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sitting. They left the shore and came near the ice. Then the two 
eagles flew away, and they did not see anything on the ice. They 
turned their canoe. As they had just turned, the ice began to close, 
and crushed the canoe. The two youths were drowned together. 
Those two persons who had killed the figure of the supernatural being 
were dead. It took revenge upon them. Then the people of Nisal 
said: ‘* Behold! they killed the figure of our supernatural being. 
Behold! and we thought men from a far away country did it.” It is 
forbidden to make fun of the figures of supernatural beings. When 
«i person makes fun of one, he will die after a short time. 
tejiqteji’quke tigplaittX. Icto’yam ma’uniX, qjoa’p icei’yux ya’ Xi 
eagles they were on it. They two on the water, near they two that 
arrived came it 
ikaba’. A’qa icto/koa cta’ Xi ctejiqtcji’q. Kya nict tan icgé’qrlkel 
ice. Then they two those two eagles, Nothing not any- they two 
flew two thing saw it 
ya’ Xi ikaba’pa.  Icgixe’lakoa icta’XNanim, as norj iegixe’lakua 
that ice on. They two their twoselves’ and alittle they two had 
returned canoe, returned 
icta’Xenim. A’qa igixeltcé’mXit ya’ Xi ikaba’. IgiXn’mqjoatk 
their two selves’ Then it closed around that ice. It crushed it 
canoe. the canoe 
ya’ Xi - icta’Xanim. Kopa’ tujlap icto’ya cta’Xi cqju'lipX 
that their two selves’ There under they two those two two youths 
canoe, water went 
ckanaem0o’ket. Ic Xe'La-it cta’ Xi icge’ wac i0’LEmax. 
both. They two were dead those two they two killedit the figure of the 
supernatural 
being. 
Itc’nkjémeEnakoa. Igugoa’k‘im té’1 Xam weta/’acuwict: **O, cta’ Xk: 
It took revenge. They said the people the Acuwi/ct: “Oh, they two 
Lqoct iege’ waq id’LeEmax. ‘Tatcja ntcLo’Xua-it knlaiX qa 
behold! they two the figure of the Behold! we thought far where 
killed it supernatural 
being. 
té1 Xam.” Tan txo tga’kjéLau i0’Lemax qiXenkmd/tXemx. Mané’x 
people,” What maybe itisforbidden the figure of it is made fun of it. When 
a supernat- 
ural being 
qaLgiXEnbmo’tXemx Leoare’LX, niict 16’LqtiX a’qa qaLo’mEqtx. 
he makes fun of it a person, not long then he dies. 
