I7(i BURKAU OF AMKRIOAN ETHNOLOGY [BrLL.27 



days, and driod many liulitnit. Anotlici- house was full of dried hali- 

 but. Now thoy had raui'ht all the salmon and all the halibut. 



One morning the little prince went out again, and looked out. 

 liehold. there were quite a numt)erof eagles. Ho sent his little slave 

 down. The slave went down, and when he came there, behold, there 

 was a large seal. Then the little slave shouted twice, "There is a 

 seal on the beach !'" Again the prince went down. He took the seal 

 and dragged it up to the house. He split it. Then they put the fat 

 into a box and dried the meat. They did not take the bones. They 

 did so many days, and tilled another house. 



Another morning the prince went out again and looked down. 

 Behold, there were many eagles. Then the little slave went down 



1 La huX wi-he'lL txox'i. gwa'lk"det. La huX k''elL hwilp 



(perf.) affiiin iiumy halibut they dried. (perf.) again one house 



2 hwil inetk"L gwa'lgwa txox". Hwti'i! La qa'odEL txane'tk"L 



where full dry halibut. Well! (Perf.) it was all the 



finished 



3 hiin ([aiiL txox". 



.sahniin and lialibut. 



the 



4 NLk'"e huX ri'd'ik'sk''L he'Luk. NLk''e huX k'saXL Lgo- 



Then again came the Then again went out the 



morning. little 



.5 wi'lk-siLk". NLk-'e huX uks-g-a'ask"t. Gwina'deL, xsk'ak- q'ai-he'lt. 



prince. Then again from land he Behold, eagles quite many, 



to sea looked. 



(J NLk"'et huX uks-he'tsL Lgo-xa'E. NLk''e huX uks-dfi'uLt. NLk"'et 



Then ho again from land sent the slave. Then again from land he Then he 



to sea little to sea went. 



7 huX huwa't. Gwina'deL, wl-e'lx. XLk"'e g'e'lp'Eli. wI-am-he'L 



again reached Behold, a seal. Then twice shouted 



them. large 



8 Lgo-xa'E, at iiui'lel: "Elx g'lna-sgu't.'' NLk"'e huX uks-ie'§L 



the slave, he told; "A seal left lies." Then again from went 



little behind land to sea 



<) Lgo-wi'lk'.siLk". NLk'"et go'uL elx. XLk'"ct tsagam-q'ii'exqLt. 



the prince. Then he took the Then he from sea he dragged 



little .seal. to land it. 



10 NLk"'et ba'Ldetg'e. NLk''et lo-daxdo'xdeL hix' aL ts'Em-qal-he'nq. 



Then he split it open. Then they in put fat to in bo.\. 



11 NLk"'et gwa'lk"deiL smax"t: Lfi ni'g-i an-go'deL tsits'e'pt. Lfi iuiX 



Then they dried the meat; not he took the bones. When again 



12 wI-he'lL saL hwi'idetg'e. La huX k"'eli, hwilp hwil lo-do'xt. 



