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was no one left in that town except two, a woman and her daughter. 

 After she had thought over their condition, this woman took her 

 daughter away. She said, "Who will marry my daughter r' A 

 heron that was walking upon the shore ice spoke to them, "How 

 am IV' ''What can you do?"' said the woman. ''I can stand upon 

 the ice when it comes up." "Come home with us," said the woman. 

 So the heron married [the girl], and she became pregnant. She brought 

 forth. She bore a son. It began to grow large. The heron said to 

 his wife, "What is the matter with your friends^ *' and she answered, 

 " When they went after wood the\" never came back." 



After the child had become large he kept taking it to the beach. 

 He would bathe it amid the ice. Then the little boy began shooting 

 with arrows. • He alwaj^s took his bow and arrows around. When he 

 killed anything his father would say of the little bo}", "My little son 

 is just like me." By and by he said to his wife, "1 am going away." 



weca'wAt yu'anq! yuca'wAt dusl' tm. TcAi cta'yenkAX 



a woman in the town a woman her daughter with. When about themselves 



hAS tundata'nawe an wua't dusi'. "Adil's gi qasi' gaca' yu'awe 



they had thought with her she went her " Who ? My will that is 



daughter. daughter marry" what 



qla3"aqa'. Yutll'q! cukA't daq nahe'n lAq! a'awe hAsdui't qlewatA'n. 



she said. The shore ice .upon shore- was walk- heron that to them spoke, 



[on the leach] ward ing 



"Wtt'sA xAt 3'ate', xAt." "HAda'ttn sa," j^u'aciaosiqa yuca'wAt. 



"How I am I?" "What with ?," what .said to it the woman. 



"IvAne'q xfui daq Aqgatcu'kun Atu' yen xahantc an ha'awe." "Ha 5 



"The ice with me up when it comes into it there I always this is what "Now 



stand with." 



ne'ide ha'in naA'di," yu'aciaosiqa vuca'wAttc. Le ac uwaca' 



home with us go," what said to him the woman. Then her married 



yulA'qltc. Le dui't j^etsldjiwaha'. TcIuLe' Le ka'odzite. Qa 



the heron. Then to him she was going to Then indeed it came to be A boy 



bring forth. born. 



ayu' ka'odzite. DesgwA'tc yfuiAlge'n. Ye ada'yaqa ducA't 



it was came to be born. Now it commenced to Thus said to his wife 



to be big. 



yulA'qltc, "Wa'sa wu'ni ixo'nqli." "Le gA'nga awugudi' Lei 



the crane, "What isthe matter your friends?" "When after wood they would go not 



with 



yeq ugu'ttc." 10 



they ever came down.' ' 



TIculb' ye kawu'lgeyi awe' tacuka'di aksanu'ktc. Tliq! tu'qiawe 



Then got big when to the beach they always took him. Ice into it 



A'cutcnuttc. DesgwA'tc At t!ukt 3^uAtk!A'tsk!°. Attcu'net Ana'lAttc 



he would bathe him. Now things shot with the little boy. Bow and he always 



bow and arrows took around, 



arrows 



Wugadja'ge A'tga qot wugu't hAsduI'c yuiAtk!A'tsk!°. 



When he killed for anything away went their (his) father the little boy's. 



"Detcia' xA'tawe Axyi'tk!." Yu'ayaosiqa ducA't, " DeyinA'q 



"It is I my li'ttleson." He said to his wife, "Away from 



(my little son is just like me). here 



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