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them to come up." So people went to tell them. They came up. 

 Then the sunbeams lay alongside of the woman in streaks, and their 

 little son in front of them was also like a sunbeam. After they were 

 seated inside of the house they began to appear as if coming out of a 

 fog. ''Eat sometliing, my daughter," said the chief. Then a very 

 young man ran to get water for them. But her husband took a fish- 

 hawk's quill out, and put this into it. If it bent over on account of 

 the wet the man had not behaved himself. After they had examined 

 everyone she sent her little brother, and her little brother always 

 brought water for them. When her brother went away she took her 

 husband's bucket for the water herself. But after she had been twice 

 a man near the water seized her hand. And, when she brought it into 

 the house and set it close beside her husbands, they put the fishhawk's 

 cpiill into it. This time, after her hand had been caught, the quill bent 

 over with slime. Then they started to get up to go outside, away from 



ya'odudziqa. Daq uwaA't. TcIulc' gAgfi'n qlos wa'su, nel kAx 



they came to tell Up thev came. Then 'the sun beams how in the across 



them. " house 



dugu'gun yu'gAgan qlos yu'cfiAVAt tuwA'nq! hAsduyi't klAtsk!" ts!u 



lay in streaks the' sun beams the woman alongside of their son little also 



qlwAseye' Ahs!u' gAga'n q!os yex yati'. TcIuLe' neJq! yen hAS 



in front of them, and also ' sun beams like 'were. Then at the house there they 



qe'awe tsa WA'sa Atu'nAX kes ye'nAx liAs yi yA'xawe yasiate' 



being ,iust as if from into it out from there they being like that was 



seated then 



5 yuqogti's!. "AtgAxfi' do Axsl'k!""' yd'yawaqa yuanqa'wo. lax 



the fog. "Let eatsomething (imp.) my daughter" what said the chief. Very 



ckAstil'xwa awe' wudjixl'x hAsdu«[!oe's hl'nga. Ax ke a'watAn 



was a young man that ran for them for wa'ter. From it out he took 



kidju'k ([I'nayi. Aqade' awatsfi'q. Yu yen ka'watAn xcl! qfix Lei 



aflsh-hawk itsquil'l. Into it he put it. If it bent over slime on ae- not 



count 

 of 



oka' wucku'k yuqa'. Cunaye't yen da ye'gawetsa, dul'k! klAtsk!" 



behaved himself the man. Everyone there when they examined, her brother little. 



kfi'waqa. TcIuLe/xde hin hA'sduqIoe'de fi'wayA hA'sduik! klA'tsk!". 



she sent. Ever since then water for them carried their brother little. 



10 Qot gagu'dawe dui'k! hin ga a'watan q!lca' duxo'xq!" wA'nqles. 



Entirely' when went his brother water for she took bucket her husbands for. 



away 



DA'xda bi'nga gu'dawe Acdjl'n awu'hcat qfi bin q!eq!. Tc!uLe' 



Twice for water when she went her hand caught a man water near (by the). Then 



net awi'sTne'awe duxo'xq!" awA'n xA'uq! aqade' uduwatsa'k 



into when she brought it her husbands close by to into it they put [it] 



the 



house 



kidjfi'k q!i'nayi. Tcluyu' dudjrn wudulcfi'di awe' La yu'yenka'watAn 



fishhawk its quill' The time her hand was caught when then it bent 



xeLlqax. Le awe' wudina'q duxo'x(i!" wA'ngA'ndi dunA'q. 



slime from. Then it was started to get up her husbands to go outside from her. 



