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Nixa'. When the spirit came out of him he reminded his uncle, 

 " When it runs into the tire with mo, don't foro-et to take me out and 

 put me into the basket." 



After all of the sheeps' sides were covered up he sent him for his 

 wife. He came up with his wife into the cave. Then ho said to his 

 uncle: Take the half-basket in which we cook. "Mash uj) the inside 

 fat for your wife." His spirits took out the woman's bottom part 

 from her. For this reason the woman never got full eating- the 

 mountain-sheep fat. She could not taste the fat. He put her in this 

 condition because she had scratched the inside of his cheek. 



By and by he said to his uncle : " Make 3'our mind courageous when 

 Nixa' comes in." In the evening he told his uncle to go out and call. 

 The cliffs could hardly be seen. Grizzly bears came in front of the 

 house to the door of the cave. They extended far up in lines. 

 Then his uncle started the song for the spirit. The}' kept coming 



yici'x dukji'k j^en yuayAsiqe'k. " Xan gAnAltii't tci'xni q!wAn 



came the his uncle there he reminded. "With me into the fire when it runs (imp.) 



spirit 



akA'ttse isaqla'k" ax dfuj xAt ica'do lit! tu'de." 



don't you forget from it out me you take baslcet in the." 



AC nacA'ttc yen kudaga' yu'tatuk ylq! yudje'nwu kage/di ducA't 



Taking all there were covered np the cave in the sheeps' sides his wife 



ga AC ka'waqa. An ke il'waAt ducA't tatu'k tayl'q!. 



for him he sent. With her up he came his wife cave in under 



We-akA't-At gatu'si kAg"-ta'yi q!wAn ts!u gata'n. "Ayi'k-A'di 5 



That-in-it-thing we cook half-basket (imp.) also take. "What belongs in- 



side (the inside fat) 



katlA'q!" duka'k ye aya'osiqa, "icA't qlos." Akiu'li ax 



mash up," his uncle thus he .said to "your wife for." Bottom part from her 



a'wate yu'cawAt yuqgwahe'yAk" (or duye'gi). AyA'xawe Lei 



took the woman his spirits. This is why not 



ye unA'xtc yuca'wAt, Atayf Axa' yudje'nwu. Lei qleakutA'nuk 



so ever got full the woman, fat eating the mountain sheep. Not she could taste 



yu'tai. Aqla'q! duwActu' akawuLfigu'tcawe ye Aqsaja'n. 



the fat. On account of it his cheek she scratched the inside of thus he got her. 



Ye ada'yaqa doka'k, "Ituwil' q!wAn cAtli'q! Mxji' nel 10 



Thus he said to his uncle, "Your mind (imp.) make courageous Nixa' into house 



gu'tni." Xa'naawe yoxA'q! aka'wana doka'k. lcI awe' At 



when he In the evening out he told to go and his uncle. Not it was thing 



comes." call 



aka'odagan yugd'L!. Xfits! hit yAt uwaA't 3aitatu'k qiawu'l. 



could be seen [up between] Grizzly house in front of came the cave at the door of . 



(hardly) the cliffs. bears, 



Le yuki'nde sixA't ke akfi'wacl yuj'e'k duka'ktc. Nelde' 



Then way up in rows they extended up he started a song [for] the his uncle. Into the 



sjiirit house 



naa't. Tela akA'tlut kA'qIawe ye Acia'osiqa aga' qonatl's. 



they kept Just when half in when they got thus he told him for it he should look, 



coming. 



