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it ashore. The boys were not dead. He had .saved them. Then the 

 boys went up to the house of the man. There were many boys. One- 

 leg gave them to eat. The beach in front of the house smelled of 

 seal. The man was spearing seals all the time at the edge of the whirl- 

 pool. He watched for seals, and therefore he stayed there. There was 

 also another man living there whose name was Hard-instep. He 

 was much troubled, for he was jealous because One-leg had saved the 

 boys. One-leg was spearing seals all the time, and he carried them 

 up for the children. They ate, and they grew up to be young men. 

 After a while the children remembered those whom thej' had left 

 behind, and they began to cry. Then One-leg asked the children why 

 thev cried, and thev told him. Then he said, "The town of vour fathers 



Ni'g-i daXL k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". De-le-ma'tguL g-a'tg-e. NLk-'e 1 



Not 



dead 

 were 



the 

 little 



1k)Vs. 



He .saved them 



the man. 



bax-Lo'oL k"opE-tk"'e'Lk" ai. ts'Em-hwi'lpL g"a'tg*e. Wi-he'ltL 



up went the boys tn in the house the man. Many 



the 

 little 



the house 

 of 



k'opE-tk''e'Lk". ]SLk'"e yuk-txaq'Eus Q'an]-k""e'lEm asa'e. La 



little boys. Then began fed them Only- one- foot. When 



isk^L qa-g'ii'ut aL elx (janet-hwila g"aLk"L g'a'tg'e aL 



stench in front of of seals always speared the man at 



in front of 

 the house 



speared 

 them 



lax-ts'a'L an-tgo-le'lbik'sk". Nil ij'ap-li'Lg'it qan dzuqt lat. o 



on the the whirlpool. He watched it tliere- he there. 



edge of fore stayed 



HuX k*"alL g"at huX dzoqt aL awa'at. Qii'dEm lax-snii'qsL 6 



Also one man also stayed in his Hard- on- instep 



pro-ximity. 



bwa'tg'e. NLk''e sEm-aba'g'ask"s Qa'dEm lax-snii'qs. CT'ask"L "< 



his name. Then much troubled Hard- on- instep. Jealous 



was 



qa'ott hwil g'a'aL c[abe'iL k'opE-tk'"e'Lk" de-le-mti'tgus Q"am-k'"e'lEm 8 



his 

 heart 



the 

 little 



b<')Vs 



when he saw how many 

 were 



asa'e. NLk''e qanet-hwila g"aLk"s 



foot. Then always he 



speared 



NLk"'e qane-hwilat bax-hwi'lgai. 



Then always up he 



carried 



.saved bv 



Only- 



Q"ani-k'"e'lEm asa'eL elx. 



Only- one- foot seals. 



k'opE-tk-'e'Lk\ 



the 

 little 



children. 



NLk''e 



Then 



qane-hwila txa'xgut. La a'd'ik'sk^L dEm q'aima'qsit. 



always they ate. (Perf.) they came (fut.) youths. 



NLk""e La si-go'n, uLk-'et am-qa'oL k'oi:)E-tk'\''Lk" La 



Then when after then they the children (perf.) 



a while, remembered little 



qala'ndet. NLk'"c sig-a'tk"deit. NLk-'et g'ida'xs Q'am-k''eiEni asa'e 



they left Then they cried. Then asked Only- one- font 

 behind. 



dza'gan sig-a'tk"L k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". NLk-'et ma'Ldeit. NLk-'e 



why cried the children. Then thev told. Then 

 little 



a'lg'ixs Q'am-k-'e'lEni asa'e: "Ni'g-i nak"L lc ts'aps dEp 



said Only- one- foot: "Not far the town of 



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