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ing they came home; and \ one of the young men said that he had 

 seen K !wak !wabalas's tracks, || but before he had followed them far 30 

 into the woods he stopped seeing them, and he gave it up | because 

 he could not find them again. Now they all gave up looking for him. 

 It was I midsummer when K !wak Iwabalas went into the woods. | 



Now I shall talk about K !wak Iwabalas after | he had been struck 

 with the tongs by his father Ts !Ex«ed. He || thought he would give 35 

 up enduring his father's dishke | for him. " I will kill myseh in the 

 woods and die." Thus he said as | he arose and went out of his 

 father's house; and he went back | between his father's house and 

 the next house. As | soon as he came to the rear of the house, he 

 ran up II the river Wawale; and he followed it, going up the river of | 40 

 Wawale. In the evening he washed in the river. Then | it occurred 

 to him that he would try to obtain by good luck a magic treasure | 

 while he was walking in the woods; for K !wak Iwabalas knew that 

 his mother, Ts!Eqala, | came from the SomxolidEx" of Elvers Inlet, 

 and II K !wak Iwabalas thought of going there. As soon as night 45 

 came, | he lay down under a cedar-tree at a sheltered place; and in 

 the I morning, when day came, he arose, washed himself in the river, 

 and I after he had finished, he walked up the river. When | evening 

 came, he washed himself in the river; and after lie had done so, || 

 he lay on his back and went to sleep. In the morning, when | day 50 



^nEmokwe helaxs dox-'waLEla^maax qaqEsmotas K!wak!wabalase. 

 Wa, k"!es^lat!a iiLEg'ilaxs lae gwal doqulaq. ■ Wii, hVlae yax'^IdExs 30 

 laa^lalaq. Wa, laEm^lae ^wl^la yax'^id alaq ylxs nEgEltsEmeg'a'yae 

 heEnxaxs lae toyag'e K!wak!wabalase. 



Wa, la^mesEn gwagwexs^alal lax K!wak!wabalase. Wa, he^maa- 

 ^laxs lae gwal kwexaso-'sa ts'.esLalases ompe TslEx^ede, wa, la=lae 

 ^nenk' lex^ida, "wiigilla yax'^IdEL lalabaax ^yax'sEme naqes kse 35 

 qa's, wa la^mesEn lal toyag il laxa aL!e qEn hel Ie^IlS," ^nex'^laexs 

 lae Lax^wida qa^s la lawEls lax g'okwases ompe qa^s lii ate^sta lax 

 awagawa^yas g'okwases ompe LE^wa ogii^lame g'okwa. Wa, g"ll- 

 ^Em^lawise lag'aa lax aLana-yasa gokwaxs lae dzElx^wIda ^nana- 

 laaqa lax was Wawale. Wa, hayostalaEm^lawise nagama lax was 40 

 Wawale. Wa, la%e dzaqwaxs laaEl la^stax'^id laxa wa. Wa, laEm- 

 ^lae g'ig'aex^ed qa's wag'il wawEldzE^wa LaLogwasdE^ya laxes gwa- 

 lagildzasLe qaxs q!aLEla^mae Klwak'.wabalasaxes abEmp TslEqalaxs 

 g'ayolae laxa SomxolidExwasa Awik" leuoxwe. Wa, lie^mis ^nenk" le- 

 ges K!wak!wabalase qa^s lalaLe. Wa, g'tl^Em^lawise ganol^idExs 45 

 lae t!ek"!EXLElsaxa welkwe lax t'.Eiiyaga^yas. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise 

 na^nakillaxa gaalaxs lae Lax^ttlsa qa^s la la^stax'^id laxa wa. Wa, 

 g'iPEm^lawise gwaJExs laaEl qayamalaxa wa. Wa, gil^Em^lawise 

 dzaqwaxs lae la^stEX'^ida laxa wa. Wa, g'ipEm^lawise gwalExs lae 

 t'.ekMEXLElsaxa welkwt" qa^s mex^ede. Wa, gll^Em^lawise ^na^na- 50 



