96. HOW THE laKSA'DI CAME TO SITKA « 



When we wei'e tirst born people hated lis. And after that .some 

 beings named Sky-people broug'ht war upon us. They destroyed us 

 completely. A woman sav^ed herself. And right here at Q!antu'ik!i 

 she dug a hole under a log* to conceal herself from the enen\v. 

 Various creatures came out in front of her. " I wonder who can tell 

 me about things," she said. Grizzly bear came out near her. She 

 said, "What can you do^' "'Whenever I catch a man I slap my 

 paws down upon him.'" The woman said, "That is nothing." Some 

 one in the sun spoke to her. "How am irMt said. " What can 

 you do? " Then he said, " My father in the sun peeps out through the 

 clouds, through the mottled clouds." That was the one that married 

 her. Then she began to have children. There were five of them, 



Yaqlo'xtuste cu'gu llngi'ttc ha'oclklan yaqlo'xtusti. AdA'x qo'a 



When we were born first lime peuplt' liated us when we were bum. After that, liow- 



aya' Gits!o-qoa'ni yil'duwasrik" anA'xaya yaq! xa hat adjT'usigut. 



ever, Sliy-people liy name on aceonnt of to tills war tons brouglit. 



that place 



A'ya qotx hacu'ilxlx a'ya Le'uAx yatiyf. Ca'wAt a'ya cwutslne'x. 



This destroyed did to usiiniekly this the one was. A woman this saved herself, 



and completely 



A'a he'du QIantu'lkli 3 u'duwasfik" xao tayi' ayu' ax dfiq 



And this right here q!;intu'lk!i named log under that into it 



place 



koka'odziha xfi'dji uax. Doqiawu'lk dA'kde wu'at. "Adu's gi 5 



she came to dig a the enemy away In front of her out to they got. "Who (?) 



hole from. 



qon anA'x daxe'tkl''^' Xuts! anA'x dak u'wagut. Ye yawaqa', 



about things can tell me?" Grizzly bear near her out came. Bo she said, 



"Dati'n suk^'ci'." "Hii AxO'ne qa fix djitgaski' tin ka 3'uqA'it!adii'n." 



" With what [can you " Whenever I get a I having him on slap my paws down." 



lielp]?" man 



Yuca'wAt ye yawaqa', "A'ge a'dawe." GrAga'n tutx A'dayu dui't 



The woman thus said, (?) thing is Sun from into some- toiler 



"(Tliat is notli- thing is 



ing.)" 



qle'watAn. "Wri'.SAs xAt yatl'," yuyawaqii'. "Da tin sA'k"ci," 



.spoke. "How lam," it was saying. "Wliat with for?" 



Le ye yawaqa', "Yu'gAgan tutx a axT'c gutsItu'uAx 10 



Then so he said, "The sun from into my father through the clouds 



gutsIqlaqdlye'nAx g'A'gi yagAse'n," Tca'tcla awe' tsa a'cuwaca. 



through the mottled t)ut (when) he peeps." That one it was indeed married her. 



clouds 



AyA'xawo duyA'tqIi qo'dziti. KTdjinl'nAX hAs wu'ti ({a cii'wAt 



On account her children came to be born. Five of them they were anii woman 

 of that 



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