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were long-. Then be took it awa}". He put it among' his rags, and 

 fell asleep again. Then he dreamed that it said to him, "Put me into 

 the water." When it was getting light ho did so. He went down into 

 the water with it. He kept throwing it up and down in his hands. 

 Saying, "You came to help me," he threw it into the water. Where 

 he threw it in [the water] smoked. And when it was getting dark he 

 covered his head. When day was beginning to dawn he heard the cry 

 of the raven below him. A halibut had drifted ashore there, and the 

 thing that was helping him was at its heart. 



Quickly he built a house. He built a big one. In the morning he 

 went down to the beach with his helper and let it go. Toward da3dight 

 he again heard the raven's call at the beach, and he ran down. Then 

 five seals were floating below him, one behind another. His helper 

 hung around the neck of the fifth, and he took it off. One could not 



Yu'ye-Act-ayaqa-At yekuliga'yl-Atawe' duyaxA'nt wudjixi'x 



What was speaking to him 



yekdi^^a't!. TcIulc' 



were long. Then from it ho toolc it. His rags among 



Ye iir^in'n "HTnnl 



Duil'x 



was a small thing which around by him was running. Its teeth 



ax fi'wacfit. DoAtsII'L! tu'qiawe ayfi'wacAt. 



he put it. 



Le tatc uwadJA'q 



Then asleep he fell. 



adju'n, 



As follows he 



dreamt, 



3'u-Act-a'yaqa. Yaqenae'ni awe' 



what it said to him. It was getting light when 



"Hinq! q!wAn 



'In the water (imp.) 



yen 



there 



XAt 



me 



CAt," 



put," 



ay A X 



like it 



a osine. 



he did. 



uwagu't. 



he went. 



Dudji'n 



His hands 



ta'qiawc 



in those 



ye ayeuAsqa awe 



when he said so 



awaxe'tciya 



he threw it. 



ke axe'tctc 



he threw 

 it always. 



awaxe'tc 



he threw it. 



up [and 

 downl 



hin UxVx 



water into 



Le ye'ndiyax xinA'-A'ti awe' 



Then there it was getting dark when 



Ego an yeq 



Inside with it down 

 [to the 

 water] 



"Xaga' iwasu'," 



"Forme yon come to 



help," 



Wuduwas!A'<jawe At 



It smoked where 



cana'odislit. 



aqe'nae'ni ti'nawe a'waAx yel sa duiga^^a'de. 



when with he heard raven's cry below him. 



it was getting 

 toward day- 

 light 



yen a'osiguq 



there drifted. Its heart on it was 



Ts!a3Hi'k!awe hit yAx dji'wAne. 



he began to cover 

 his head. 



TcaL gwa'ya 



Halibut it was 



TcIuLo' 



Then 



yii'uAx 



ashore 



Ate'sli kade'ij! ayaxA't 3'u'-Aciga'-wusu'wu-At. 



the thirig that helped him. 



Quickly 



house he 



made. 



ALe'n aoliyA'x. 



A big one he made. 



Tsluta'dawe 10 



In the morning 

 it was 



Ax 3^aqe'ga a'awe ts!u 



After 

 that 



yel 



the raven's 



sa. 



call. 



when it was getting again 

 daylight 



TcIuLe' 



eq an yeq uwagu't, AdjiwanA'q ts!u. 



beach with d o w n he went and let it go also, 



it 



eq de wudu'waAx 



beach at he heard 



kidji'nawe wudcu'ta 



five one behind another started to 



float 



ade'awe q!a3^axA't. We'aciye ganase'tc-At daAtxaka' awadJA'J. Lt"} 



around it hung. Around his'neck thing from it he took. Not 



A'yeq wudjixi'x, 



Down there he ran.. Then 



ka'odiha yu'tsa dulgayfi'q!. Kidji'na ledA'q! 



the seals below him. The fifth one's neck 



