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wor(> dead. His uncle was a very great chief. iSow liis mu'le thought 

 that his dau<>hter, the ])o<)r little l)oy, and the gi'aii(lnK>ther were 

 dead, and he spoke to his people. The chief liad lost many of liis 

 people, l)eeause there was no food. Many of them and all the children 

 were dead. One day. early in the nioining. some people started 

 to look after the princess, the poor little boy, and the grand- 

 mothei-. They were traveling in four canoes. They were approach- 

 ing the place. When they ^vere still far from the shore, they saw 

 grease on the surface of the watei-. 'i'hey noticed it. When they 

 approached the town, they saw several houses full of dried salmon, 

 trout, halibut, and bullhead, and others in which was the grease of 



1 hwil h6ksk"L wl-nebe'pt. SEni-k-"a-wi-t'e's hwil 



being 



bt'in^ thev were great his mother's Very ex- great 



with him brother. ceeilingly 



sEiu'a'g'its 



chief 



2 nebe'pt. 



liis mother's 

 brother. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



ha-le-qa'ts 



he thought 



nebe'pt 



his motlier's 

 brother 



tsE 

 if 



La 



no oL 



(perf.) was 



dead 



3 Lgo'uEk"t qauL Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk''e'Lk" cjauL Lgo-nEts'e'etst. 



his eliild 



and 



the 

 little 



poor 



i NLk-'e a'lg'ixL sEm'a'g"itg'e 



Then spolie the chief 



nig-1 



not 



5 ts'apt sEm'a'g'it ai 



his the cliief at 



people 



6 La wi-he'lL hwil daXt 



(perf.) many being dead 



little bov and the grandmother, 



little 



aL Le ts'apt. La sEm-gwa'tk"Le 



to his (Pert.) much he lost 



people. 



sg'iL dEm g'e'ipdetg'e neLcjan 



(fut.) their food, therefore 



7 NLk-'e 



Then 



a'd"ik-sk"L 



came 



hwil 



being 



there 

 was 



qanL 



and 



niEstVx'. 



daylight. 



txane'tk^L k'ojjE-tk-'e'Lk". 



all the little children. 



K-'et .sTg-a'tk"L qal-tsVp 



Then started the people 



8 dsm fan g'a'aL Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk", qanL Lgo-gua'Em Lgo-tk''e'Lk" 



(flit.) 

 9 (jaiiL 



and 



who (would) 

 see 



the 

 little 



princess 



and 



the 

 little 



poor 



little 



boy 



Lgo-nets"e'etst. 



hi.s grandmother, 

 little 



Lo-txalpxda't Le ts'apL ssm'a'g'it aL 



111 four canoes the people the chief to 



peojile 

 of 



10 d^ni 



(fut.) 



tan 



who 



g-a at. 



would 

 see it. 



11 yu'kdet aL g-i'iks. 



tlHVWent from offshore. 



NLk"'e lo-l)a'xt cj'ai-hwagai't-tsE-tsa^aui- 



Then they up- still far toward 



proached short? 



K*'e g'a'adcL t'elx' aL lax-o'L ma'on. 



Then they saw grease on on top the sea. 



12 NLk-'e lik-s-g-a'd'Endet hwi'ltg'e. NLk-'e lo-ba'xdet aL tsap. 



Then thev took notice it was .«o. Then they approached iit the 



13 K-'et g-a'adcL qalH"''L liuvvi'lp hwil niEtme'tk"L gwa'lgwti han 



Then they saw several houses tieing full dry salmon 



1-1 qanL gwa'lgwa laX (|anL gwa'lgwa txox' qanL 



and dry trout and dry halibut and 



gwa Igwa 



drv 



15 mas-ti'aya'it (janL Invil lo-daxdo'xL he'ya elx 



bullhead and where in was fat of seal 



(jail I, hwil 

 and \vliere 



