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her. She would catch first one and then the other, but her hands 

 passed right tlirougli tliem. Then tliey ceased to see tliem. Their 

 canoe, however, ran about on tlie lake. 



After that the sun's children began to wish that filth would Idll their 

 son. This is why poverty always kills a little boy when liis father dies. 

 After her little child had begun to suffer very much they compelled 

 him to go outside with his mother. She made a house with branches 

 at the other end of the town. There she stayed with her little child. 

 She continually bathed her Uttle child inside of the house of branches, 

 and he grew larger there. People kept throwing the leavings of food 

 on top of their house . They always called him ' ' This man living here . ' ' 

 They would laugh at liim. Whenever the little boy ran out among 

 the boys who were plajdng they said ''Uh! Garbage-man." Now he 

 said to his mother, "Make a bow and arrows for me." And, after she 

 had made them, he went out shooting just at daybreak. He shot all 

 kinds of things. When he was getting to be a man, he kept going up 

 close by the lake. 



Ts!uhe/t!aawe agacA'ttc, Le atu'nAx wudJA'ltc. TcIulc' Lei Iias 



First one and then when she would then through [her hands] Then not they 



the oilier catch tliem would go. 



wudustfn. HA'sdu3'a'ou qo'a awe' a kAt wiidjixl'x. 



saw [them]. Their canoe, however, lake on mn up. 



HAsduyi'di qo'a awe' ye'At liAS aodici' qaha'sltc yaqgadja'q. Atcawe' 



Their son, however, for this they caiiie to tilth wouhi kill him. This is why 



wish 



dul'c nAgana'n AtklA'tsk!" (jiAnAskide'tc wudja'qtc. lax wa'yu 



his father when he dies a little boy's poverty always is killed of. Very when 



kAcu'sawede du3^e'tk!", diiLfi' tia gu'iiiyAx ka'oduLi-u'. An 5 



had suffered her little child liis mother with outside they let him go. Town 



tcukA'qlawe tcac hit aka' aoliyA'x. Duye'tk!" a'(|! an 3'e wuti'. 



at the other end luaiich house at it she made. Her little child then with it so she staved, 



of 



A'cutcnutc daye'tkl° jnl'tcac hit yik. DesgwA'tc i.Iaga'yan nAlge'n. 



She always her little the branch house inside. Now he was getting large, 



bathed child 



Qaxilaite'awe dukade'({ tloge'tcnutc. " Ya'tlaAauwaqa'/' yiiawe' 



Garbage on top of him they would always "This man living here," was what 



(i. e., his throw, 



house) 



dayadoqa'nutc. U'x udulcu'qnutc. Wananl'sawe yux wudjixi'x 



they ahvayscalled him. At him they would laugh. As soon as out he ran 



yuAtk!A'tsk:° Ackulye'tixoq!. "'Tca-T' Q!al'ti-cuye'-qa" La yu'duwasa. 10 



the little boy among the boys "Oh! you garbage-man" then what they 



playing. dirty called him. 



DuLfi' ye aya'osi(|a, "SaIvS A'xdjiyis JayA'x." Alc' ye aiiAsnl'awe 



His thus he asked, "Bows forme make." Then so when she had 



mother and arrows made them 



tclu'ya akA'ndagAneawe' anagu'ttc atlo'kt!. LdakA't A'dawe 



just then when it was daylight he always went shooting with All things 



them. those 



at!o'kt!inutc. Qax j^aqsatfyawe dcsgwa'tc yfi'ilk! a3^aht''''taqguttc. 



he would shoot. Getting to when he was now the lake he always went up 



be a man Close by. 



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