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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



Therefore the Heaven took them all up. Not even one was left. 

 The whole town disappeai'i^d. Onl}' doos w("i'(> there, I'linniii;,'- about 

 howiinj)'. 



Now there was a ^-oung menstruating girl who had been in a small 

 house behind the village. She was there with her little grandmother. 

 When she left her little house and went bat'k to the village, she saw 

 that the whole great town was empty. Then the woman walked 

 along the street crying. Now she found an old wedge made of crab- 

 apple wood, one made of sloe wood, one of spruce wood, and she found 

 a little grindstone, a little knife, and some snot. She put them into 

 her belly and went to the rear of the house. She did not put them 

 aside. Then she lav down for four davs and four nights. Then she 



1 ([ane-hwila 



always 



2 NiLne't (|an 



TluTffiir.' 



xstamk"L alemhe'deL txane'tk"i. k'opK-tk-'e'Lk". 



noise their voices all the children. 



little 



wila'gut, lax-ha'g'e fan mEn-tja'ot'Ent. Ni'g'i 



t he heaven who up finished Not 



them. 



(jal-ts'a'pg'e, k'sax-as'o'sL 



it was 

 done. 



3 manL Lg6-q'am-k''a'lt. SEUi-qa'dEi 



was left little only one. Very were the people, 



finished 



■i k"uL-na-gaq"e'dEt. 



about from all howled. 



direetions * 



5 NLk"'e q^am-k-'it'lL tk"'e'Lgum hana'q ia'sk". 



Then 



onlv 



(') Lgo-hwi'lp ai, g'ileiix' 



a house at inland, 



little 



7 qauL Lgo-nts'e'itst. 



jng girl menstru- 



ating. 



NLhwil lo-d'a'L tk''e'Lgum 



There in sat 



only dogs 



NLk-'e hetk"r. 



Then stood 



and 



la'sk" uLqan d'at 



Menstru- therefore she sat 

 ating 



8 k'saXt aL Lgo-hwi'lpt. NLk''e na-ie'et. 



at her house. Then 



her 

 little 



grand- 

 mother. 



aL 



at 



a young 



g'lle'lix". 



inland. 



she went 

 out 



9 ha'yuksL 



was left 



1(> iuina'(ig*e. 



the woman. 



her 

 little 



out of she 

 woods went. 



wI-txane'tk^L wi-qal-ts*a']). 



great all the people. 



K-'et 



Then 



NLk-T' 



Theli 



g'a'at. 



she saw it. 



tgoni. 



this 



great 



K"uL-sag"ap-ia'et ai, k\iL-wI-ye'tk"t. NLk""et 



.\l)nut aUmg the she at about she cried. Then she 



street went 



11 q'am-le'dEm s^an-me'lik"st qanL le'dEui 



crab apple and a wedge of 



an old wedge of 



sgan-sna X 



sloe 



nana q 



girl 



NLk''e 



Then 



Ni'g-i 



Not 



hwHt, 



did 



hwaL 



found 



qanL 



and 



12 le'dEui 



a wcdue 

 of 



sa eqs 



spruce 



qanL 



and 



Lgo--an-qa x 



a grindstone 

 little 



qaiiL Lgo-ha-q'6'L (janL 



and a knife and 



little 



13 k'si-no'Lqt. NLk""et lo-d"a'Lt aL ts'Eui-ba'nt. NLk"'e q"aldix'-ia'et. 



snot. Then in she in in her Then to the rear she 



ptit it belly. of the house went. 



14 Ni'g-tt .sa 



Not 



i-d'a'Lt 



away she 

 put them 



aL 



at 



dag'ig'ii'elt. 



w hen she lay 

 down. 



La txalpxL saL hwilt 



(Perf.) foin- days she did 



so 



