deya'L tjtl'deE." 7 



Txii'msEm: "Good you do so ehief. Thus said mv heart. ' 



"Ni'g-i," 



Then 



TEno'k"LEnx. " ' Had"a'xk"L hwilL xa'E" y 



TEno'k"i,Enx. 



•Bad 



the 

 slave ■ 



me'yaanist." " Ni'g-i dsm huX hcE. sEimi'g-it. Deiu g"ap-k"uL-d'a'ne 9 



yon said thus." 



'Not (fut.) again I say. 



chief. 



(Fut.) really about I sit 



K'"t't ana'iis Tsno'k^LEnxL he'tg'e. K''e ha't.^ik'sr.ni 10 



aw.a an. 



your Then he agreed 



proximity." 



huX ts'ens Txii'msEm. 



again entered Txii'msEm. 



Txii'msEm ai, 



Txii'msEm at 



sEl-hwil-g'a't'Ent. 



to- being he mude 

 gether it be. 



.-ilc'lix. 



inland. 



K-'et 



Then 



TEnu'k^LEnx 



once more 



K'V nak"L lo-cr:i't. K-'o k'uL-ie's 11 



Then lont; in ho was. Then about went 



K''e dzapL ha'ix ul sixjawri'x't 12 



rotten 

 wood 



al he club 



made a 



k"Le-ax*"6'x'L qam-g'a'Iis. K'^et 13 



all he pounded mussel shell. Then 



sE-bEla'dEL qawa'x'. K"'et sE-dii'xt, k''et go'uL <(awa'x\s 1-1 



the club. Then he it then he look the club of 



hf* abalone 

 made on it 



he it 

 made fast, 



