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1a (^ri'x. Ills gion liAn Y sl'wus '"A'wa-i dl 1a ([("''xAn." GiC'ii V L.g-.a 1a 

 qfi'x.uls. TAMo'.ona'-i g.a sA'gui I' sg.dtltA'px.iafiwas."' (iitfy.A'n o-,a 

 ao'A'fi 1a (lA'nti^idAs. Gioii V qatc!ia'-i lav V srwiis '\Vwa-i, dl'g-ua 

 Ifi'ga/'' ''A'iia, kilsLa'-i h[Cn\^ so-.a'na-(ioda's (U'ng.a qea'xolgilgfi'nso-a." 



(rir'ii liAii r sl'wius "'A'wa-i Laii dAil } ([I'lloa. Dah stA i qfi'-ida. 

 QlaiiA'il tia'g.a } q!a'o-iita's gieii gAiu Lgu stA x.utskitg.Anga'nsga. 

 Dl<'-i siinfi'u-.aso-a. Dl o-.o'n<r.a dl o-i oino-.e'idAn p'anfi'fi g.etuta's g'ien 

 gAin Lgii st A X. u'tskitg. Afigfi'n.sga. Xa'-ides dl g. ei xetfi'n g. egldAg. a'n- 

 sga." ''Hak", kilsLa'-i Iqen, da q!a'o-ulas gien ItA'ng.o dAu gi I 

 giig. a'osgadag. a' nsga. "" 



Gion awu'fistA V qa'-idafi WAtisu'ga. L' g.o'ng.a e'sifi 1a stA qfi'- 

 itx.idie's gioii IiAn sl'wus "La e'siii dA'nstA qjl'-ida. G.A'iiL.a-i qa'sg.a 

 Ia agA'ii Lg.ag.e'ildan. Dam } qifig.fi'nsga gien gl'tg.Afi I'sin } qiii- 

 g.a'-nsga." Gien la e'sin qfi'-idafi wAnsu'ga. 



Gien sinx.ia's gien V qa'g.a da'og.anagas g.An 1a g.a'g.oyiiiAS. Gien 

 hAn 1a la su'udas "Da'g.al l! xa'og.agia'-i gie'nA dadji'n La"ga gut 

 esi'n gie'uA fi'la-i i'siii A'fig.a La'^dan/"' Gien dag.ala'-ig.a siiig.a'-ixAn 

 lI xa'og.agijisi. Gien Inaga'-i gia'ogi 1a qlaoku'djtlsi. Gien iqedaga'-i 

 A'fig.a 1a dAfigl'staHa'-i l.u tfi'djilsg.as. Sa'nAfi 1a istag.A'nsi klea'i 

 tadja'-i wai'gi qii'skidesi. KIo'Iau l.u 1a dAfigi'stAlia'-i l.u yan djitl'- 

 xAn 1' xa'sLsg.a'si. Gien uau dadji'ng.aLa"gas wa'nwa-i gi sg.u'nxAn 

 1a xa'g.atsg.as gien 1a la qfi'g.Andag.a'n wAnsu'ga V dja'g.alA gi gia- 

 i'nxaiyag.An g.aga'n a. L.la'-djat hao idja'n WAnsu'ga. 



Gie'nhao Igudja'-i at Lsiwa'-i A'fig.a la ista'si gien 1' qax.iagifi'lAfi 

 WAnsu'ga g.A'nL.a-i qa'H g.ei a. Gie'nhao gii agA'fi 1a Lg.a'g.eiMa'asi. 

 Gien 1a gut kiTwa'gas. La l! tIase'lgAfiAn F su'us gien di'tgi e'sifi I' 

 g.o'dalgialafi WAnsu'ga. Ga'-iguhao F tcl'ag.eilsg.oa'nanan w^Ansu'ga. 

 L' gi'tg.a q!a'o-ulas gien tia'g.ao klA'mdAla gi 1a gug.a'oskadagA'fiAs. 

 Ga'-ihao itA'ng.o idja'g.An. 



Hao Lan F g.e'ida. 



^ The halibut fishing grounds were all named and were owned by certain families. 



" These incantations are uttered to induce the halibut to take the hook. 



" In another story this creature is called Mother-of-halibut. 



' These various clouds are represented as Shining-heavens with his different bird 

 blankets on. Clouds are more often thought of as the clothing of The-one-in-the-sea. 



•"An inlet or river. My interpreter suggested that it might be Qano^, an inlet 

 north of Kaisun, but the name that occurs here is quite common. A river of this 

 name flows into the sea near Frederick island. 



" The word used here is also applied to the sons of chiefs who can not be touched 

 without bringing trouble upon the aggressor. 



'- When Shining-heavens presides, or, in other words, when these clouds are seen, 

 it will be calm at sea. 



•^Compare the story of "The one abandoned for eating the flipper of a hair seal," 

 note 17. The word used here is wa^nwai, one of doubtful meaning. 



•*Lla-djat, " Fine-weather- woman," is often referred to in the stories. One of the 

 winds, the northeast wind, was named after her, and by the West Coast people at 

 least she seems to have been identified with the Creek-woman at the head of Dju. 



