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After some time she was with child. Then her husband was ashamed. 
‘**Maybe somebody else made her pregnant. I will leave her.” Now 
she went to pick berries. Then they left her. They took their houses 
away. They smashed and broke their old canoes. In the evening she 
came home. There were no people. ‘‘Oh. they left me.” Now she 
made a small house, and there she stayed. After some time she gave 
birth. She brought forth a dog. She kicked it.- She brought forth 
another dog. She brought forth tive male dogs and one female. Now 
she suckled them. They grew up. She always left them at the 
house. 
One day she found the tracks of children at the beach in front of her 
house. ‘* Where may these children have come from?” She entered, 
and there were her children. She went again. In the evening she 
came home. Now there were many tracks of children. Now an arrow 
was there. She found it and she found a shell lying there. She 
thought: ‘* There must be one girl among them. Maybe they will kill 
Lid, aga aga’wan igaxe’/l6x. <A’gqa igiXema’sa-it  itca/kikal. 
Long, then her pregnancy was on her. Then “he Was ashamed her husband, 
“~Xuan wxald’ita aga’wan  inga/l6x. Nicqe nai/ka. Tetjo'kti 
“Perhaps another one her pregnancy he madeiton her. Not at all if, Good 
alxagrld’qiqa.” A’qa wi ig0'ye igaxalo’keam. A’qa 
we leave her.”’ Then again she went she picked berries. Then 
inagE’loqrg. Ka’nauwe ingn/tuki La’qnémax. Ka’nauwe  ca’ca 
they left her. All they carried houses. All break 
them 
ibE’/kOx gitca’/melamaX ake’nim. Tsod’yustiX igaxkjoa’mam. A’qa 
they did bad canoes. In the evening she came.home. Then 
kjzemm. té7Xam. °‘O, a’ga Lqoct iqangE'loquq.” A’qa igE’tox 
no people. “Oh, now behold I am deserted.” Then shemadeit 
ito/koa-tts tqu’Lé. A’qa kopa’ igd’/na-it. Lii’2leé, aqa igakXa’‘tom. 
its smallness house. Then there she stayed. Long, then she gave birth. 
Igioxd'tom ikjo’/tkot. A’qa igign’ttnq. A’qa igd’n igioXd/tom 
she gave birth a dog. Then she kicked it. Then another she gave birth 
to it one to it 
wil ikjo’tkjot. = Quiinemike ~~ tka’luke ~~ tkjotkjo’tke, — ae Xa't 
again a dog. Five male dogs, one 
aqage’lak iktoxd’tom. Aqa  itaxeltjo’kceamit. A’2qa — ita’qa-iLax 
female she gave birth to Then she suckled them. Then arge 
them. 
-—/ AS / Sap _ aS Ss) - = fo 
10’xo-ix. A’ga gua’nEsum nugue’qLqax tqu’Lepa. 
theybecame. Thev always she left them the house in. 
A’ga @Xt @kua aga ikto’ckam tqa’totenike tga’ Xatk aga’manna- 
Now one day then she found them boys their tracks toward the 
water from her 
pa. “Qa'mta Lqa  itgate’mam tkei  tqa’totenike?” Igo’pqam; 
at. “Where maybe they came these boys?" She came in; 
0/2xoaxt itea’qdq. Igd'n @kua igd’ya. Tso’yust?X 
there were her children. Another day she went. In the evening 
igaXatkjoa’/mam. A’qa Lea’prlatike tqa’totentke tga’ Xatk. A’qa 
~ she came home. Then many boys their tracks. Then 
axé/mat aqa/matcX. IRgd’cgam. A’qa axe’mat a’meElkje, igo’cgam. 
there lay an arrow. She took it. Then there lay a shell, she took it. 
IgaxLo’Xa-it: ‘“‘iqagélak Lei Lkja’skjas LeXa’t.” Igaxio’Xoa-it: 
She thought: “A girl behold ehild one.” She thought; 
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