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litj'ht a torch. Tlicv told the tjii'l to ascerttiin if tlKM'c wore any sijjns 

 of the whereabouts of tlie youiij;' chief. The younjf woman olx'yed. 

 The river was frozen and she went across. Init she did not see any- 

 thing. Still the .suspicions of the G'itg'inid'x were not allayed, and 

 every niornini;- th(>y .sent the 3'oung slave to ask for fire. Finally one 

 morning when she cros.sed the threshold, a drop of blood dripped on 

 her foot. She desired to see where it came from, and pretended to 

 stumble. She put h(>r torch into the snow and extinguished the llame. 

 Then she returned into th<> hous(^ and lighted iicr torch again: and 

 when she went out she looked uj) and saw the head of lier young chief, 

 with its large ear ornaments. liaTiging over the door. She went out, 

 and when she cranie to the river she threw her torch away and ran 

 home as fast as she could. When she approached the \illagc. she 

 wailed and cried, " I saw m}^ master's head! " Then the G 'itg-inio'-x put 

 on their armors and went out to make war upon the GispawadinvK.'da. 

 Wa'g'ixs, the wife of the eldest brother, knew all the time what was 

 coming. She made one hole under her bed to hide herself when the 

 G"itg'inio'x should come to attack the village, another one for her 

 daughter, who.se name was Sqawo. When she saw the enemy coming, 

 she called her daughter, and they hid in the holes. The G'itg'inio'x 

 killed all the G"ispawaduwE'da and set tire to their town. The 

 mother and her daughter heai'd the houses falling. Finally every- 

 thing was quiet, and the mothei' put her hand out of the hole in order 

 to feel if the town were still burning. When she felt that the ashes 

 were cool, she opened the hole and she and her daughter came out. 

 The mother went about the town, but there was not a soul left except 

 herself and her daughter. She went to the end of the town and sat 

 down (therefore this place is called Hwil uks-g'i-d"a' Sqawo', Where- 

 S(iaw6'-sat-down-near-the-water); and she sang: 



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Na - LEm - t'an naksk"L Lgo - i.kwe Sqa - w6. 

 That is, "Who will marry my daughter Sqawo ^" When she had 

 finished singing, a grouse came. He sat down and said, " I will marry 

 your daughter." The mother asked, "What can you do?"' The 

 grouse replied, "(When we tight) we raise our feathers and frighten 

 man." " The mother replied, "That is not enough," and the grouse left. 

 The mother sang again, "Who will marry my daughter Sqawo?" 

 Then the s(iuirrel came and .said, " 1 will marry your daughter." The 

 mother replied, "What can you do?" Then the .squirrel said. "We 

 only throw down acorns and frighten man." '' "That is not enough; go 

 away!" .said the mother. 



^ Ago' si-gwix--hwI'lEn? 



SQ'am-ho'saldEm la'jim. nLk-'e ho'tsiL g'a'dEm. 



^Q'am-mti'g ildEiii iiiiiq, ni.k-'c hotLg-at. 



