Geowing-up-like-one-who-has-a-grandmother 



[Told by 



There was a boy who had lost his father and his mother; only his 

 mother's l)rother, the chief of the village, remained. One day this 

 chief was purifying himself hy drinking- a decoction of devirs-clubs. 

 He did so repeatedly because he intended to give a potlatch. One 

 evening he went down to the beach; there he sat down and looked 

 up to the sky. Behold, tire came down from the sky like a shoot- 

 ing star. It came right down. A tree was standing behind the house 

 of the chief, and a liranch was standing out from the tree. The fire 

 came right down to it and hung on the end of the branch. The chief 



Masemstiontse'etsk" 



GROWIN(i-Ul'-LIKE-ONE-WHO-HAS-A-GRANDMOTHER 



Lgo-tk"'e'Lk" no'oL nEgua'odEt qauL noxt. Q'ani-k''a'lL 1 



bov was his father and liis Only one 



A 

 little 



was 

 dead 



his 

 mother. 



One 



day. 



then 



the chief 



sEm'a'g'it uEbe'pt. Hwii'i! K''eli. sa, k''et g'e'ipL sEiu'ti'g'it 



chief liis mother's Weill 



l.)rother. 



woo'mst. HuX k'"elL sa, 



devil's-club. Again one day. 



woo'ms. Hwii'i! La vuki. 



k''e huX hwilt, iiuXt g'c'ipL 3 



then again he did so. again In* ale 



devil'8-club. 



Well! 



w as 

 about 



dEm 



ifut.) 



yukt, uLueL qan hwilt. 4 



tlierefore 



lie did- 



NLk*'e yu'ksa, k'"e k"saxt. 



Then evening. then 



he went 

 out. 



tu give a 

 poilateh. 



K''e iaga-iii't aL g'ii'u. K""e d'at 



Then down he to front of Then he sat 



went h(iii--e. down 



aL g'il'u. K''e g"a'ask"t ai, lax-lia'. Gwina'deL, iak"i, ;i'd"ik"sk"t; 



at front of Then he looked to the sky. Beliold. a tire came; 

 liouse. 



witk"t aL lax-h:i'g'r ho'gigai, k'watsi> psli'st. K'\"t d'Ep-yu'kt. 



it came from theskN- like exereiiKMits a star. Then down it came. 



Hwii'i! Hetk"L gan :il (ia-([:d;VnL hwiipL SEm'a'g'it. NLk'' 



rear of house 

 of 



the lionse 



of 



the chief. 



sa-he'tk"L ane'sL 



off stood 



a branch 

 of 



gan. 



tlic tree. 



NLneL titi'oL qa'yiViex. 



It went 

 to it 



the light. 



le-ia'qt. Hwii'i! G'a'ar, sKiu'a'g'it, d'at aL g"il'u 



on it hung. Well! He saw it the chief, he sat at 



front of 

 house. 



Then 



NLk-'e 



Then 



NLk-"e 

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