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go qo'ta t!oL qo'La qLE'ktcxain, iiaii'i k;a aLxa'x, ayuwa/xitx qix- ^ 



m that house that singing, at once nothing it gets, it flees that 



iLa/yuLEma. A'ka wiXt LkLa'xit. Ma'uix aLo'plx LkLa'xit naii'i o 



Ills snperuatmal Thus also a nienstniant When she enters a raenstruant at once 

 helper. ^yon^an. woman 



k;a aLxa'x kLE'ktcxam. PaL e'pqon qo'La kLE'ktcxam. 3 



nothing it gets the singer. Full down that singer. 



ALgio'tXEinitx e'mCEcX go we'gwa, io'Lqte e'mSEcX. ALE'k-imx: ^ 



He places upright a stick at tlie ocean, a long stick. He says : 



*'Yukpa' iuXiine'ptcga e'kole." Nau'itka ia'xkati ayo'Ximiptckax, 5 



'Here it will drift asliore the whale." Indeed there it drifts ashore, 



iiia'nix qui'iiEmi ayad'exe aLE'ktcxEinx. iLa'kital iLa'xal qo'La q 



when five times his sleeps he sings. Ike'tal his name that 



iaua' ma'Lna giLa'Xawok. 7 



tliere seaward having a guardian spirit. 



Ma'iiix La'k;elak e'kole L;ap atgia'x, ma'nix amo'kctikc, Lxoa'p g 



When Clatsop a whale find they do it, when two, hole 



aLgia'x, k;au aLga'elax o'kuema; ma'nix nekct o'kuema ka-y- 9 



they make it, tie they do it to it a strap; when not a strap then 



ogo'cil. Akoapii'tikc La'colal, koapii't k;au aLgia'x. A'lta atgiil'xc iq 



kelj). As many his relatives, as many tie he does it. Now they cut it 



e'kole. E'xauwe atgia'xc. A'lta aqLo'gux Le'Xat, aLxkLe'tcgdmx n 



the whale. Much they cut it. Kow they send h'm one, he goes to tell them 



e'wa-y- e'lXam. A'lta atge'ix te'lx-Em. A'lta atgia'xcx ka'nauwe 12 



thus the town. Now they go the people. Now they cut it all 



te'lx-Em. Ma'nix k'jau ake'x o'kuema go qix* e'kole, niikct qa'nsix ^^3 



people. When tied it is a strap at that wliale, not anyhow 



Lq;iip aqia'x ia'xkate. Qia'x aLo'yamx qo'La-y- o'kuema aqa'tElax, .. . 



cut it is done there. If he arrives at that strap it is made for ^^ 



him, 



tcx'I aLgia'xcx go qaX o'kuema k*;au a'elaut. Mane'x Lq;op aqa'x i^ 



then he cuts at that strap tied it is. When cut it is 



nLfi'keina LgoLe'lEXEuik, Lxalo'ima Lq;op aLga'x, ka nuXuiga'yax ^q 



his strap a person, another one cut he does it, then they light 



te'lx-Em. Ta'cga uXuma'cgapXitc, tii'cga qix* e'gigula e'kole 17 



tlie people. Those they come too late, those that under it the whale 



ka'nauwe atgia'xc te'lx-Em. Ka'nauwetikc qo'tac te'lx-Em tkile'mak jg 



all they cut it the peojile. All those people sell 



atgia'x ita'kole. la'qoa-iL, kapa't ia'qoa-iL; uakct Lqjiip ake'txo-il. 19 



they do it their whale. Large, enough large; not cut it is done. 



lauu'kstX, ka ianu'kstX. Ma'nix iauu'kstX a'lta nakct pat 20 



Small, then small. When small then not very 



aqiumEla'lEmx. Ma'nix ia'qoa iL ka LaXt Lpaci'ci aci'xLa-itx. 2I 



it is bought. When large then one blanket they exchange. 



]\Iane'x Lcta'xelalak Lf^a'kil ka tcex uya'giLq;up e'kole 22 



When strong a woman then several its cuts whale 



aqiLgEmo'ktix aLge'ctxoniLx. Go aLo'nikc te'lx-Em aLgugige'cgamx; 23 



she is paid she carries them. To three people she helps them ; 



ana' ala'ktikc te'lx-Em ma'nix Lcta'xelalak Ls^a'kil. E'ka 24 



sometimes four people when strong a woman. Thus 



Lqjoa'lipx- wiXt, ma'nix aLXElge'cgElitx, aLge'ctxoiiitx tcex 25 



a youth also, wlien lie helps. he carries on his bark several 



uya'giLq;up e'kole aqiLgEmd'ktiX. KawI'X La'k;elak a'nqate 26 



its cuts whale lie is paid. Early the Clatsop already 



nuxo-iLxE'lEmax. IMa'nix gatElo'pame LgoLe'lEXEmk 27 



they eat. When jejune a person 



ka acxauwikLe'tcgumx nuxo'wax, ska ma'nx-i aLXE'ngux 28 



and they go to tell them they run, and a little he runs 



qo'La kLo'pame kLkex LgoLe'lEXEmk aLcxtcga'nEintcgux. 29 



that jejune being person he gets faint. 



