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great sandy point Ijclow the town. TIk ro was an opni prairie 

 there. Tlien many birds canie swans, cranes, g-ee.so. jiray cranes, 

 laujfhing-yce.se, ducks, bhickltirds of tii(^ sea, ducks of Nass river, 

 gulls, cormorants. They alighted on th(^ prairie, 'riicn tiic ])coplo 

 rose. Th(\v took their wooden clul>s and ran down i'i<;iit among the 

 birds, and began to strike them. The feathers of the bii-ds were 

 flying about, tilling the mouths and the noses of the people. Many 

 of them died, and only a moderate number returned. 



The three mtwi did not join them. Tii(>y looked at the tight. Then 

 they said, "It is not difficult to tight with the birds. Let us try 

 to-morrow." They did so. At daybreak the bii-ds arrived and sat 



1 uks-he'tk"L wi-lax-a'us aL qa-g'i'ksu, ts"ap ((anL wi-lax-ha'p"esk". 



from stood a beach at in fnmt «if tlu' tnwn and a r>ii grass, 



land to sea great grt-at 



2 NLk-'e a'd'ik-sk''t wl-he'lt hwil liks-g-ig-a'tL ts'o'tsg-e. 



Then came many >)('in^ Tiimsually many hinis, 



3 Qa'q tgon, qada'lq tgon, ha'q tgon, (fasqa'os tgon, 



Swans those, sand-hill Iho-se. geese those, cranes those, 



cranes 



4 Le'wun tgon, naxna'x tgon, sEiii-ts-o'tsEni lax-ino'on tgon, 



laughing- those, ducks those, real Ijirds on the st-a Ihose. 



geese 



5 amg'a'g'im Le'sEms tgon, qe'wun tgon, ha'uts tgon. 



sawbills of Nass river those. gulls those, shiigs those. 



6 NLk'^e sagait-k"'e'ElL hwant aL wI-Iax-ha'p'E^k". NLk''e 



Then all together sat >\o\\n on the on grass. Then 



great 



7 haldEin-go'klEL qal-ts'a'p, yu'kdeL ga'ng'e ui dza'pdet, 



rose the people. they took the sticks (pcrf.) they made. 



8 Ha-q'ala'XL hwa'tg-e. NLk-'e wi'd'axdet. Ntk-'e i.wa'ik-ckMet 



Clubs their name. Then thev ran. Then they were mixed 



with 



1) ts'o'ots. K''e lik*.s-g*at ((abe'lL (lal-tsVpg'e. NLk-'et ia'tsdet. 



the birds. Very many several people. Then th^-y struck 



them. 



10 NLk-'e metk"L Le hix'L ts'o'otsg'e. NLk-'e lo-nio'tk"L 



Then were down of birds. Then in full 



scattered 



11 ts'Kin-a'qt qanL ts^Em-dzVqt txane'tk"L g'a'tg'e. NLk''e 



the mouths and the noses all the people. Then 



12 daXt; sKni-lik"8-g'a'dEm qaga't dEp go'stg'e. Q'ani-u'mL 



dead very different minds (plnr.) those. Only a fair 



they were; 



18 qal>c'ii. helya'ltgut. 



number returned. 



l-l NLk''e La helL hwi'ldetg'e aL q'aui-a'lgalL gula'nL g'at. 



Then many they did so at only looking on the three men. 



15 NLk'^e tgonL heL g'a'tg'e: ''Ni'g'idi qaq(~'tk"L an-li\vi'nsEniKst. 



Then this said the men: "Not hard what you do. 



lt> Deui de-ba'gam adzid'a'Lak"." NLk'^e hwi'klet. im iiiKsfi'x', 



(Fut.) on our we try to-morrow." Then they did so. When daylight, 



part 



