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The KiksA'di ii!?ed to live at Daxe't, where the}' dried sahiion. 

 After they had gotten through drying it they tied it up there. So he 

 (a small boy) was baiting- a snare for sea gulls. When he eanie into 

 the house afterward he was ver}- hungry. '* Mother, I am hungry. 

 Give me some dried salmon.*' So she gave him a piece of dried 

 salmon which had begun to mold on the corner. Then he said, ""You 

 always give me moldy-cornered ones.'' They always began tying" up 

 from the corner of the house. He spoke to the dried salmon. Just 

 then some one shouted out, "There is a sea gull in your snare." So 

 he ran down to it. He ran out into the water to his snare. When he 

 got out into the midst of the water he looked as if he were pulled 

 down into it. Then all of the drying salmon ran down to iiim. Now 



Daxe'tajHi Anae'tc KiksA'di, xat a^'e'sAtane'nutc. A'awe Aq! 



At Daxe't it was used to live the KiksA'di, [and] salmon always dried there. In that place 



ye'ndi At yaAtnadu'qIwAn yuxfi't Atqie'ci sAk" dadnsa'xde. A'awe 



there things they were getting 

 through drying 



ke'Ladiyayiq! yeada'na 



for seagulls he was baiting 



the salmon dried 



da'sia, 



a snare, 



awa q 



inside of 

 which 



for they were tying So with it 

 it up there. 



de'snaaqnutc. Acu'tc nel 



thev always got. 



g'u'dawe At yan uwaxa'. ''ALe' 



when he he was very hungry. " Mother 

 came 



te." Acdji't a'wate ^ni Atqie'ci. 



give." To him 



From there into 

 the 

 house 



xjit van uwaha'. Atqie'ci Axdjl't 



I am hungry. Dried things to me 



(i. e.. salmon) 



Ace'n3'a wudiLa'x. \e aya'osiqa 



So he said of 



egave the dried salmon. On the corner it had started 

 of it to mold. 



juAtqIe'ci, 



the dried salmon. 



dadusa'nutc. 



they always began 

 to tie it up. 



tia'yaodowaqa, 



some one shouted out, 



'^TsIas 



"Only 



cAnya'kI"Lax qaqle'xAtexnutc." Yitle'dAX 



moldy-cornered ones j'ou always give me." 



Atqie'ci ayi' 



The dried to 



salmon 



'•Eda'-' 



ve 



aya osiqa. 



he spoke. 



Tc luLe' 



Then 



From the corner 

 of the house 



atu'xawe 



from in it 



awa'qit uwagu't 



inside of it got 



ke'Ladi.' 



a seagull.' 



s;a3"e 



' Your snare 



akudjl'nawe jxde' dak wudjixi'x. TcIulc' aka'de hinx 



that is why to it down he ran. Then out to it into the 



, water 



dudfi'slayi. Hi'ndi glyige'daqxu'awawe hl'nde wuduwaxo'tl ayA'x 10 



his .snare. To the water when he g<n out in the to the water he was pulled down like it 



TcIulc' 



Then 



wudjixi'x 



he ran [to] 



wu'ni yuyadA'kl" 



was like the vouth. 



when he g<H out in the 

 middle of 



LdakA't yuxa't 3'edanr''yi 



All the salmon those that 



yi'yiawe dutla't 



were drying to him 

 behind 



a This is the Sitka version of the storv. 



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