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THe War OF THE GHosts (TOLD 1891) 
There were people at Lew laq. One night two young men went 
to hunt seals. They came down the river. 
It became foggy and 
‘alm. While they were paddling they heard war-cries. They 
thought: ‘‘ Maybe there is a war party.” 
They escaped toward the 
shore and hid behind a log. Now canoes came up and they heard 
the noise of paddles. When the canoes came opposite them they saw 
one canoe coming up to them. There were five men in the canoe. 
They spoke to them: ‘‘What do you think? We wish to take you 
along. We are going up the river to make 
of the young men said: ‘*I have no arrows.” 
war on the people.” One 
‘“*Arrows are in the 
canoe.” One of them said: ‘I will not go along, I might be killed. 
My relatives do not know where I have gone. You may go with 
them.” Thus he spoke to his fellow. The one accompanied them. 
Kopa’ oxoela’etiX ta-ttei té’/ Xam 
There they were those people 
agesgoa/max ictagH/loya cta’Xi cmdket 
seals they w vent to hunt those two 
ici’té.  A’qa iga-ikxa’LakotX. 10 igé’xoXiX. 
they Then 
came, 
tewlaqpa.  Qaxikana’pol 
Lgu/laq at. Qa’ night 
eqju'lipX. Qa eqamiX 
youths. Down the river 
Aga icqie’wala. 
it became foggy. Calm it became. Then they paddled. 
A’ga ickauiter’maq té’1Xam. E’tutq tgioxd’la. Texnd’xoa-it: *‘O, 
Then they heard them people. War-cries they made They thought: “Oh, 
them. 
ita’kj@saq Lqdst!” ITexé’gela-TX wxn/leuX. Iexa’kamela wu’ Xi 
they go to war behola!” mney landed inland. They hid behind that 
a’mqo aga/mLxeEleu. A’qa igv’suwulX = wu'Xi — ake’nim 
log landward from it. nek they went up the river those canoes 
icgaltcn'melétemtck. Xupxup xup dgoaqie’wala. Igacrlo’yim Xit 
they heard them. (Noise of paddling) 
wu Xi akr’/nim. 
those canoes. They saw it one 
they paddled. 
Iege’qulkrl EXt  ikn’nim _ ite’t 
They came opposite 
them 
cta’xkapa. 
canoe came them to. 
Igicga’tqgoam aqa a’kjaquinpmike. Iqcd’lXam: ‘*Qa imta’Xaqamit? 
it rez ac hed them, then five men in the canoe. They were told: ‘‘How 
Texamtxa’txam. 
We will take youalong. 
eXa't: ‘“‘Ne’eqé ton’qamatcX. Kja’ys 
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Alxkjé/saqoama e@’wa 
We are going to war there 
* one: “Not at all my arrows. None 
tqa’mateX ta’k Xaxt.” Ige'kim ya’ Xi 
arrows are in the canoe.” e said that 
anxklto’ma, iaokiX aqmnuwa’qoax. 
T shall go in com- else I shall be killed. 
pany, 
ten’ceuXtike.” “Qa/txd,”  itcid’/| Xam, 
2 my relatives.’’ “Must,” he said to him, 
itcid’l1Xam_— gicta’egewal. = [gixr’]tom 
he said to him “his companion. He went in com- 
pany 
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your mind? 
ca/xalfX.” Ige’kim ya’ Xi 
upward.” He said that 
ton’qamateX.” ‘* Ta’ Xi 
my arrows.” “Those 
exa't:. * Naika niiket 
one: ot not 
Necgé’ — tgEnlo’xo-?x 
Not at all they know about 
me 
‘ma’ema amxeElto’ma”; 
“vou alone go in company”’; 
ya Xi eXa/t; iagn’La-it 
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that one; 
he went into 
the canoe 
