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lire, aiul Wiiter to he jwrnred into it. It w:is doiic. Tiieti one uian 

 took ii i)iiir of toiii;s: another toolv another pair of tong.s. These two 

 pel-sons took the .stones and put tlieiii into the l)ox. which was lialf full 

 of water. Now the water tie<;aM to boil. ^Vhcn it wa.s hoilinj;' over, 

 tlie chief .said to T.s'ak', "Rise and jump into this hot wat(>r." Ts'ak* 

 did so. He juiuix'd into it and sat down. ITis hody was <'overed by 

 the water. Only a little of his hair was xisihle. Now tlie water 

 boiled violently, and Ts'ak"'s wife cried when she saw how he was 

 biMuti' cooked. Then a person went down to the ]»ox and pulled at 

 Ts"ak'"s hair. It came out, and the person said, "'lie is well done." 

 Now the chief told them to pour out the water. When they had done 

 .so, Ts'ak' rose. Then he went to the rear of the house and said to 



1 NLk-'et hwila'kMet. NLk-'et go'uL k-'alL g-at ha-pts'a'xk". 



Then it was done. Then took one mtiii tongs. 



2 NLk*\"t huX go'xih huX k'YilL k''elt. NLk*'et 



Then also took also one man one Then 



(pair of tong.s). 



3 ha'k"LdeL 16'op l)at,aide'lL g'a'tg'e. N^k'^et lo-dYi'Lclet aL 



took stones two men. Then in they put in 



them 



4 ts'Kin-qal-he'nq r|ak'-so'luk"aL ak's. NLk-'et i.a haLha'LEqLk"t. 



in the box half full of water. Then (perf.) itwasboiUng. 



5 NLk"'e t'esL hwil t'uks-ia'et. NLk"'e a'lcr'ixL sEm'a'g'it 



Then nuieh where out it went Then spoke the chief 



WHS ( it boiled over) . 



6 as Ts^ik • : ' ' AniL he'tgun ! AmL dEiii lo-da'uLEii aL 



to Ts'ak*: "Good stand np! Good (fut.) in go at 



7 ts"Eni-g*a'nig*iin ak's/' NLk-'o hwils Ts'ak*. K-'e logom-ba'xt. 



in the hot water." Then did so Ts'ak-. Then into he went. 



8 NLk-'e lo-d'a't. Lo-gwa'tk^L t'Era-qe'st. Q'am-ts'o'sk" hwil 



Then in he sat In was lost his head. Only a little where 



down. 



9 k'si-ma'qsk"L qest. Ni,k""e wT-t'e's hwil haLha'i.EqLk". k''e 



out stood his hair. Then mneh where it boiled. then 



10 wiye'tlv'i, nak's Ts'ak' hwil Lat g'a'aL hwil a'nuksL i>e smax's 



crieil the Ts'ak- lieint; iperf.) shesaw where was done the flesh 



wife of (cooked) of 



11 Ts"iik'. NlIc'V' hagun-iii'ei. k''alL g'at t'an k'si-tsa'6dEL qes 



'I'^'aic-. Then toward went one man who ont pnlled the 



hair of 



i'2 Ts'ak'. NLk''e k'si-tsa'ot. NLk"'e ma'LEL g'at i.a gwo't.sik's 



Ts'ak-. Then out it eame. Then told the man (perf. i leally 



13 a'nukst. NLk"'et gun-sa-qa't.siL sEm'a'gML i.e lo-a'k'sit. NLk''et 



he was done Then eaused ofT pour the chief the inside water. Then they 



(cooked). tn 



14 .sa-qa'tsdet, hwil k 



oft poured it, then 



