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lUKEAT^ OK AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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Now, salmon were in the ri\or in front of the town. 'I'iic cliicf 

 niafle a weir, and plaeed a tisli traj) in it. He tini.><hed it. In the, 

 e\cning tiic people went to sleep, and l^efore daybreak tiie great 

 Grizzl}' Bear rose and went down to the weir. She saw that the trap 

 was full of salmon, and she emptied it. She took the .salmon into the 

 house. Then she ordered the chief, her father-in-law, to distribute 

 them among- the people. He did so. The next night she did the same, 

 but the people did not know it. She did so many days. Then she and 

 the woman dried many salmon, and the house was full of fish that she 

 and the other woman had dried. 



One morning a young man went down to the weir. When he saw that 

 there were no .salmon in the trap, because the great Grizzl}' Bear had 



Hwai 



Weill 



NLk-'e 



Then 



d'aL 



there 

 was 



NLk-"e 



Then 



tgSn 



this 



La me sil 



when swam 

 the 



ban 



salmon 



aL ak's qa-g"a'wuL (jal-ts'a'p. 



dzapL sEm'a'g'it 



made the chief 



the 

 water 



su-hwa'tdet 



made name 



in front of 



aL 



of 



t'en. 



weir. 



hwo'o 



a trap: 



nLk'"e 



then 



d'fiL 



the towu. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



Lesk"t. 



it was 

 linislicd i 



4 Le'saandet. 



They finished it 



5 dEm hwil 



(fut.) when 



Lamga'ng'e. NLk-'e 



there (another kind Then 



was of trap). 



NLk''e yu'ksa. NLk''e IfiLL qal-ts'a'p. Q'ai-tso'oskx 



Then 



niEsii'x; 



daylight; 



it was 

 evening. 



nLk "'e 



then 



Then 



lay 

 down 



iaga-ia'et aL awa'aL 



to the prox- 

 imity of 



down she 

 went 



7 metk"L La'mgau 



full the 



trap 



aL 



of 



hwil 



where 



han. 



salmon. 



the people. Only . a little 



g"in-he'tk"L wI-lig''e'Ensk". NLk''e 



rose the grizzly bear. Then 



great 



NLk-'e g-a'aL hwil 



Then she saw where 



8 bax-do'qt aL ts'Em-hwi'lp. 



up took to inside of house. 



took 

 them 



9 wI-La'msg'e aL qal-ts'a'p, 



the father-in- to the town, 



great law 



10 yu'ksa. NLk'"e huX 



it was Then again 



evening. 



11 La wI-he'lL saL hwi'ltg'e, 



When many days she did so, 



hetk"L 



stood a 



NLk-'e 



Then 



NLk-'et 



Then she 



t'en. 



weir. 



SEmt-lo-qa'odEnt. NLk-'et 



very in she emptied it. Then she 



gun-ia'gEt 



ordered to dis- 

 tribute 



aL sEm'a'g'it 



to the chief 



NLk-'et ia'qdet. 



Then they 



distributed 

 them. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



huX 



again 



hwilt. Ni'<r-idet 



she did 

 so. 



Not 



nLk-'e 



then 



La 



when 



hwilii'x-L 



knew it 



wI-he'lL 



many 



metk"L 



was full 

 the 



12 qanL sil-hana'qt La 



and her woman when 



fellow 



13 wT-lig-'e'Ensk" qanL .sil-hana'qt. 



the grizzly bear and her woman, 



great fellow 



14 Ni,k-'e he'Liik, nLk-'e iaga-ie'cL 



Then it wag then down went 



morning, 



15 ALa la-he'tk"L qa'odEt aL hwil 



when stood his heart because 



hwilp, 



house. 



at 



she 



hwil 



what 



qal-ts'a'p. 



the people. 



gwa'lkMet 



slie dried 



gwa'I^uL 



dried 



k-'alL 



one 



ni'g'idet 



not he 



q'aima'sEm g'at. 



young man. 



hwa'deL han. 



found salmon. 



