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down into the creek, and it swam up in it. Then he lost his senses 

 and went right up ag-ainst the clifl'. He stayed up there against the 

 cliff. Everything- came to hear him there — sea gulls, eagles, etc. 

 When his spirits left him they would alwa3's be destro\'ed — the eagles, 

 sea gulls, all of them. 



Now, his uncle hunted for him. After he hud been out for eight 

 days he discovered the nest his nephew had made by the creek. He 

 saw all the nests his nephew had camped in. His uncle looked into 

 the creek. The salmon was swimming there, and he camped under 

 the nest. Afterward he listened. In the morning ho heard the beat- 

 ing made ])y shamans' sticks. He heard it just in the middle of the 

 cliff. Then he came up underneath it. Before he thought that [his 

 nephew] had seen him, his nephew spoke to him: "You came 

 under me the wrong way, uncle." The uncle pitied his nephew very 

 nmch. '" Come up by this corner," said his nephew. Ever afterward 

 he was named, " For-little-slave." Then his uncle asked him, " What 

 caused you to do this?" He did not say that his uncle's wife had 



duyayi'nayi. Hin yikt wuLitsi's. TcIuLe' Istfi'x awudAnu'k" awe' 



his whetstone. Creek u|) in it swam. Then senseless he got when 



yuga'L! yet wudzigi't. Ax wulixfi't! yu'gaiJ 3"a. A'(jlawe 



the cliff right np he came to go. Right up he stayeil the cliff against. At it 



against then 



doqiA'kAt wuske'ntc JdakA't-At, ke'Ladi, tctlk!. Qotx cu'naxixtc 



to him always came to everything, • seagull, eagle. Destioyed they would al- 



hear ways be 



dul'tx qeye'k gaA'tin, yutcfi'k!, ke'Ladi, HakA't a. 



from him his spirit, when they the eagle, seagull, all of tliem woul<l he 

 would go, destroyed. 



Dulga' quwaci' duka'k. NAsIgaducu' uxe' aqA'x cjuuwad' yuku't 5 



For him hunted his uncle. Eight days ho had there he found the nest 



been out 



duqe'lk! a'dji ite' yuhl'n 3"rixq!. TcIuLe' IdakA't a'wusitln 3'uku'tq! 



his nephew madi' the creek by. Then all he saw the nests 



duqe'lk! ax kenaxe'niya. Yuhl'n yikt aoLige/n duka'k. Ayi'x 



his nephew there he had been camp- The creek down in looked his uncle. In it 



ing [going_up]. 



uwaqlA'q yuxa't. A'uwaxe yuku't taye'. Atxa'we ([oIa'xs!. 



was swimming the salmon. He camped the nest under. From there he listened. 



Tsluta'tawe a'waAx xe'tca kaye'k. Tc!a vu'geL! yakAtu'de awe' 



In the morning he heard beating of for spirits. Just the clilT in the mid- it was 

 shaman's sticks die of 



a'waAx. TcIuLe' Akieyl't u'wagut. Tc!uJ ac ute'nx ac wud]'i3n'ayu 10 



he heard. Then underneath it he came. Befdre him he saw him bethought 



Acl't qle'watAn, ""Qaq ye'uAx Axta3^i't I'yagut kak." lax wa'sa 



to him bespoke. "The wrong along under me you came, uncle." Very how 



way 



awuga'x duqe'lk! hutc. "He q!engu'kci ua'xo ke gu'." Guxk!" 



he pitied his nephew he. "This corner from up come." Little 



slave 



sagu'tc ye uwasa'. Duka'ktc q!e'wawus, " Datkula'nsaya ye 



ever since thus hewasnamed. His uncle asked him, " Wliat caused you thus 



then 



