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the house, going down | the beach, and going into the sea; and | 41 

 they all spouted, and the men turned into kiUer-whales ; | and he 

 also had heard what was said by the killer-whale | men to HaeLEku- 

 me^. Therefore he did not wish them || to talk about him. Wlien four 45 

 days had passed, | the steersman of HaeLEkiime^ arose and went | to 

 the hunting-eanoe of HaeLEkume^ Then he paddled | and went to the 

 large house. Before he got near, | he saw the great house; and 

 painted on tlie outer || front was a killer-whale. And he saw HaeLE- 50 

 kume' I walking outside. Then he went ashore, and HaeLEkume^ | 

 went to meet him. Then HaeLEkilme^ spoke, and | said, "Come, 

 master, and go into this my house wliich I obtained as supernatural 

 treasure." | Thus he said to him, and immediately the steersman 

 followed him, || and they went in. Tlien HaeLEkume^ saw that | all 55 

 the ff)ur posts were carved in the form of sea-lions, | and there were 

 sea-lions at the ends of the two beams of the house. | The heads of the 

 sea-lions showed outside at the front boards of the house. | When he 

 had done this, HacLEkiime^ went out of the house; and || his steers- 60 

 man spoke, and said, | '" O Master HaeLEkilme^ ! stay here and let me 

 ask I our tribe to come and move here." Thus he said. | Then he 

 was just told by HaeLEkiime^ to go. Immediately | the man went 



tsIesEla laxa Llsma^ise cja^s la hox"sta laxa dEmsx"e ^wapa. Wii, la 41 

 ^naxwa L!fli^eda; la^me la ^naxwa lamax^enox^wededa bebEgwiinEme. 

 Wii, he^misexs ^niixwa^'mae wuLElax waldEmi-laiiisa milx-'enoxwe 

 bebEgwauEm lax HaeLEktima^ye. Wii, he^me lagilts kMes ^nek" 

 qa^s gvvagweX's-ale laq. Wii, gil^Em^liiwise moplEnxwa^'sa lae 45 

 gilg-ustaweda bEgwiiuEme, yix k!waxLa-'yas Ilaei.Ekiima^yii qa-'s lii 

 lilxes ya^yatsleda ale^wasEiElas HaeLEkuma^ye. Wii, la^lae sex^wida 

 qa^s la laxa ^walase g'okwa. Wii, k' !es^Em^liiwise cx'ag'aaLEla 

 liiqexs lae dox^waLElaxa ^walase g'okwa kMatamalae tstlgEmas 

 Llilsana^yasexa max^enoxwe. Wa, lii doqiilax HaeLEkuma^yaxs 50 

 g'lg-EJsElae. Wii, la^lae liig-alis liiq. Wii, laEnriawise HaeLEkfl- 

 ma^ye lalalaq. Wii, hVlae yivqlEg-a^'la, yix HaeLEkiima^ye. Wii, 

 la^lae ^nek'a: "Gelag'a adii, cja^s hios laeL laxg'En Logweg'En 

 g'okwa," ^nex'^laeq. Wii, hex'^idaEm^liiwise klwaxLa^yas la lusgE- 

 meq qa's le hogwiLa. Wa, la^'me dox-'waLEle HacLEkiima'yaqexs 55 

 lae la -niixwaEm la kMekMak" L!eL!ex^Enes motslaqe LCLama. Wii, 

 laxae la LleLlexbalaxa malts !aqe k'ek'atewesa g'okwe. G\ax x'i- 

 x'Exsilla x'lx'omsasa L!eL!exEne liix tsagEmas LliisansVyasa g'okwe. 

 Wii, laEm al-Em hij gwex'^idExs lae lilwElse HaexEkuma^ye. Wii, 

 la^lae yiiq!Eg'a^leda bEgwiinEme, yix klwaxLa^yas. Wii, hViae ^nek'a: qq 

 "^ya, qliigwidii, HaeLEkuma-'yii', yulag'aEma hix ciEn liilagi axk'la- 

 laxEns g'okulota qa g'iixlag'ese mE^wa lilq"," ^nex'^lae. Wii, 

 aEm'iawisi? ^nex'sos HaeLEkuma^ye qa^s hilag'e. Wii, hex'^idaEm- 

 ^Iriwise la lawElseda bEgwanEme qa^s lii liixs laxes ya^yatsle xwa- 



