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it into his hand. He h^ft tho house. Then he made a iiouso and 

 invited in Chief Salmon-herry-bii'd. He imitated him. He arose after 

 having placed the unripe sahnon-berry in his dish. Then he stood there 

 and said, "Mij^a'! Miya'!" He said so v'ery often, hut there remained 

 just as many unripe sahu()n-})erries in the dish as li(> had put in. He 

 plaeed the dish before Chief Sahnon-ljerry-bird, who i-ose. saying, 

 " He ti-ies to imitate me." Tiicn Txil'msKiu was ashamed. He did not 

 imiUite any more. 



10. He went on, not knowing wliicli way to turn. Behold, he came 

 out of the woods to a hirge town. Tiiere were poople in front of the 

 town fishing for halibut. T.xii'msKm thought, "They have much bait, 

 and I will cat it." He dived, and he .saw the bait. He took it from 



1 a.\-dc-mix'm6k"L meg'ii'qst io-da'yit ts'Em-an'o'ntg'e. K""e 



nut also ripe sjilmoli in lu' laid in liis Iniinl. Then 



berries Ilu-ni 



il k'saXt ai. iiwi'lpg'e. lluX dc-dza'pi. liwripg'c. K-"et 



he went of house. .\gnin also he made a Iiouse. Then 



out 



3 huX wo'oL sEm'a'g'idEiii .\-smiy;i'tk"s. K''c det-ho'g-ixL 



again lie invited the chief x-smiyii'tk"s. Th(^n also he did 



Ilie same as 



4 x-smiya'tk".s aL huX dc-he'tk"tg'e. la'^ait-lo-da'yii. 



x-smiy&'tk^s and again alsf) lie stood Already in he had 



W|>. ' put 



5 ax-mtx"m6'gum me^'a'okst ai, ts'Em-ts'a'k"tg"c. K'"e 



not ripe .salmon berries at in his dish. Then 



Q de-he'tk"t aL he'tg-c: -"Miya' miyii'." Wi-he'id he'tg-e aL 



also he stood and said: " Miyfi' miyA'," Munh he said iind 



up 



7 x-siuiya'tk".st. Qano-qabe'iL ax-mix'mo'u'imi nu"g'M'6qst aL 



said miyA'. All as many not ripe sjilmoii berries at 



8 ts'Ern-ts'a'k'^'e. K''e det-sg''e't ai. sEm'a'g'iclEni x-smiya'tk"st. 



in dish. Then also he laid be- the chief x-smiyA'tk"s. 



it fore 



9 K'M haklKui-ba'xL sEm'a'g'it. A'lg'ixt^-o: -'Dcni do-y6'xk"t 



Then rose the chief. He said: "(Fut.) also he wil' 



go after 



10 La hwii'loE." K'*'e dzaijs Txa'm.sEm; (jiVodEL Invil li\vr'lto--0. 



(perf.) what I do." Then he was Txa'msEni: it was wliat ho did. 



ashamed finished 



11 10. K''e huX qa'shEsa-k'uL-ie'et. Gwiiifi'dr'L, wi-ts'a'p 



Then again not knowing about he Behold, a town 



where went. large 



12 hwil na-ha'xt. (Twinfi'ddL, nial aL gTikc (ja-ig'a't dEp- 



where out of he ran. Behold, a canoe al front of tln' fishing (plural) 



woods village halibut 



13 go'stg'c dEui ino'kdeiL txox'. K*'e lr>-a'lg*?xL ({a'ots 



those (fut.) they eateh halibut. Then in said the heart 



of 



14 Txa'msEm: '^Ile'ldEm aL naxs dEp-go'st an dEin g'e'ipt." 



Txa'msEm; "Much bait those for (fut. i to eat." 



me 



15 NLqan liwi'ltg'c. So'uqsk"t ts'Eiii-a'k's. Gwina'deL, naxL o'a'at. 



There- he did so. He dived in the Behold, the Imit he .-^aw it. 



fore wa 



