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(•oiii(> iisliori' ui^iiin. iiiul 1 shall stay in tlic sea. All the yoar round 1 

 shall sccrclly put ashore seals, haliliut. salinon, porpoises, sealions, 

 and whales as food for my children."" He said so every day. 



One morninii- his wife went down to the heaeh in front of the town, 

 and he was lost. He did not eoiiie ashore again. He starved at the 

 bottom of the sea. Therefore the woman, every mornin<j when she 

 rose. wiMit down to the beach and ci-ied. accompanied by her two 

 childirn. They saw two halibut, and they took them up to the 

 house. One morning she went out again, crying, and she looked sea- 

 ward, erring, because her luisband was lost in the sea. Then she 



1 txox-. NLk-'e ni'g'i dEm huX ts'a'k'skueE, dEm lo- 



Imlihnt, Then not (fnt.) nfrnin : come ashore, U'lti i" 



2 tq"al-gwa'tk"neE aL ts'Km-ma'on. Txane'tk"L k'oL dsm hwi'leE 



(igaiiist I am lost at in sea. All year (fut.) I rto so 



3 aL dnui q'a'mts'En tsagam-d'a'LdeE txane'tk^L elx. txane'tk"L 



at (flit. I secretly ashore I put all seals. all 



4 txox-. txane'tk^L han, txane'tk"'L dzlX, txane'tk"L t'e'bEn, 



halihm, all salmon, all porpoises, all sealions, 



5 txane'tk"L Lpen dEm g-e'TpL Lg'i'E. Txane'tli"L k'oL dEin 



all whales (fut.) fooil of my All years ifut.) 



children. 



(•) hull hwi'leK."" Txane'tk"L sa hwtl hwT'ltg'e. 



1 do so." All diiy.s he did so. 



7 HwJi'i! La k-"elL he'Luk, nLk'"e iaga-iii'L na'k-stg'6 ai. 



Well! When one morning, then down went his wife to 



<s (la-g-a'uL ts'ap aL La gwa'6tk"t. Nig-i huX ts"ak-sk"t. La 



the front of the and ( perf. i he was lost. Not again he came when 



thehiaiscsof town ashore, 



9 hwtl k-"e lo-g-a'dEL s"iil'nL ma'on as ne'tg'e. Nil qan hwilL 



,it line- hcljclongedto the hot- the sea to him. Therefore she did 



torn of so 



1(1 hana'(|. iia'k-.stg'e. Txane'tk"L he'Luk hwil g-in-he'tk"t. k'^e 



tlic his wife. Every morning rising, then 



woman. 



11 huX k-saxt aL hwilp, k-"t"' huX iaga-iil't aL qa-g-il'uL ts'ap. 



again she went of the honse, then again down she to the front of the 



lint went the houses of town. 



12 NLk""e aL qa'ne-hwila wT-ye'tk"t aL k'uL-SEl-ste'l bagade'lL 



'I'll, Ml always she cried and about accom- two 



jianying 



13 Lg-it. Ni,k-"et g-aade'L hwil i.a g-ina-dcYxL t'Epxil'tL txox'. 



children. Then she .saw where (perf.) right were two halibut. 



there 



14 NLk'T't bax-do'(it. HuX k-'elL he'Luk hwil huX k-saXL 



Then up she till, k Again one mnrniiig (when I again went out 



them. 



15 hana'(i aL huX wi-ye'tk"t ai. (|a-g-a'uL ts^aj) aL t"uks-g-a'aL 



the at again erviug at in front of the the and out to she 



woman houses of town sea looked 



