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After two days he pulled down his canoe. Going along for a while, 

 he came up to the beach in front of a woman sitting in a house. She 

 had only one eye. "Come up, my nephew. I have stale salmon 

 heads, my nephew," she said to him. This person in front of whom 

 he had come was the real one who had destroyed the canoes. Those 

 were human heads that she spoke of as stale heads. He did not eat 

 them. He saw what they were. "1 have also fish eggs," [she said]. 

 Those were human eyes, and he did not eat of them. He emptied them 

 by the lire. The woman's husband, howe\er, was away hunting for 

 human beings. Lastly she got hunnm ribs, and when he would not 

 eat those she became angry al)out it. Siio threw a shell at him with 

 which she used to kill human beings, but missed him, for he jumped 

 awa}" quickly. Then he took it up. He hit her with it in return, 

 and the cannil)al wife broke in two. After he had killed her he 

 pulled her over on the tire. When he blew upon h(>r ashes, ho^^•ever, 

 they became mosquitoes. This is why mosquitoes eat people. After 



Aya' dex uxe'awe y;lk" yek a'wacAt. Gogaqo'xwayu koqo'xsawe 



When two were past canoe down he pulled. Wlien ho was going when he had gone 

 [days] tcigooll for a while 



aegayii't nwaqo'x, hAt cfiwA't gsVyu nclta'. Tea Leij! yAti' duwa'q. 



down on the he came below a woman to sitting in Only one was her eye. 

 beach the lionse. 



"Daq gu Axqe'Jkl. Kli'nklawe x;lu', Axqe'lkl," Le yu'acia'osiqa. 



"Up came my nephew. Stale salmon 1 have, my nephew," then what she said to him. 

 heads it was 



XAtc deca' ho (jo'hax djlde' yak*^ naha'yi, Asiwe' ayegayfi't [uwaqo'x. 



This the real one formerly the destroyed, it was below her he came by 



canoes canoe. 



5 XAtc (jtlciiye' ayu' klt'nklix aoliyA'x. Lfd awuxa'. Aositl'n A'xsiteye 



Those hnman were stale heads she made into. Not he ate them. He saw they were 

 heads 



At. "QAha'k" ts!u xa-u." XAtc qa'wage Asiyu' Lei awuxa'. At 



things. " Fisli eggs too I have." Those hnman eyes were not he ate. Those 



(of which) things 



tslu gAntcIu'k! yex aka'osTxa. Doxo'x (jo'a awe' wuj^e'x. Detc!a' 



too by the fire like he emptied. Her husband liowever was away. It was 



lingi't ga ,a'ya qoci'. Hiltclayi' sA'kawe a'odihan Jingi't slu'go. 



people for these he was Last ' for she got people's ribs, 



hunting. 



Tea' tela A'qoa AJuxa'awe Actu'n wute'. A'cqosa In 3'Is! Ac ylti't 



When, however, he did not eat angry she became. She used with shell him with it 



about it to kill 



10 riwage'q!. A'^^et ke w^udjigA'n. Le ax awacfi't. Tcucya'q! ac 



she missed. Away up he jumped Then from lie took it up. In return her 



from it quickly. it 



aca'oLitsu. La wu'cdAq wuLli'k j^uca'wAt xAtc qo'sa. xaktV cAda3"u'. 



he hit with it. Then apart broke the woman tliis cannibal's wife. 



Adja'gawe tc!uLe' gAl(]adri'ga awaxo't!. AkA'L!t!e qo'a awe' tcIuLe' 



When he killed then on the fire he pulled her. Her ashes, however, then 



her 



awulifi'x a' we tti'qiax osite'. Atcawe' qo'saxa ta'qia. Atca'gawe 



he blew when became did. This is why eat people mosquitoes. When he 



mosquitoes killed her 



