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hi.s wife, '■ Youi' father will not he a])le to kill me with all his arts.'' 

 Then the woman was glad, but the chief was ashamed. 



The next morning the chief said, " Come, Son-in-law. Fetch some 

 fuel. One of my nephews and two slaves shall accompany you." Ts'ak" 

 rose. The slaves took stone axes such as the people used in olden 

 times. Ts'ak' felled a great tree. It fell and he split it. Then one 

 of the slaves made wedges. They also carried a large stone hammer, 

 which was fastened with thong to a handle. Tiiej' put the wedges into 

 the end of the tree. They struck them with the hammer, and the tree 

 .split. Then they pushed Ts'ak' into it and knocked out the wedges. 

 The tree snapped together, and Ts'ak' was in it. The slaves saw 



NlIc'c het ai. nak'st: "Q'ap-ni'g'i dEni de-nd'6e; txanr''tk"sL 1 



Then he to his wife; " lieally nol (tut.) on I die; all 



said my part 



dEm hwils nKgwa'odEn la'oE. Q'ap-ni'gi dEui de-no'oe." 2 



(fut. 1 doe!^ your father tome. Really not (fiit.t on I die." 



my part 



NLk''e lo-ii'mi. qa'oL hana'qg'e. La dzM{L sEm'a'g'it. 3 



Then in good heart the woman. (Perf. ) he was the chief. 



ashamed 



NLk''e huX k"'eli, he'Luk, nLk''c huX a'lg'ixL sEm'a'git: 4 



Then again one morning. then again spoke the ehief; 



"Ami. dEUi SE-a'Lk"L, i.amsEi'st. Bagade'lL LiLi'ng'it dsni 5 



"Good (fut.) make fire- my son-in-law. Two slaves (fill.) 



wood, 



stelt de-k'"a'lL gusle'se." NLk"'e haldEm-ba'xs Ts'ak': nLk''e tj 



accom- with one my nephew." Then rose Ts'ak-; then 



pany him 



doc]!. Liu'ng'it dawI'sEm lo'op. XELne't de-ha'yiL waLEn- 7 



took the slaves axes of stone. That on their used of olden 



jiart times 



g'ig'a't aL g'i-k'd'oL. NLk''et q'ots dEp Ts'ak'L wi-ga'n. 8 



the people at long ago. Then eiit (phir. ) Ts'ak- a. tree. 



great 



NLk''e qe'nExt. NLk''e xtse-ia'tsdet. NEk''et dzipdza'pL k''alL 9 



Then it fell. Then in the they Then made one 



middle chopped it. 



wI-xii'E let. K''e ia'gait-yu'kdei. wI-da'qLEin lo'op. Tq'al- 10 



great slave wedges. Then already they a hammer stone. Against 



carried great of 



da'k'Ldet aL ts'aL. NLk'"e lo-ma'(isaandet aL LEXLEpij'a'pL 11 



it was with skin of Then in they put it at the end oi 



fastened the back. 



wl-ga'n. NLk''et o'x'det aL da'qLEm lo'op. NLk''e sagaL 12 



the tree. Then they struck with the hammer stone. Then it split 



great 'tf 



wl-lo-la'et. NLk-'et lo-t'e'.sdet Ts'ak' la'ot NLk''et k'si- 13 



great in large. Then in they Ts'ak- in it. Then out 



pushed 



ax''6'x'deL let. NLk''e lia'ts'ik'sp:m huX hfi'k'waxL wl-ga'n li 



they struck the Then i^ncc m(.»re again clapped to- the tree 



wedges. gether great 



lo-sg'i's Ts'ak" aL ts'ii'wuL gan. NLk^'et g'a'ai, LiLi'ng'it hwil 15 



in lay Ts'ak- at inside of tree. Then saw tl[e slaves \\here 



