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there.’ The youth said: “Tl go.” He went out. He got there. 
He entered, and the chief was asleep. He said to him: ‘Get up.’? 
The chief got up from his bed. He became a grizzly bear. The 
youth took his arrow and struck him. He knocked him down. At 
once (the chief’s) wives became grizzly bears. He knocked them down. 
He threw them outside. The youth went out again. He said: ‘Take 
the meat.’”’? They took the meat. 
The youth said: ‘“‘Are there no other people?’ He was told: 
“There is a town down the river.”” The youth started. He arrived 
at the town. He entered the tent of an old woman. He said to 
her: “Tam hungry.” He was told: ‘We have no food.” She took 
a dish and put something into the dish. She gave it to him. He 
spoke to her, he said: ‘Iam hungry.” He was told: ‘There is much 
food in that tent, but nobody goes in there.”’ The youthsaid: “TI 
kke’ket at qatnaxamna’mne’. qake’,ne’ ne; netsta’hal huts!na’xe’. 
food but not any one goes in.”’ He said. ‘that youth: bo GUE Zo mad 
n’anaxa’mne’. qaoxa’xe’. tenaxa’mne’. sak.le’;tse’ naso’,k"e'n. 
He went out. He got there. He entered. He was asleep the chief. 
qake’Ine’ o‘kynoxa’men’. nn’ okunxa/mne’ ne; naso’,k"e'n. 
He aed to “Arise.” He got up from the bed that chief. 
im: 
n’enqa’pte’k k.ta’wia’s. tsuk"a’te’ a’,'k!e's ne; netsta’hal. qanta’Ite’. 
He became a grizzly bear. He took his arrow that youth. He struck it. 
q!lakpakitxo’,ne’. nejs — altcInamu.¢’se’s no’k!"P nqapta’kse’ 
He knocked it down. Then his wives each became 
k.Ja’wia’s no’k!ilq!akpakitxo’,ne’. n’anaqanmy’te’. laanaxa’mne: 
grizzly bear he knocked them down. He threw them outside. He went out again 
ne; netsta’ hat. qake’ ;ne° qoktayaxa’ ket a ku’ta‘k. 
that youth. He said: “ Take ye the meat.” 
qok"ayaxa’Ine’ a,‘ku’lak. 
They took the meat. 
Qake’;ne* ne; netsta’hat ki/tu aqtsma’kjnck! faa’k!ta*k. qakite/Ine’ 
He said that youth: “Are people others?”’ He was told: 
there no Se 
ne; k!unanmi’tuk sa,k.tuna’mne’. ts!ena’xe’ ne; netsta’hal. taxa’xe’ 
“That down river there is a town.’’ He started that youth. He arrived; 
sagk.tunam¢e’syne’. tenaxa’mne’ a, ket.ta.c’ses tema’mu’s. qake’Ine’ 
there was a town. He entered the tent of an old woman. He said Lowe 
er: 
hunuwa’sjne’. qak.ta’pse: fo’,ne* kuckna’la. tsuk"a’t.se* a’tsus n’0qo,- 
“Tam hungry.” He was told: ‘‘ There our food.” She took a dish; she put 
1s none 
xa’’nt.se’ a’tsus. namatiktsa’pse’. qake’Ine* hoq"ake’;ne* hunuwa’sjne’. 
itintoit the dish. She gave it to him. He said to “T said Tam hungry.” 
her: 
qak.ta’pse* ne; hanct.lan‘a’mke* yunaqa‘,ne’ k!cket at qatenaxam- 
He wastold: ‘* That where tent is is much food, but not any one 
