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21 tended mother, LaéLas, and therefore | we just call her by that 
name.’ Thus said Yayaxtiyéga. | 
Then I questioned her, because she said that all the souls of | twins 
went back to the village of Miéésila at the outer edge of our world, | 
and therefore I asked her, ‘‘Is that the only place where the souls of || 
25 men go, to Miiésila?’’ Thus I said to her. Then she said, ‘The | 
village of Ealex"siwalis, who is referred to by us as killer-whale, is not 
far away. ‘The | sea-hunters go there; for the souls of the sea- 
hunters come from | Ealex"siwalis, whom we call killer-whale. | 
30 When the souls get tired, they go home || to the village of Ealexsi- 
walis. Then | the man, the owner of the hunter’s soul, does not live 
long when he goes home, and he dies, | for he is not strong when his 
soul does not hold together | his body. Now watch my lover 
Mamentayé‘®, | who came with me when we escaped from our || 
35 parents, when they talked too much about our | being lovers, for he 
says that he is going home, and that his | soul has already gone to the 
souls of the Salmon, when they die in the rivers after | spawning. 
And when they die, their souls go home | to the outside of our world. 
40 Now Mamentayé* || has never any strength, for he is sleeping all the 
time. | He has no happiness.” Then I asked Yayaxtiyéga | why the 
20 dzendxox liiqenufx" &bempbolaxox Laéiaséx. Hé*menufx" lagvila 
{rm Léqrlas Legemasox,”’ ‘néek’é Yayaxtiyéga. 
Wai, len wtitaq qaxs ‘nék'aageéxs ‘witlafmaé aédaagé bex‘tinatyasa 
Liatlayadza‘yé lax gdkilasasa Miésila lax L!asddésasens ‘nalax. 
Wii, hé*mésen lagila wtiaq: ‘“Léx'afmaé laiatsa bex‘tinatyasa br- 
25 gwanrmé Miiésila?’’ ‘nék‘entag. Wii, li ‘nék-a yixs k !ésaé qwe- 
sale g’dkitlasasa Ealex’siwalisxens gwetyowé maxenox". Wa, hérm 
lanakt‘latsa bex‘tinafyasa és*iléwinoxwé, qaxs hé*maé g‘aya‘na- 
kilé bex‘iina‘yasa és‘iléwinoxwa Ealex"siwaliséxens gwetyowe max- 
‘enoxwa. Wa, g’ilfmésé wisq!px"idpxs yaé lox laé niitnakwe bex- 
30 ‘tinafyas lax g*dktilasas Ealex'siwalis. Wi, k’!ést!é giita q!tléda 
brgwanrméxa iléwinoxwé brx‘iinénux'sa la niitnakwa laé wik:!p- 
x‘éda, qaxs k'!efsaé lixwatya qaés bex‘iinafyaxs k«!eAsaé la Axala 
lax ok!winatyas. Wa, larms doqtilatxen watrlax yixox Mamen- 
layafyéx, yixen ‘nemokwaxg'in g'axadlg'anuSx® fwéqwasenu'x" 
35 gig'adlnokwa, yixs laé LOmax"id gwigwéx's‘ala g:axpnucx" laxE- 
nwx" wairilaénatyé, yixs nék'aéx, larm lal niinax"7e, letmaés be- 
x‘tinafya linewex bébrx‘tinatyasa k*!ok: !iitelix laé léte‘) laxa ‘wixs 
laé xwélaf‘wa, Wi, gilfmésé ‘wi'la tétmlxs laé ‘witla nitnakwe bébr-. 
x‘tinafyé lix L!asddésasens ‘nalax. Wii, latmésox Mamentaya‘yéx 
40 la héwixarm la faloxtwida, yixs dsmaéx la hémenal*em la méxa; 
klés la ék:lexeedaénoxwa.”” Wii, len witrax Yayaxtiyega lax 
