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the matter? Why are you sad?” He replied: ‘‘It does not stand 
well with your brother-in-law. I do not know what he is doing; he 
is singing shaman’s songs, or it is something else. Our house there 
is full of bird skins. I spoke to him, but he did not reply at all. 
Five times I spoke to him, but he did not answer.” Then his wife 
said: **The one who came home is sad. Maybe the one who is left 
behind is singing shaman’s songs. He spoke to him, but he did not 
reply. His face has changed.” Then the eldest brother said: ** Make 
yourselves ready; to-morrow we will go home. We will go to our 
youngest brother.” 
On the next morning they made themselves ready. They went 
home. They put away their dried salmon and carried a few along. 
They approached their house. They heard the noise of birds eating 
in the house. They arrived at the house. Then birds flew around it. 
They tlew down to the beach and out to sea. Part were outside the 
are you? just you are sad.” He said to her: “Not good ~ that 
imée’potexan. LXuan é’ktcxam tci qa/tgi tei? Pan a’/qa 
your brother-in- Perhaps singing sha- {int. how {int. Full then 
law. man’s songs part.] part.]? 
tau te’lxaqL tpjEspje’suks ita’pjackoal. Ke’nuwa wa’wa_ ini/yux, 
that our house birds their skins. Try talk I did to him, 
4 ni 2ege wa'wa itc?i’nux. Qoii/nemiX ké’nuwa  wa’wa_ ini’yux, 
not atall talk he did to me. Five times try talk I did to him, 
nii’eqé itctinxa’watck.” lgaxgu’iitek wu’ Xi aya’kikala. Iga’k-tm: 
not at all he answered me.” She told that his wife. She said: 
““Niict itjo/kti e’yamxte gigéXatkjoa’mam. LXuan  é@’ktexam 
“Not good his heart the one who came home, Perhaps singing sha- 
man’s songs 
tau é@lXaqjawilXam. Ke’nuwa  wa’'ws ite!’ yux, nii’ctqeé 
that the one whom we deserted. Try talk he did to him, not at all 
itctexa’watck. Cxelo’ita sia’/xdst = sg@’x6x.” Igé@’k‘im é@/LalXt: 
he answered. Different his face ecame,’’ He said their elder 
brother: 
“Ola aqa amcxElt Xui'teea. AIXkjoa’ya. Alxig0’qoama 
“ To-mor- then make yourselves ready. We will go home. We wi Ee to meet 
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our younger brother,”’ 
Wax ige’teuktiX. A’qa itxe’ltXuitck. A’qa ite’/Xkjoa. Kopa’ 
Next it grew day. Then they made them- Then they went home. There 
day selves ready. 
inge’tutk a’txalema-emax, OXua’caqt te’qjawan. NO'LjEmaX 
they put away their food, dry salmon. A little 
ingE’tukt. Qjoa’p iLd’yam tp’Ltaqipa. A’ga tejédk tpjespjr’suks 
they carried it. Near they arrived their house at. Then (noise of birds 
birds eating) 
o’xo-iteX  ta’Xi—s tw/Laqipa. ILugoa’qoam ta’Xi _— tr/Laqnpa. 
they talked that their house in. They reached that their house at 
much 
Qoxua’Lak"t ta’Xi  ty’LaqLt, toxua’tak"t ta’Xi — tpjEspjr’suks. 
They flewaroundit that their house, they flew around it those birds. 
A’qa itgn’ix itk"kia’xitt ma’LniX é@’matpa. Itgn’px, itgE’px, 
Then they went they all went seaward the sea to. They came they came 
down tothe together out, out, 
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