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ill it. After ;ill *^ot through, the people lookiiiy,- could see a cloud far 

 ' down on the horizon which appeared like a canoe. In the evening- they 

 went ashore to camp. 1'hey dug- holes in the ground and made flat 

 sticks to stick into the ground. The salmon tribe alwa3^s does that way. 

 Then the salmon people would throw hot rocks upon one another. 

 Their bodies vibrated with the heat. It is that that leaves scars on the 

 skin of the salmon. It Avas Liveh^-frog-in-pond that let people know 

 what the salmon people do to one anothei'. 



At once they started hitherward up this coast. The salmon tribe 

 came against the herring tribe. In the canoes of the salmon tribe one 

 stood up. He said to them, "When did your cheek-flesh ever All a 

 man'^" The others stood by one another. The herring tribe said in 

 reply, "We fed them before you. Our eggs are our cheek-flesh. 

 When will the space around your backbone not be dirty f* The sal- 

 mon tribe started ofl' for the outside coasts of these islands. When 



dA(( kAX (lAkli'tinawe tcIuLe' yu'llngt'ttc yati'ni gus! yniA'x daq 



shiire- throimli they all Ki>t then the proplt- eau see eloud down (in shore- 



waril the horizon ward 



jal'wuguwu awe' Le 3'ak" uwa'nutc. TcIulc' 3' ax daq wugu'tc. 



they came when then canoe it always looks Then like ashore they always 



like. eonie. 



Xwe'keq duha'itc tsTk tslu duliA'kanutc. Tcla'yu xfit (joa'ni 



A hole in tlie j^round they and they always make flat sticks Like it salmon tribe 



always dig to stick in the gronnd. 



ayu' yacjonu'knutc. Yu'ta3'At!ayi jacW ayu' wucdA' getcnutc 3Mixa't 



it is always does. The hot rocks upon those always threw on each the sal- 



other mou 



5 qoa'ni. Aduktu' uwAsIaxo'a. Itl'awe a3'e'natitc yu'xfit xa'sllq!. 



people. Their bodies moved or yibrated It is that always leaves the salmon on the skin 



[as skin roasted on [scars on] of. 



hot rocks] . 



Akl"tatsrntcawe' (jo'siku yu'xat qoa'ni ade' wuctadA'naj^a. 



Lively-froK it was let know the salmon tribe at it they do to each other. 



(i. e., how) 



Wananl'sawe fix At wuxfi'n yayie'ndi gone' ya'waa. Yuxa't 



At once from that started this coast began they went up. Tlie sal- 



mon 



qoa'ni tigc't ya'waa yao qoa'ni. Xfit qoa'ni yagu'yikjiAX 



people against ' canu' the tribe. Salmon tribe from inside their 



lierring canoes 



wudu'wahan. Ye hAs ya'odudziqa " YidA'tsqoetc yi'wAckaqlo'kotc 



oTie stood up. Thus they " said to them "When your cheek-flesh 



10 ka'osinex." Yu'tla-hAs wil'tciaxt kAsti'q!. Ts!as ts!u ye yawaqa' 



filled (or saved) Those by ea.ch other stood. Only also so said in reply 



a ma.n." " (again) 



yao (loa'nt, " YlcukA't qo'yaotuwaLa. Detcia' hawAcqaqlo'xoawe 



the tribe, "Before you we fed them. That is our cheek-flesh 



herring 



hfiqaha'gu. YidA'tguetc llylkA'deyiyi'k (lohiLirxf Gonaye' yawagu' 



our eggs. What time the space near your will not be Started to go off 



backbone dirty?" 



xfit ([oa'ni yaqla't!q!ade. Yaqlfi'dq! tlikA't saxi'xawe ye yawaqa" 



sal- tribe for the sea outside of These islands outside [they] came thus said 



mon these islands. 



a An exchange of taunts. 



