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12 When Lliilbe had died, — for that was the name of the salmon- 

 fisher, ! and his \vife's name was iJalameg'i^lak", | and the name of 



15 his son was iJai. IslanEm, and the name of his || daughter was 

 K" ledele^hik" — then not one dried salmon was taken by \ t, lalameg'i. 

 ^lak" for her food for her two children, for I the Indians of former 

 times said that for a long time there is no soul of the salmon-fisher, | 

 and, therefore, they call belonging to the dead the salmon I caught 



20 by Llaibe. It brings bad luck to those who eat anything || caught 

 by one who died before he became sick; and the | Indians of olden 

 times said that only the own work of a man who dies | is put on the 

 fire; and the canoe that is made by the canoe builder before | he 

 dies is broken | and put on the fire; but if the canoe of a dead man 



25 has been bouglit, || after his death it is taken by his child; | and it is 

 the same with dried salmon when the dried salmon has been bought 

 by a woman ! from another man. They do not burn it, if it had not 

 been put | into the house of her husband who died; but if | tlie dried 



30 salmon was in the house when he died (it is burnt, for) !| they burn 

 everything that was in the house. \ 



As soon as a man, or woman, or a [ little child, die, even when there 

 are \ many people in the \'illage, they all pour out the water in their 

 buckets, and | they draw fresh water from the spring or from the 

 river. || 



12 Wa, la^me lE^le Llalbex'de qaxs he^mae LegEmsa yainEklweno- 

 xwaxa k"!otEla. Wa, la Legade gEnEmx"dases Lalameg'i^ak". Wa, 

 la Legade bEgwanEm xun6x"ses LlaiJElanEm. Wa, la Legade ts'.E- 



15 daqe xunox"ses K- !edele4ak". Wa, la k-'.etis «nEm xa^mas ax^etsos 

 L'.alameg'i-lak" qa ha^mas LE^wis ma^okwe sasEma, qaxs ^nek'aeda 

 g'ale baklumqexs gEyolae k" lease bEx^una^yasa yaluEklwenoxwaxa 

 k'lotEla. Wa, he^mis lag'ilas LegadEs ^yag'Enota xa^mase yahiE- 

 gwanEms L!atbex"de. Wa, la^ae aEmseda ha^mapaxa 'naxwa axa- 



20 nEmsa la lE4a, yixs k' les^mae ts'.EX'q lEx'^ida. Wa, la -nek-eda g'ale 

 bak'.umqexs lex'a^mae laatsa eaxanEmasa bEgwanEme lae 1e-1xs 

 lEqwelasE^wae LE^wa xwak'.una Leqesa Leqlenoxwe, yixs gll^mae 

 wik" '.Ex^ededa Leq'.enoxwaxa xwak!una lae hex'^ida tsotsox's^En- 

 tsE^weda alolaq xwakluna qa^s lEqwelayuwe. Wax'i k'iPwanE- 



25 meda la Ie^I bEgwanEmxa xwakliina la he^anEms xunox"das. Wa, 

 la heEmxat! gwex'sa xa^mase yixs g'il^mae k'iPwanEma tslEdaqaxa 

 xa^mase laxa ogMa bEgwanEma lit k'les lEqwelaqexs k'lesae g'ax 

 g"ael laxa g'okwe lax wik* lEx^edaases la^wunEmx'de; wax'i g'aela 

 xa-'mase laxa g'okwaxs lae wik" lEx^edade bEgwanEmx'de la 1e- 



30 qwela ^wi-laxa gix'g"aele laxa g'ox"das. 



Wa, g'il^mese ^wik' lEx^ideda bEgwanEm loxs ts!Edaqae loxs 

 wax'^mae wEyogomala g'iujlnEma lae ^naxwa^ma wax'^Em q!e- 

 jiEin g'okula ^wPla giiqodJilaxa ^wabEtsIawases nenagatsle qa's la 

 tsax alta ^wapa laxes q'.olostala loxs hae tsEyeda wa. 



