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town." Very soon they had a cliild. Their father's canoe, a grizzly- 

 bear canoe, stood at the end of tliis to^\^l. The canoe could hear. 

 They loaded it with things. They put grease inside of it for their 

 father-in-law. Then it walked away mth them. After it had walked 

 on for a long time it w^ould stop suddenly. Tliis was because it was 

 hungry, and they would then break up a box of grease in front of the 

 bow. They came in front of their father-in-law's house. Then she 

 recognized her father's house, and went up in front of it. Then her 

 brother came into the house and said, "My sister has come and is out- 

 side." But his mother beat him because he claimed to see his sister 

 who had been long dead. His mother went out. It was indeed true, 

 and they were coming ashore. They did not see them (her husbands), 

 however, for they were like streaks of moonlight. Now, after they 

 had brought all their things up, one went out and said, "There is noth- 

 ing there." The Avife said, "That moonlight doAvn there is they. Tell 



wugaxi'xin yu'gAgan ye yen dosqe'tc, "He dui'c fi'ni." 



when gets the sun thus there they always said, " Here [is] your father's town." 



Wruianl'sawe yet hAs a'wa-u. HAsdutcukA'tawe yiatA'u hAsdufc 



Very soon baby they had. At the end of them (i. e., the stood tlieir fatlier's 



town) 



yfi'gu xilts! jfik". Qo'waAxtc yu'yak". Ayi's At ka'oHga. 



canoe, grizzly bear canoe. Could hear the canoe. For it tilings they loaded 



it with. 



HAsduwu' xA'ndi dAne't ayide' ye wududzi'ne. HAsduI'n gonaye' 



Their to grease box inside it thus they came to put it. With them started 



father-in-law 



uwagu't. Tc!ak" yti'nagu'tiawe qox Aku'dadjltc. XAtc u'tiyangahe'n, 5 



itwallied Longtime afterithad back it would turn This when it would get 



away. walked on suddenly. hungry 



awe' we'yak" dAne't Las akustle'qiAtc ayatlA'kql". Yu'yfik" 



when the canoe grease box they would break up always in front of the bow. The canoe 



aegaya't hAs fi'waqox duwu'. Awusiku' duT'c hi'ti. Le siegaya' 



below it they went then his She knew her father's liou.se. Then in front of 



father-in-law. [the house] 



dfiq uwagu't. Dul'kltcawe neltlil' uwagu't "AXLa'k! gfint uwagu't." 



\\p she came. Her brother it was into the came [and " My si.ster outside came." 



hou^e said] 



Aktl'qlawe dudja'q duLfi'tc tclak" qot wudzigl'ti duLu'klAtc wAq 



For it it was beat him his mother a long time lost had come to be his sister eyes 



kaodAnigltc. A'yux wugu't duLfi'. XAtc qle'ga Asiyu' dA'qde 10 



he claimed to see Out to it went his mother. That truly v/as so ashore 



with. 



hAs dula't. Has qo'a LeJ liAs dutl'n. XAtc de'tcia a'sivu jTi'aMi's 



they were com- Them, how- not they .saw. This very thing it was the moon 



ing in their ever 



things. 



q!os 3'ex katuwa'(y)ati. Dfiq kAdudje'iawe yu'AtiaAt a'yux a'wagut. 



shine like was. Up when they brought their things out to [one] went, 



(streaks) all them 



"lcI da At," yu'siaodudziqa. DucA't ye yawaqa', "Detcla'a- 



"Not there [is] a thing," what he said to them. His wife thus said, "That is 



awe' weAldi's-qlos yi yex yati'. Ye yana-isAqa a dfiq yiA'di." Ye 



they that moon .shine down like there is. Thus you tell them up to come." Thus 



