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where his Ijiother liad boon. He eame to the ij-r(>iit spruce tree. He 

 looked lip, iiiid. behold, the skeleton of a iii;m was liaiioiiio- in the 

 brandies. I'lie hones woro held tog-i^tlier by skin only. His flesii was 

 all gone. 



The boy returned. He entered the house and told his father about 

 it. The father sent the .youns^ men, who .saw whei-e the body 

 was hanofing. Then one j'oung' man (■linil)ed the tree, took the body 

 down, and thej' carried it home. They entered the house. Now the 

 chiefs wife took a mat. She spread it out and laid the body down on 

 it. She laid it dow^n very nicely. The young men i)laced his hands, 

 his feet, and his head in the way they belonged, and laid the head 

 <l()wii face upward. There were only bones. Then they covered the 

 mat with another mat. They painted it red and covered it with bird 

 down. Tiien tliev sacrificed. For four nights and davs his father and 



1 hwai. Le hwil hwi'li. wa'k'tg'e hwil he'tk"L wi-sa'qs. 



he (perf.) where he had his brother I verbal stood big spruce 



found been noun) tree. 



2 NLk"'e mEn-g-a'ask^t. Gwina'deL. g'at le-ia'qt ai. lax-ane's. 



Then up he looked. Behold, a man on hung on on branch. 



3 K'sax-ts'e'p tfam-ne-daxda'EXL ts'ep, ni'g'i smax't. 



Only bones only to- fastened bones, no flesh, 



gether 



■i NLk-'e lo-ya'ltk"!. Lgo-tk-'e'Lk". NLk-'e ts'ent. K-'et ma'Lit 



Then he returned the boy. Then he Then he told 



entered. 



5 as iiEgua'odEt. NLk*'e a'lg'ixs nEgua'odEt aL q'aima'qsit. 



to his father. Then said his father to youths. 



(i NLk-\l q'a'ldix'-qa'odet. Nik-'et g-a'adet hwil le-ia'qt. NLk-'et 



Tlien to the rear thev went. Then they saw (verbal on lie Then 



of the houses ' nomi) hung. 



7 niEii-tia'oL k-'alL q'aima'sEt. NLk-'et go'ut. NLk'"et d'Ep-ie'et. 



up went one vouth. Then he took him. Then down he 



for it "■"■nt. 



8 NLk-"et na-de-iii'det. NLk-'et de-ts'e'ndet aL ts*Em-hwi'lp. 



Then out of with he Then with they in in house, 



the woods it went. it entered 



9 Nxk-'et goL nak-sL sEm'a'g-it stja'naa. K-"et IjaLt. NLk-'et 



Then she took the wife the chief a mat. Then she Then 



of opened it. 



10 le-sg-e'det la'ot. SEm-ama sg-e'tdet. NLk-'et sEm-ama do'xdeL 



on thev on it. Very well thev laid Then very well they laid 



laid it it. 



11 an'o'nt qanL ase.sa'et ([aiii. t'Ein-qe'st. SEin-hasba-sg-e'det 



his hands and his feet and his head. Very faceup they laid 



i" 



12 k-sax-ts'ii'p. NLk-'et huX le-sg-e'doL k-'ii'guL sipi'iiaa aL 



only bones. Then also on they hud another mat on 



13 lax-o't. Txa-ma'.sdeit ai. iiiEs-a'ust (|ani. nn.\-([Ti'x-. NLk-'e 



red paint iiiid down Then 



14 qa'ne-hwila lUElgwa'oksdet. La txalpxi. yii'ksa iiani. mEsa'x" 



always they sacrificed. When four nights au.l liays 



