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the sitliiHin. Miiiiy t'ui;-l('s did so. They iiti' all tlH> saliiKni. and then 

 they Hew away aijain. The piiiuc pulled out their feiithers and 

 oathei-ed them. Then he was olad, and the eaoles also were <,dad. 

 The princ(> made arrows; he made many boxes full of them. He used 

 the feathers of the eagles for mai<inu- iiis airows. fastening tiieui to 

 the shaft, and therefore his arrows were vi'i'v swift. He gave salmon 

 to many eagles. Wlien the salmon wei'e at an end, he stopped. 



The prince did not eat. He only made arrows. Now it came to be 

 winter. For a))out three months the Indians ate only dried salmon 

 and berries mixed witli grease and elderberries and eurrants. Thej' 



4 NLk'"e ia'gai huX de-lo-amVniL (jatia'otL xsk'ak". Hwa'il Tgon 



Then how- again on in good hearts the eagles. Well! This 



ever their part 



5 hwili, Lgo-wi'lk-.siLk". Hawi'lg-e. nilne'i. (I'ap-de-dza'pt, Lgo'uLk-L 



did the ])rince. .Vrrows, those really on made thesiiiif)f 



ittle his part 



6 sEm-a'g"it. K'sax-hawi'li. de-dzfi'pt sEm-wI-he'lt. Txane'tk"L 



the ehiet. (in)y arrows on he made very many. All 



his part 



7 (|a-xb("'ist hwil mEtme'tk"t. Hwil'i! Q'ap-k-'e'li. qaqYi'ix'L 



l.oxes being fnll. Well' Really one feather of 



8 xskTi'k-g-e. iieL ha'yit at. hawi'l. Ttfal-dix'da'kxdit lat. 



an eagle, that he used for an .\gainst he fastened it to it. 



arrow. 



9 KeLne'L (jan sEm-ale-iil'edet. Wl-he'li. xsk"ak' t hwil g-ina'mi, 



Therefore very quick- they Many eagles he gave 



ly went. 



1(1 ha'ng'e. Q'ap-ndaL hwil ([il'odEL han. NLk''e hawi'tg'e. 



salmon. Really where being finished the Then he stopped. 



salmon. 



11 Nig'ide yo'oXk"L Lgo-wi'lk'siLk"g'e. K'sax-hawi'li, de-dza'pt. 



Xot ate the prince. Only arrows oil he made. 



little his part 



12 NLk''c a'd'ik'sk"!, dEm hwil mfi'adEm. i,a nak"i, hwil 



Then cann- ifut.) being snow. When long being 



13 iiia'adEm i,;i ItgM-gulaEldEiiia i.o(|s. i/i tgoiiL hwili. alo-g'ig'a't, 



snow wIkti about three maybe months, wlien this did the Indians, 



1+ k".sax-ha'ni, de-g'e'ipdet 



(nily salmon on tlu-yate 



their part 



15 (lani, hwe'k'fl. Txaiie'tk"L le-hwa'nt iii. Itix-qaq'a'q.st. nei< 



and wild black All on were at ou little bushes. then 



currants. 



