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that tliev h:id oiico left. 'I'lioii tlic lioy gave thom imich dried trout, 

 salmon, halibut, and liulliiead. lie did what was just right. Then 

 his uncle's people were glad. 'rh(\v were saved, because they now ate 

 dried trout, .salmon, halil)ut. and liullhead, and he also gave them a 

 little fat of the seal, porpoise, sealion, and whale; and his uncle's people 

 were very glad, l)ecause they were .saved. And all the people said 

 that the poor little boy, when grown up, should be their chief. 



The l)oy always went out to sea to catch seals for his uncle's people, 

 and he always told his wife that it was very hard to take otf the frog 

 blanket. Then his wife worried and cried when she lav down. Now 



NLk"'et If.sax-g'ina'niL ami. qabe'L gwa'lgwa laX qanL 1 



Then only he gave just several dry trnut ami 



gwa'lgwa ban cjanL gwa'lgwa txox' ([auL gwa'lgwa 



(Irv salmon and dry halibut and dry 



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mas-(i"aya'it: ami. qab(>'L an-hwt'ntg"e. NLk''e lo-am"a'mL qaga'oL 3 



hullhea'l; just several what he did. Then in good hearts 



ts'aps nebe'pt. NLk"'e lt"'nia'tk"detg'e, aL hwil La g'e'ipdet i 



the peo- hismother's Then they were saved, because ffierf.) tliey ate 



pie uf brother. 



gwa'lgwa laX qanL gwa'lgwa han qanL gwa'lgwti txox" 5 



dry trout and dry salmon aial dry Iialiliut 



tjauL gwa'lgwa mas-ti'aya'it. NLk''e huX k'sax-g'Tiifi'mL 6 



and dry bullhead. Then again only he t,'ii\e 



ts''6'osk"L he'ya elx (jani. he'ya dzlX qanL hc'yti t't"'bKn 7 



a little fat of .seal ami fat of porpoise and fat of sealiiai 



(jaiiL he'ya Lpen. NLk*'e wi-t'e'.sL hwil lo-am'a'mL tjaga'oL 8 



and fat of whale. Then much being in good hearts 



ts'aps nebt^'pt ai. hwil i.a de-lema'tk"tdetg"e. NLk''e. !t 



the pen- hismother's because (perf.) they were saved. Then 



pie of brother. 



a'lg'ixL txanc'tk"L qal-ts'a'p aL dEm sEtn'a'g'it La hwil 10 



spoke all tlie people at (fut.) chief (perf.) being 



wi-t'e'sL Lgo-gua'Eiu Lgo-tk'"e'Lk". 11 



great the poor little bov. 



little 



NLk"'e qa'ne-hwila da'uL Lgo-tk"'e'Lk" aL ts'Em-ma'on. aL 12 



Then always he the Ijoy at in sea, :iiid 



went little 



