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llic people bi'ouijllt liiuiiy elks and slaves. They lil'dUjilit enoug^h 

 elks to fill two liouses. And he l)oiii;ht them with ti'out aiul dried, 

 halibut and salmon and bullhead; he boujiht many slaves. Then 

 he i;a\'e a ])othiteh. He invited al! the people froTu othei' places, 

 'i'heii he aeeomjjlished what he intended to do. The jjeople went 

 into his house, and he plaeed the elks and all his other yoods and 

 his slaves in the middle of the house. Then he said to his imcle, 

 "You shall distri))ute them." His unele agreed, and told him to put 

 on the skin of the white bear. He also wore the great eopper that he 

 had thrown down from the tree when he still was the poor little 

 hoy. He plaeed the great eopper on his head. Then he walked to 

 the middle of the house and stood near the pile of elk skins; then 

 he .sang. When the song was ended, the chief said, "'Now 1 will 



1 g'a'eLt. Hwil'il Tgoni. hwilL qal-ts'a'pg'e. G"i'k"diL Lia'n 



she lay. Weill This did ilu- people. They sold elks 



y (janL Liii'ng'it, wi-he'klEL i.ia'n. K""e'lh"ElL hwilj) hwil 



and .slaves, many elks. Two houses being 



ii metme'tk"i, Liii'n .sqa'lsit aL liiX qauL gwa'lgwa txox" qaiiL 



full of elks he bought for trout and dry halibut and 



them 



4 gwa'lgwa han qanL gwa'lgwa mas-q'aya'it qaiiL wI-he'ldEin 



dry salmon and dry bullhead and many 



5 LiLi'iig"itg"e. NLk""e yukt. Txa-w6'6dEL hwil dzuxdzo'q. 



slaves. Then he gave a All he invited the eamps. 



potlatch. 



6 NLk''e daa'qLk"i, hwi'ltg'e. NLk''e La ts'ElEm-qa'odEL g'at 



Then he succeeded what he Then (perf.) into went the 



did. people 



7 aL ts^Em-hwi'lpt. NLk''e t"Em-d'a'LL Lia'n qaiiL txane'tk"L 



at in his Then into the he put the and all 



house. middle elk 



8 lig-I-hwi'ltg-e qanL txaiie'tk"L LiLi'ng-it. NLk-'e a'lg-ixs 



his Koixls and all his slaves. Then lie said 



It nebe'pt: "AniL cIkiii o'yit>-an goni" NlIv'T' aniVqt. NlIv'^c 



his uncle: "Good (fut.) itisthrown now!' Then he Then 



away by you agreed. 



10 a'lg'ixs nebo/pt: '"Deiii gTilai'EnL anfi'sL o'ulik's-wo'xgutg'e. 



said his uncle , "(Fut.) you jmt the at himself barking 



on skin of (the white bcar>. 



11 NLk'\"'t huX hax'L wl-o'cj lo sa-6'x'deL Lgo-guii'Em 



Then alsvt he the cop- Iperf.) off thrown by the poor 



used great per little 



12 Lgo-tk'\"''Lk". TgonL hwilt: Le-sg'i'it wl-o'q ai. lax-t'Eiii-qe'st. 



little t»oy. This lie did: on he laid the tn^p- on nn his head. 



great per 



18 NLk*'e t'Ein-ia'tg'e. nLk*'(' h("tk"t ai. Invil niEii-do'xi. iJa'ng'e. 



Then into the he went. then he stood nl wlu-re up wt-rr elks, 



middle laid 



11 NLk'^et sE-le'mix*detg*e. La sa-ba'xL le'imx', nLk*'e a'lg'ixL 



Then he a song. (Perf.) off ran the song, then spoke 



made (ended) 



