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1)1o<k1 coniiiio- out of Ts":ik-"s inoiitli, and they left iiiiii. saying-, 

 '' Now you hove been put to shame!" They went home. But Ts'ak' 

 kicked the great tree, so that one half fell to one side and the other half 

 to the other. lie (-irricd one lialf on his shoulder and went home. 

 He threw it into the house, and the whole house front was broken. 

 Then the chief was ashamed, and he worried because he was unable to 

 kill 'i's'ak", who was a great supernatui-al man. 



Tli(> chief did not know what to use next, l)ut after a while it occurred 

 to him what to do. One morning he said to Ts'ak' that he should go 

 and spear a seal that he wanted to eat. His nephew and two slaves 

 were to go along, so there were four in the canoe. They started, 

 and found a place where seals were. It was at the edge of a great 

 whirlpool. They asked Ts'ak' to stand in the liow of the canoe, to 



1 La iT'd'tk-sk"L iLit'e aL ts'Em-a'qs Ts'ak*. NLk"'et k"sta'qsdet. 



(perf.i cnmo liloort at in mmitli Ts'ak-. Then they left him. 



of 



2 NLk-'e tgoni. he'det: '•Dza'ganl" La nfi-la'k'det aL ts'Em-hwi'lp. 



Then thi< they said: " Be ashameil: " i PiTf i tliey went to in the 



liunie hoii^e. 



3 NLk'"et ank'sksla'qsts Ts'ak' wi-<.''a'n. NLk''c hwagait-sg'i'L Le 



Then apart kicked Ts'ak- the tree. Then away it lay 



great 



4 sto'ot aL hwagait-go'st. NLk''et qo'lts'Exs T.s'ak'L wl-st6'6t. 



tlie half at away there. Then he carried it Ts ak- the half. 



on liis shoulder great 



5 NLk''e na-ie'et. NLk'"et ts"ElEm-gu'Xt. NLk''e wl-txa gwa'sk^L 



Then out of he Then into he threw Then great all broken 



the woods went. it. 



(i fi'dz'EpL hwilpL sEura'g'it. NLk''e dzaqi, sEm'il'g'it, La abu'io-'ask"t 



the door of the house the chief. Then was the chief, (perf ) he was 



of asliamed troubled 



7 ai, (licnit hwila no'ot'Ens Ts'ak". SEmojal wi nEqno'qL g'at 



to (tnl.) being means of Ts'ak-. Very great supernatural man 



killing 



1^ LiLi'ng'it (iKdfi'det, de-k-'a'lL gusli'.st Ne'L qan lo-txaipxdfi'detg'e. 



slaves were with him with one nis Therefore m four were m canoe. 



Ill the (-anoe, nephew, 



13 NLk-'e da'uLdet. NLk-'e hwa'det hwil d'ilL elx, lax-ts'a'EL 



Then they lefl. Then tney found where were seals. on edge of 



1-1 wT-an-tgo-le'lhik'sk". 



great around rolling water. 



