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had finished the house there were plenty of cojij^er phites which he kept 

 pounding out. When they laughed at him and he ran outside they 

 would say, ' ' Uh ! Garbage-man." There was a cliief 's daughter whom 

 they would let no one marry. After people from all places had tried 

 to get her he prepared himself. He dressed himself at night. He 

 took a piece of twisted copper. He knew where the cliief s daughter 

 slept. He looked the woman through a hole with tliis copper roll, and 

 the woman caught hold of it. She smelt it. She did not laiow what 

 the copper was, no i:>ersoii in the world having ever seen copper. Then 

 he called to her saying, "Come outside," and she went outside to him. 

 "Go down to my house with me. With me you shall stay," he said to 

 her. She did not know whence the man came. The man that used to 

 be called dirty was only going to the beach with her. Just before she 

 touched the door it opened inward. The copper door shone in her 

 face. Whence were all those coppers that stood around inside of the 

 house? Then he married her in his house. 



asm' wehi't qa yu'tinna de ca'yadihen yu'nilq! ade' AtlaqlA't. 



he fin- the house and the copper of there were plenty in that house at them he was 

 ished phite pounding. 



Tclaye' u'xanAx dulcu'gtawe', klesa'ni xo 3'ux naci'qtc. "Tca-I' 



So at him when they hiughed, little boys among out would run. "Oh! you 



dirty 



q!a-ite'-cu'ye-qri." Yu'anslati'-si lcI dudjide' ye'qasado'ba. LdakA't 



garbage-man." A rieh man's daughter not to her would let anyone have. All [places] 



yetx duca'qlawe' tcIuLe' ayi's yen u'wani. Hutc qo'a ta'dawe 



from when they tried then for her there he got ready. He, however, at night 



to marry 



cta'de ye'djiwudine. Eq kAti'(i! aosite'. Ate'xya aosiku' yuanye'de. 5 



himself dressed up. Copper a twist of took. Where she slept he knew the rich man's 



daughter. 



Tlaq.'a'iiAxawe Ate yu-Aqli'tsAqk ^'ucfi'wAt yuC''q-kAti'qItc. Yucawa'ttc 



From the hole that he was pushing the woman the copper roll. The woman 



with it 



aolica't. Aodzini'q!. Lei aga' wus-ba yue'q. Lei hngi't-ane'q! ax 



caught it. She smelt it. Not what it was the copper. Not in the world of it 



(for it) [she knew] 



dusti'ndjiayu' eq. TcIuLe' a'waxox, "Hagu gtVnqla." XA'ni yux 



having ever seen copper. Then he called her, "Come outside." To him outside 



wugu't. "Axhi'tiylde' xa'naAde. AxAiiiye' iq-gwate' " yu'ayaosiqa. 



she went. " Down to my house go with me. With me > ou are going what he .said to 



to stay," her. 



GudAxqil'x sa3'u' u'wadji Lei 3'e'awusku. Yu'dulqonl'k qfix sateyi', 10 



From whence it was became not she knew. The man tliey used come to it was 



to call [dirty] be the man 



tslAS yui'qte ayu' Aci'n ya'naAt. Tela dudji' cukAdawe' nel cu'djixin, 



only to the beach that witli her was going. Just before her in front of into the it flew, 



house 



yue'q qiaxtl't duj^e't kaodigA'naja'. TcIuLe' gutxA'tsa}^! Le nelyi' 



the cop- door her face shining in. Then from where was it then down 



per inside 



the house 



cayaqa'wadJAl j-u'tinna. TcIuLe' a'waca duhi'tiq!. 



stood all around the coppers. Then he married her in his house. 



