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50 short, bottom boards into them, not many, for || war canoes are not 

 leaky. Now they were ready on the beach, | and when they finished 

 the work, they went back into the woods and | rubbed their bodies 

 with hemlock branches. They purified themselves for a little while; 

 and as soon as | it was late in the night, they all, with their wives, 

 went to bathe in the river; | and after they had done so, they went 



55 home to their houses. Then || the men and their wives lay down to 

 sleep in different beds. | 



In the morning, as soon as day came, Q lomogwa arose. He | 

 stood outside of the house and said aloud: "Do not | sleep, Kwag'ul. 

 Let us start this fine day." Thus he said and | went into his house. || 



60 He did not stay there long, before he came back carr3ing his gun, 

 and I padcUe, and ammunition box, and also his mat | and two 

 blankets; and he went to where the war canoes were | and put aboard 

 what he was carrying, at the place where he was going to sit. | Then 



65 aU the warriors came out of the houses and || went dowm to the place 

 where the war canoes were, and | put aboard their guns and paddles, 

 ammunition | boxes, mats, and two blankets, at the places where 

 they were going to sit. | They kept their traveling provisions in their 

 ammunition boxes, and each one carried | his own travehng provi- 

 sions when he went to war. || 



alExsasa pElspEle ts!ats!ax"sEma qa paxtsxa k'lese q!enEma qaxs 



50 k"!ets!enoxwae g'ilx'eda wFnats'.e xwak'.una. Wa, Wme la gwalisa. 

 Wa, g'll^mese gwala eaxElax"de lae ai.e^sta laxa aL!e qa^s le q'.wa- 

 xetasa q'.waxe. Wii, la^me yawas^Id qleqala. Wii, g'il^mese la 

 gagala ganoLa lae et !ed ^wi'la la la^sta laxa wa LE^wis gEgEUEme. 

 Wit, g'ii^mese gwala lae na^nak" laxes g'ig"okwe. Wa, la^me alo- 



55 gwax^allleda bebEgwanEme LE^wis gEgEnEmaxs lae kulx'^Ida. 



Wa, g"iPmese ^nax'^idxa gaala lae Lax^wide Q!6mogwa6le qa^s lit 

 Lax^wEls lax l !asana^ya.ses g'okwe. Wii, lii ^nek'a hiisEla: "GwiiUas 

 mexax Kwiig"ul, qEns alex^wldag'i ek"oxda ^niilax," ^nek'Exs lae 

 laeL Laxes g"6kwe. 



60 Wii, k"!est!a giilaxs g"iixae xwelaqEWEls diilaxes hanLEm LE^wa 

 se^wayo LF/wa hanhanlk'edzatsle g'tldasa; wii, he^misa le'wa^ye 

 LE^wis ma^le ^naEnx'iina^yai qa^s la lax ha^nedzasases wi^natsleLe 

 xwiik'.una qa^s le iix-iilExsases tlaakwe laxes k'.wiixdzasLe. Wii, 

 g'ilxe ^wi^lamala hoquwElseda bababak'.wa laxes g'ig'okwe qa^s lii 



65 hoquntsles lax ha^nedzasases wFnatsIeLe xwak'.flna, qa^s liixat! 

 ax^alExsases hanLEme LE^wis se^wayo LE^wa hiinhanlk'edzatsle g'il- 

 das LE^wa le^wa^ye LE^wa ma-le ^naEnx^une liixes klwaxdzasLe, yixs 

 hac g"its!Ewe g'iwElkwases hanhfinlk"edzats!e g"lldasa laxes alowae 

 qa^s g.'iwElkwa wina. 



