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5 Land-Otter. Then I throw into the water what I am carrying | 
northward from the otter-slide; and while I am carrying the soil | 
from the otter-slide, my crew beat time on the side of our canoe, | 
and they say, ‘Don’t treat roughly our charm, else our world will be 
10 too rough.’ | Then I turn round and throw it into the water; || and as 
soon as I throw it into the water, I say, ‘I call you, Northwest- 
Wind, | that you may come and help me, and blow me to the place 
where I am going. | For four days you shall do so.’ | 
“ And as soon as I have done so four times, I go aboard my | canoe, 
15 and we take our paddles, and I tell || my crew to go on and be ready, 
and I tell them to go ahead and | paddle together, and four times we 
pull our paddles through the water; | and we all begin to paddle; 
and I say, | ‘Let us paddle away from the northwest, for it is already 
coming behind us.’ | This I say when I paddle with my crew. || 
20 That is theend of the four waysof calling the Northwest-Wind. | The 
first one is the crab, when it is hung over | the fire and hidden in the 
holes of trees; | and, again, the fern, when four of them are taken 
25 and | painted with red ochre, and dentalia are taken for its || ears 
and its nose, and they push into the lower end a | sharp split pine- 
stick and place it by the side of the fire; | and, again, a snail, when 
6 gwa’‘laiisa xti/mdasé. Wi, hé’*maaxg'in lek: go’xtilaxa dzexdzr- 
gwa’sasa xii/mdasé; la’en le’rloté t!n’msiigendxenu‘x" ya*yats!e. 
Wai, la ‘né’k'a: ‘Gwa’la a’/telésaxwa ‘na’wilakwéx a’LOx 4’tnlésEns 
a‘lax.’ Wi, hé’*misen la x‘ilplidaaisé qmen k'!afste’ndéq. Wii, 
10 gi/l'mésen k'!a‘stn’ndrq lé’g'in ‘né’k'a: ‘Lé‘lalentoL Dza’q!wala- 
nukwai’, qas g’fi’xads wa’x‘°éd g'a’xpn yo’x‘widen 1a’xen lalai’. 
Maé’mop!enilaga’Emits.’ 
Wa, gi/l'mésrn mo’p!ena hé gwe’x-‘idé lée’gin la’xsa lai’xEn 
ya’‘yats!6. Wi, lanu’x" da’x-idxenu‘x" sé/sE‘wayowé qrn wii’xé- 
15 xEn 1é’Hloté qa gwa’lalés. Wii, len wii’xaq qa ‘nema’x“‘idés sé’x- 
‘wida. Wi, lanufx" kidzpia’/‘yalasenu’x" sé’sE‘wayo, mo’p!ena 
hé gwe’x“ideda, Wii, Janu‘x" sé’x*wida. Wa, len ‘neé’k'a: ‘“‘Wé’g'a 
sé’xAsux Dza’q!walanukwéx qaxs g’a’x‘maéx la’xEns B/lxLa‘yéx,”’ 
‘né/k'EnLaxg’in lék: sé’x*wida Lefwun |eé’Eloteé. 
20 Wa, larm gwa’l la’xéxda mo’x‘widala dzmdza’q!walayaé. Wi, 
hé’*méda_ g‘A’labafyaséda q!omii’sé, yixs la’é téx"std*yo la’xa 
Ingwi'lé, qa‘s le ql!i‘la’Fidaya lax kwa’wagatyasa  Lax"Lo’‘se. 
Wa, Ja édérn’lé sa’laédinaxs la’é ax‘e’tseSweda md0’we qa‘s 
oti/ms‘itse’wésa gugii’myime. Wi, la ax‘e’dayuweéda aite’la lax 
25 pléplaspafya’s Letwis x‘ix'r’ndzasé. Wi, la L!én!e’nq!pxsdalaxa 
éé’/x"baa’kwé xok” xex’mesa’ qa‘s La’/nolidzemé la’xa legwi'le. 
Wii, la @’develéda q!wra’dzeqé yixs &x‘é’tspSwaéda mo’/we qa‘s 
