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and halibut and jseal.s and poi'poises and sealions and whales. Then 

 they wci-e much astonished. The •slaves stretched out their hands 

 and dipped up the grease from the surface of the water. Then they 

 ate it. 



The prince did not tell them to land, but after a while they landed. 

 Then they ate salmon, and they ate spring salmon and halil>ut and 

 .seal and porpoi.se and whale. Now the prince .said, "Don't take 

 anything home.'' Thus he spoke to the man and to the slaves. 

 '•Eat as much as you want, and then leave. Don't tell at home what 

 you have seen.'' But one sla\ c hid two pieces under his skin shirt. 

 He dropj)ed two pieces of .seal in there because he thought of his 

 child. The prince did not give the man and the slaves food. Then 



ai. han qani. ya'E qaiiL txox' qani. elx (janL dziX qauL \ 



of salmon and spring and halibnt and sual and por- and 



salmon poise 



t'e'bEn (janL Lpen. NLk''et sEm-l6-sana'Lk"detg"e. NLk"'e tgon 2 



sealion and whale. Then vt-ry they M'ere astonished. Then this 



hwilL LiLi'ngit: t'uks-Lo'odEL (ja-an'ondet, at g'a'pdcL t'elx" ;^ 



did the slaves: out tliey their hand.s, Ihey dipped the 



stretched nj) grease 



aL hix-a'k's. NLk''ct g'e'ipdet. i 



on on the Then they ate it. 



water. 



NLk"'e ni'g'i her, i,g5-wi'lk-siLk"i. dEm k''a'tsk"detg'e. N'Lk-'e .5 



Then not said the prinee Unt.l thev land. Then 



little 



La .sl-go'n, nLk"'e k"'a'tsk"det. XLk"'e x-ha'ndetg"e. .\Lk''e (i 



afterward. then thev landed. Tlien thev salmon. Then 



ate 



txane'tk"L x-ha'ndet, han qani, txox' qani. elx (|anL dzlX 7 



all they salmon. salmoit and halibnt and seal and por- 



ate [loise 



qanL Lpen g'e'ipdet. XLk'"e tgon hcL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk": 8 



and whale they ate. Then this .said the prinre : 



little- 



"Ct'iIo' tsE .so'osEin. ana'!" De'ya aL g'a'tg'e qanL LiLi'ng'it. 9 



"Don't take the rest heh!" Thus he to tlie man and the slaves, 



out. said 



"DEm (["am-litse'EX't ni^'sEm. dEui k''e da'uLsEm! (i'llcV 1*' 



"(Flit.) only satiated you, 1 fut. 1 then leave; Ho not 



mE dzE sEin ma'LEL atsK-da La k"'a'tsksEm." (T"e'l])'Eli, dask 11 



you tell when i{>erf.) you land." Two ^lii-es 



tgODL hwili. xa'Eg'e lo-d'Ep-no'nL k's-lawusgum txa't. NLnet 12 



this did a slave in down- hole the shirt of skin. That is 



ward 



hwil lo-d'Ep-gale'L g'e'lp'ElL da'.sgum e'lix. At am-qtVoL 1.3 



where in down he two slices of seal. He rememhereil 



dropped 



Lgo'uLk"t. NLk''e rii'g'i t gv-iiL LgO-wi'lk'.siLk" g'a'tg'e qanL 14 



his child. Then not he gave the prinee to the man and 



food little 



