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the people were huiitingfor him, ))ut he was nowhere to l)e seen. It was 

 not known what had happened to him. The salmon, however, liegan 

 feeling very high. They began to rush about at the mouth of the 

 creek. It was the salmon people that had done it. Then the salmon 

 people went out to sea with him. They went seaward with him 

 toward their homes. To him it looked as if they were in a canoe. 

 A chief among these salmon had made him his son. The sea gull 

 that he had followed out went along with him. Then he stayed with 

 them in the salmon people's town. He was among thcnn for one 

 year. Well out from that town tish eggs were heaped up. He began 

 to take up and swallow some of them without asking anyl)od3\ 

 Then the people shouted out, "Moldj^-end is eating the townpeople's 

 dung." At that time they gave him the name. Afterward he dis- 

 covered that the salmon tribe had saved him. Then he went to lie 

 down and remained in that position. In the morning his father said, 

 "What did they say to you, my son?" He went out and spoke. 

 "Take him up to Anmsement creek. Put his hands arovmd the necks 



Luwagu'q. QoducI' dulga'. lcJ wudustl'n. TcIulc' lv\ wudusku' 



ran down. They were for hi'm. Not he was seen. Then not was known 



sea rolling 



wfi'sa wa'niye, TcIuLe' yuxa't qo'a ayu' tuwu'qlfge, Yuhl'nwAtq! 



what happened to Then the salmon, however, felt very liiRh. At the month of 



him. the creek 



wuckA't caodite'. XAtc xfit (loa'nt tca'yu ye u.si'ne, Dill'n tclui.e' 



around started to rush. Thi.s .salmon tribe that so did. With him then 



dak ya'wa-a yu'xat qoa'ni, HAsduane'di an d;lk hAs u'waha. 



seaward ' went tlie salmon ]ieople. To their homes with seaward they went. 



him 



5 Ytlk" yex acwagv'qdaye'n, XAtc anqa'wo Asfyu' xfit xo'nAx yetx 



Canoe like it lookei'l likein hiseyes. This chief it was salmon among made 



AculiyA'x, TclA'tu xA'nu yukc'Ladi dak acuya'adzlhu dekl'q!. 



him his .son. Alimg with him went the seagull out he followed .seaward. 



TcIuLc' aye' wute' a'xo xat qoa'nt huV. Leq! tak" dukai'anti. 



Tlien there he .staved among salmon people's town. One year he was among 



them them. 



Deki'q! an([!a'ye yuk dixwA's! quha'k". Tea qfi'yatlen nAxa'we 



Way out ill the town out started to be heaped eggs. Without iisking anyone 



aka'odikatc, Tc!u yuantqeni'tcayu ke tla'uwaiq!, "Antqeni' ha'Lli 



he started to take Then the people shouted out about him. "People's dung 



up and swallow 

 them, 



10 ayaxa' CAnyri'k!"Lrix." Aga'ayu tsa duya' wuduwa.sa' yusa'. CkA 



is ratin'^ ^I'oldv-end." At that time right him thev called by that name. After- 



ward 



a'odziku yuxa't qoa'nitc wusnexe'. TcIulc' tayide' wugu't tudiu's. 



he eame to the salmon tribe had saved him. Then to lie down he went and he 



know stayed there. 



Tsluta'dawe ye yawaqa' dul'c, " Wa'sa lya'o dudziqa' Axyl't," 



In the UKirning thus ' said his father, "What did they say to you, my sou." 



TcIuLc' yux (|!c'watrin " QatukA'xsaqa-hi'nide un yak" ga-I'tan, 



Then out he went and spoke " To Amusement creek by canoe take him up 



