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animals. Maiij- houses were full of sealion grease, because the sea- 

 lions are verj* large. Then he got whales. He obtained very man}-. 



Now they had two children, and for a long time he caught animals 

 with his hands. Suddenly he l)ecame very tired. He told his wife, 

 and she began to worr^^and rebuked her husband, saying, "Please 

 stop"; but he caught four large whales and there was a smell of 

 grease all along the beach in front of their houses. The butts of the 

 trees where he had carried up the meat and the fat of whales were full 

 of grease. Bones were l3'ing about in front of his house, and the 

 grease from the whales covered the water of the sea. 



Now, many of the people who, with his uncle, had deserted him 



dza'ptg'e 



he made 



ts'Em-a'k's. 



in water, 

 animals) 



EL hwil 



because 



aL hwil La dzapL k''a-wi-t"e'sEm lo-hwi'lEm 



at where (perf.) he made ex- large in being 



ceedlngly (water) 



lo-do'xL hlx'L t'e'bEn 



fat uf sealir)n 



Hwii'i! WT-he'ld hwil 



Well! Many where 



k"Ti-wI-t'e'st. Hwii'i! 



large. Well ! 



they 

 were 



ceedingly 



Lpen. NeL hwil sEin-k"'a-xsta'L dzapt. 



NLk'^et hiiX ^'idi-gu'uL 



Then again he canght 



whales. 



being 



very ex- gained 

 ceedingly 



he made. 



NLk*'e La l>a.uade'lL Lg'i'tg'e. Ni'g*i delpk l hwi'ltg'A, 



Then 



(perf.; 



t\V*.: 



children. 



a short 

 while 



dzapt aL an^o'ntg'e. NLk'^et ma'LEL 



he made with his hands. Then he told 



neL qan La wihe'lL 



therefore (perf.) much 



La sa-Lgii'kt;k"tg'o. 



(perf.) sudden- hewasover- 

 ly tired. 



lo-ali'sk"L qa'odEL na'k*.stg'e. NLk'T't lii'elL nak'st: ^'AniL La 



weak hcartof his wife. Then she her "Good (perf.) 



NLk-'et 



Then 



ma'LEt 



he told 



aL 



to 



nak'st. 



his wife. 



NLk-^e 



Then 



she 

 rebuked 



her 

 husband: 



dEm ha'un !" La txalpxL wi-Lpe'n huX g'ldi-do'qtg'e. La 



(fut.) stop!" (Perf.) four large whales also he caught. (Perf.) 



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SEm-i'sk"L qa-g*ii'uL hwi'lpdetg'e. Lig"i-mEtme'tk"L (la-meiiL 10 



much stench in front of their houses. All full were 



in front of 

 houses of 



All 

 over 



ganga'n aL hwil ))ax-hwi'lgaL he'ya 



the trees at where up he carried fat of 



the blltt.s 



of 



Lpen qani- txaiic'tk"!, 11 



whale and all 



qa-sma'x't. K'saxL qa-ts'e'pt hwil 



meat. Only hones where 



hwilpt. NLk'T' iiietk"L lax-ma'on 



hi-shouse. Then riillitwas on sea 



g'l-do'xt aL haL-(ja-g';l'uL 12 



lay at along the front of 



the hituse of 



aL hwil iaga-he'tk"L t'ela 13 



because down stood fat of 



Lpen 



whale 



aL lax-ma'on. 



at on sea. 



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NLk*'e La wi-he'lt hwil daXL fan tr>'En.s-hi'k 't 15 



Then (perf.) many where dead who leaving niove.i 



behind 



