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When it was oveniiig- he saw his mother with \)\tch on her face'" 

 weeping. Ho also saw his father walking about. After they had 

 g-one along for a while they said they had built a fort for them. Two 

 went up to see it and said it was not quite finished. After that they 

 went up again to see it. They said it was not quite finished; but the 

 next time they went up to see it they said it was finished. 



Then it was tine weather, and they pulled oti' a pole from inside the 

 edges of the canoe and shook the sky with it. At once rain began to 

 fall. Those in the canoe were happy. They prepared themselves. 

 They shook their insides with anger, because they were going to fight 

 the fort. That [the fort] was a fish trap, they say. At once they 

 started up in a crowd. 



He recognized his mother and swam ashore in front of her. Then 

 his mother tried to club him, and he escaped into the creek. And 

 when he did the same thing again he let his mother club him to death. 



And when his mother started to cut off his head for inmiediate cook- 

 ing the knife clicked upon something on his neck, and she looked. She 

 recognized the copper necklace her son used to have around his neck." 



1 Siiix.ia's gien 1' a'og.a xAndAwa'gas sg.a'-itgAiiAs 1a qe'ifiAs. 



It was evening 'and his mother in mourning was weeping lie saw. 



2 G.o'ng.an I'sin la qinqa'g.oriAS. l! qa'yin qa'odi l! klia'og.a 



His father too he saw walliing about. They went after [a while] them onaeeoinit of 



3 tla'odji l! i/g.oJg.aii l! si'wus. G.asti'n qe/iigalas gien ha'oxAn 



fort they built they said. Two went up to lookat and not quite 



4 tie'wan l! sI'wus. Ga'istA I'sin l! qi'iigalasi. Ha'oxAn tie'wan l! 



finished they said. After that again they went up to look. It was not finished they 



quite 



5 su'usi. Wai'gien I'sifi l! qe'ngalasi giCMi g.eilgi'gAii l! si'wusi. 



said. \uA again they wentuptolookatit and it was finished they said. 



6 Gien x.ilga'owas gien Luwa'-i djin qa'Ji g.e'istA t!a'sk!i djiii l! 



And it was fine weather and the canoe edges inside out of pole long they 



7 dAnsqIa'sdAsi gien qo'yaqa'g.Au la at l! kitx.idASLa'si. Gana'xAn 



pulled olT and " sky it with they shook. At onee 



8 dalag.e'ilsi. Lfi'goasi klu'liiAsi. Gu'tat L.'nanAuAs. TIa'odjiga-i 



rain fell. Thosein thceanoe were happy. Themselves [they] fixed. The fort 



9 l! x.itgidAngasiisi g.Au l! qa'H hi'ldAiiAs. Giga'o hao idja'ii 



they went up to fight 'for they shook insides. Fish trap this was 



10 wAnsu'ga. Gana'xAn l! sklu'x.idAsi. 



they say. So they started up in a crowd. 



11 A'wuii 1a sqa'dAs gien xe'tgu 1a squ'g.agatgils. Gien Y a'og.a 



His mother he recognized and in front of he swam ashore. And iiis mother 



12 1a gi ski'djiwus gien agA'ii Ia gigoyi'fiL.stasg.as. Gien i'.sin gana'n 



him to tried to club and himself he saved to seaward. And again like 



13 1a id]ioa'-i l.u hA'nxAn awu'n agA'ii 1a skitk!o'tuWas. 



he did when right there hismother himself he let club to death. 



14 Gien g.aoL. g.An T a'og.a l' qa'dji q!eitq!a'-iLx.idia'-i i^.u sqa'wa-i 



And immediate for his mother his head .started to cut off when the knife 



cooking 



15 hayi'fi V x.il gut (jIa'onanAnsi gicMi 1a qea'iiasi. L' gi'tg.a 



instead his neck upon clicked and she looked [in]. Her son 



16 x.alxclgistagia'iias 1a sqa'dAs. Gie'nhao tc!u sku'nxa gu 1a la 



copper used to have she recognized. And then plank clean at it she 



around his neck 



