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Then ^roldy-forehead also got in with them. After they had g-one 

 along for a while they saw floating charcoal.' Part of them were lost 

 there. After that they also came to where foam was floating. There 

 some of them were also lost. 



After they had gone along for a while from that place they came to 

 the edge of the sky and, standing near it, they counted the number of 

 times it descended. After it had closed five times they passed under 

 it, and the canoe was broken in halves. It was split in two." Then 

 few were left, they say. 



After they had gone on for a while longer they saw what looked 

 like many stars. Those were the salmon iidets, they say. Then three, 

 four, or five got off the canoe. Where the inlets were large ten got 

 ofi'. Then they came to where people stood at the mouth of the creek. 

 After they had been there for a while they stood up and the people 

 said "E'3'o.""'* Then the}' made them ashamed, and the}' sat down. 

 People kept saying "E'yo" to them. 



Gien Qolq!A'lg.oda-i I'sifi L!a at (jaL.'gas. Wa stA qa'gifi qa'+odi 1 



And Mokly-l'orehead too them with got in. It from went after 



stAn ga'-igin ga-i l! c|exai'yaii wAnsu'ga. l! tle'clji gu ha'-iluasi. 2 



char- floating that they saw they say. Them part of there were de- 



coal stroyed. 



Ga'-istA sg.ol ga'-igm g.A'nstA i'sin qa'Llxasi. Ga'-igu I'siii l! tie'dji 3 



From that foam floating to also came. There too them part of 



ha'-iluAs. 4 



were destroyed. 



Ga'-istA qfi qa'+odi qwesdji'ngoas g.A'nstA qa'Llxas gien T Igi'tg.a 5 



From that went after edges of sky to came and it near 



ga'-isL r qlo'g.oMaga-i l! kiwa-i-i'ndas. L' qlo'uldaLe'iliya'-i l.u 6 



floated it came together they counted. It shut " w hen 



r xe'txa lI Luqaga'-i i..u Luwa'-i taL.dju' g.a qloa'dAsi. La ga 7 



it under thev passed when the canoe half in was broken. It some- 



thing 



qlo'gadAs. Gie'nhao taga'ogAilAfi wAiisu'ga. 8 



crnshed. And then few were left they say. 



G.e'istAqa'giii qa'+odi qia'-idjig.aos qIaogA'ns gana'fi gi'nA g.e'ida 9 



Into from went after many stars sit like something was like 



(out of) 



g.ei l! qe'xas. G.a'og.ax.ig.atx.ia' hao Idja'fi wAiisu'ga. Gien lI 10 



into they saw. Inlet mouths those were they say. And 



ig.u'nulxa at lI stAnsi'nxa at l! Le'ilxa g.ei qiaoxa'nasi. G.a'og-.aga-i 11 



three persons with four persons with five persons into got off. The inlets 



yu'Ansi' gien l! Laa'lxa g.ei qla'oxaiiasi. Gien QIa'da-g.A'nL.a-i 12 



were large and them ten of into got off. And Seaward creek 



(when) 



tia'gi l! ga'-isLas la g.a hao l! idja'fi wAnsu'ga. l! ga'-iyingin 13 



mouth they floated it to they came they say. They floated there 



of (people) 



qa'odi l! gia'xas gien l!a l! e'+yo-da'gAn. Gien l!a lI l-l 



after they stood up and them they saicf "e'yo" to. And them tliey 



[a while] 



kilg.e'idaxa's gien l! qla'otlA'lgAUAS. Xa'-idAs hao l! e'+yodaga'nan 15 



made ashamed and they sat down. People these then kept saying 



by saying e'yo too often 



WAnsu'ga. 16 



they say. 



