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saw it. He wont up to the house mid .s(>iit for his people. When 

 they entered, he said, "Copper is hanging on the branch of a tree. 

 The young people shall go and knock it down. If one of you young 

 itKMi hit it, he shall marry my daughter." 



Early the next morning they went up behind the house of the chief. 

 The old men also went to look. The young men took stones, and 

 threw all day long until their hands were quite sore; then they stopped 

 for a while and ate. Then thej' went up again and tried to knock the 

 copper down, but they did not succeed. It grew dai'k. Then the poor 

 little boy went down to the beach in front of the house and sat down 

 near a canoe, where he urinated. Then he saw a man approaching 

 who said, "What are the people talking about?" The boy replied, 



K''et gun-qa'odEL qal-ts'a'p. NLk''e 



Then he to go the people. Then 



1 hwil k''e bax-ie'et. 



At up he 



once went. 



2 la'mdzixL qal-ts'a'p. NLk"'e maLL sEin'a'g-itg-e; nLk''e a'lg'ixt 



they entered the people. Then he told the chief; then he said: 



he 

 caused 



to go 

 there 



3 "Le-ia'qL oq aL lax-ane'.st. Hwii'i! DEm 



"On hangs a at ou a branch. Weill (Fut.) 



o'yiL txane'tk"L 



throw it all 



■i q'aima'qsit! AtsEdat ox'l k-'alL g-at, nmet dEm an-na'k"8k"L 



youths! 



If he 



hits 



then he (fut.) who marries 



house of 



8 a'lgaltg-e. Lo'opL doqL q'aima'qsit. K-'e hwil k-"et 6'x-det 



' look. Stones thev the youths. At once they 



took threw 



S) aL wl-sa'. Q'ap-sipsrepk"L qa-an'6'ndet. NLk-'e k-'ax-huxha'odet. 



all dav. 



Really 



sick were 



once more 



10 Hwii'i! Q'am-LaxLii'exk" 



Well ! Only they finished 



eating 



11 Lo'odet; k-'et ha'tsEm 



they thi 



went; 



12 da-a'qLk"det, 



tliey reached it, 



13 Lgo-tk'\~''Lk". 



little boy. 



their Iiands. 



txa'6xk'"det, 



thov ate, 



Then 



k-'e 



then 



for a 

 while 



ha'tsEm 



once more 



they stopped. 



huX 



again 



huXt 



again 



6'x'det. 



they 

 threw. 



Hwa'i! Ni'g-i 



Well! Not 



k-e 



then 



NLk-'e 



Then 



yu'ksa. 



evening. 



iaga-iii'et 



down he 

 went 



NLk-'e 



Then 



k'saXL 



went out 



Lgo-gua Em 



the poor 



little 



I'l mal nL hwil 



a wIuTe he was 



canoe .sitting. 



15 awa'at. Ntk-'e a'lg-ixt 



his Then he said 



proximity. 



d'at. He-}'ukL e'ist. 



He began 



as 



to 



aL (ja-g-a'uL hwilp. G-o'oL 



to front of the house. There 



village of was 



K-'e hagun-ie'eL g-at aL 



Then toward went a to 



man 



ne'tg-e: "Ago'L La an-ha'L 



him: "What (perf.) what say 



he 

 urinated 



