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he had .stolen the haliluit. Now there were only three men left. » Their 

 companion was dead. 



Then the man returned and lauded at hi.s town. He carried hi.s 

 halibut up to the house and said to his friends, "There are people on 

 the other side of the hay. I killed one of them because he stole two 

 halibut." The people said, "Call them." Then thej^ sent a man to 

 call them, and when thej' came the people gave them to eat. 



There were many people. They were all of the same size. They 

 were very small. The three men were by far the largest. Thej' stayed 

 there a long time. Then the people made wooden clubs, and said, 

 "To-morrow we shall be attacked by warriors." The sky dark- 

 ened, although it was not extraordinarily dark. Now, there was a 



no'oL g'a'tg'e, t hwil le'luksL txox'. NLk"'e q'am-gula'ni. 1 



wasdead tlie man, he being stole halibut. Then only three 



who 



g"atL ma'ntg-e. No'ol stik"'u'ldeit. 2 



men were left. He was the one who was 



dead with them. 



NLk-'e lo-ya'ltk-L g-a'tg-e. NLk-'e g-atsk^t aL qal-ts'a'p. 3 



Then returned the man. Then he landed at the town. 



NLk"'e bax-hwi'lgaL txox' aL ts'Em-hwi'lp. NLk-'e maLt: 4 



Then he up carried the to in the Then he told: 



halibut house 



"Huwa'nL g'at aL an-dii'. Dza'k"deEL k''alt t hwil le'luksL 5 



"There are persons at the other I killed one he being stole 



side. who 



t'Epxfi'tL txox". Nagan hwila'gut." NLk"'e heL qal-ts'a'p: 6 



two halibut. Therefore I did so to him." Then said the people: 



"Am mE huwo'ot." NLk-'e .sak-sk"t fan huwo'ot. NLk-'e 7 



"Good you call them." Then left who called them. Then 



ad'a'd"ik-sk"t. NLk-'e yukt txaq'Endet. 8 



they came. Then they began to feed them. 



'\A"I-he'lL qal-ts"a'pg-e. NLk-'e ni'g-i t'est'e'st. AdIk-'e'leL J) 



Many pe'.)ple. Then not they were The same size 



large. 



qadEpde'it. K*'e t'est'e'.sL ^'at g-ula'ntg'e. Hwii'i! La 10 



how large. Then largest were the three. Well! (Perf.) 



persona 



nak"L bwi'ldet. NLk''e tgonL hwilL qal-ts'a'pg'e. Dza'pdeL 11 



long they did so. Then this did the people. They worked 



gan aL sE-ha-qala'Xdeit. NLk'^e tgonL he'det: ^*' Deui 12 



sticks and made clubs. Then this they said: "(Fut.) 



a'd'ik-sk"L g-itwi'ltk" adzidViLa'k"." NLk-'e a'd'ik-sk"L 13 



come warriors to-morrow." Then it came 



sqii'exk" aL lax-ha'. Ni'g'i .sEm-wa'ts'a-sqa'exk". NLk''e 14 



dark on the sky. Nut very extraordi- dark. Then 



narily 



B. A. E., Bull. 27—02 « 



