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))('()[)1(' went outside. Then tliev knew wliut had happened to liini. 

 but they did not know whence he liad come. 



And they began to care for him. He was there for many years. 

 And he remained there alwa3^s. He did not go back, because he did 

 not know where his town was. He liad four ehiklren. Two were 

 bo3'S and two were girls. And all the time he was at the Stikine he 

 we})t for his children. But he did not weep for his wife.* And the 

 one who had found him made him his friend (i. e., took him into his 

 family and clan). 



And after he had lived there for a long time he came to understand 

 their language. After he had wept for a while he sang a crying song. 

 He began the following crying song: | :"Heg.onone' La'gwaije 

 dju'qoqoltedj.: | Ha gusc', ha guse' Je'nl gita'nl haguse'."'' And he 

 joined that tribe. Then he told them that ho had belonged to the 

 Fish-eggs and they all gave themselves to him because they saw that 

 he was a chief. And his friends, the Fish-eggs, lost him. 



l! u'nsAd'elan. WA'gien Inaga'-i xa'de kia'g"" Idjfi'ne. LAg" V l 



they came to know. And the town the outside went. How he 



people 



'ets 'An la l! u'nsAdAls l.u Li'djistA V is gAm 'An l! u'nsAda'anan. 2 



was for him thev Itnew when whenee tie was not lor thev knew, 



like 



WA'girMi g" hAn dAma'n la l!a qe'nidan. WA'gien 'A'na 3 



And there right carefully him thev began to hiok And years 



alter. 



qoan gut g" V Idja'ni. WA'gien g" hAn T Ligai'e'lane. Gaui 4 



many during there he was. And there right he stayed always Not 



(joined the tribe). 



.silgfi'n stA r is'a'nane gAm Ll'djan 1' LAg'' is 'au 1' u'nsAdSinan A'la. 5 



back from he went Hot where his land was for he knew be- 



cause. 



L' gl'dalAii stAnsa'nan. StAil la ila'ndjidagan gien stAn isi'n Q 



His children were four. Two his were men and two too 



la djada'gan. WA'gien StAklA'n gu V is kllat- gi'daUn da V 7 



his were women. And Stikine at he was while his children for he 



s'a'-iJgaiian. Dja"An dA iJao gAm I' s'a-il'a'ngaiian. WA'gien la 8 



was weeping. His wife for however not he was weeping. And him 



uAfi qc'yaiyan 1' taodi'iglgan. 9 



one lound him took for his 



friend forever. 



WA'gien g" r isxA'nsgats L.ii l! kil T gwa'lan. WA'gien V 10 



And there he lived a long when their Ian- he understood. And he 



time guage 



s'a'-iJgAfi (jaod 'An V ki'lklAdju-idan. WA'gien hin V klAdju'idan: n 



wept after for he began to sing a .\nd like he began singing: 



a while crying .song. 



i :" Heg.onone' La'gwaiye djri'q°q"ltedj: | | :Hagu.se': | 12 



Le'ni gita'ni haguse'."" 



WA'gien g" hAn 1' Ligai^elane. WA'gien V Kla'ogAs '4'nstA ^3 



And there right he joined the tribe. And he was of the about 



Fish-eggs 



A'na 1' sa'wan gien la g" agA'ii lI I'sda'odjawan V i'Llagidas la'na 14 



his he told and him to them- they all gave he was a chief his 



selves 



l! (lengfi'nan Ala'. WA'gien V ta'olAii Kla'was 1' godiaga'nan. 15 



they saw because. And his friends the Fish-eggs him lost. 



