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they g'ot outside of them the tsahiion chief said, "To whiit creek are 

 3'ou goiiio-^' Having held a conference, the sahiion people named 

 their choices. The humpbacks said, " We will go to Saliva creek,'' 

 but the one among them who had taken the man, mentioned Daxc't. 

 The salmon people called it Kiglit-to-the-to\vn, Then they came in 

 sight of the mouth of the creek. They called the point Floating point, 

 and the smoke house that was there a fort. It looked like that in the 

 eyes of the salmon people. The salmon called human beings "seal- 

 children's dog- salmon." When they first came into the mouth of the 

 creek the people sharpened poles for them to fall on when they jumped. 

 Then the boys always said, "Upon my father's." At once one jumped 

 upon it, where before thej^ had not killed any. At that they (the 

 people) were very htipp}-. 



Now they saw his father plainly coming- down from far up the 

 creek. They said to him (the boy), "Stand up." He jumped up. 

 "Very tine," said his mother. His mother called him a tine salmon. 



yuxfi't anqa'wo, "Daquhl'n de SA'yihan^" Yu'wuctayadaqa xat 



the salmon chief, " What creek to are you going?" Having said to each the sal- 



other men 



qoa'ni, yii'tla-hi'nde yu'qiayadoqa yu'xat qoa'ni, fi'xox ya hAs 



tribe, to the creeks wliich [they] liad the salmon tribe. Among they 



named for themselves them 



djikA'ndoAq. Teas! koye'qiayaqa, "Oha'n, qo'a, tcahe/ QiA'tstu-hln." 



named their choices. The said, "We, liow- will go Saliva creek." 



humpback ever, to 



QonA'x. we'iingi't aosi'nexe aqo'a Daxe't awasa'. WAta'nya}^ 



Among the the Tlingit one saved, however Da.xe't named. Right-to-the-town 



people 



xat qoa'nitc 3"e'uwasa. TcIulc' hi'nwAt Lelguha. Yu'qia qoj^e'duwasft 5 



sal- people called it. Then at the mouth they could The point they named 



mon of the creek see. 



YuJu'kJixa'cki-qla, tca'tclAs yen vvunlyf, yunu' at-qlan-hi'ti ayu'. 



"The Floating-point," and now there was ready, the fort smoke-house it was. 



HAsduwa'c[! ye kudaye'n yu'xat qoa'nitc. Ye ado'wasak" yuxJt't 



I:i their eyes so it looked the salmon people. Thus called the salmon 



ilngi'ttc "tsa-ye'tq!i-tI'L!i." Cu'gu hin WAt deyai'n yAnae'ni 



Tlingit " seal-child's-dog-salmon." When first creek mouth of into they were 



coming 



Lagani's iu'gu dusxo'tlnutc ana'x uA'gatant. Atye'tqli qo'a ye 



poles on point they always on it for them to go on The boys, how- thus 



sharpened to when they jumped. ever, 



ulxe'snutc, "axI'c ayi'nade." Wanani'sawe Anfi'x agatA'nm, tclul 10 



always say, "My father's upon." At once on it one jumps, when 



before 



a'dudjaqdji'. lax wa'.sa qatuwu' sagu'nutc. 



they always Very how they were always happy, 



killed none. 



Wanani'sawe wudu'dzitin qle'ga dul'c yu'naki hin yikuA'x 



At once they came to see truly his father from far up creek down in 



yanaqo'xo. "Cklea'gitahan," yu'yaodudziqa. Ke uwatAn.' 



coming. "Stand up," what they said to him. Up he jumped. 



"HALagwaLa"' La yu'yawaqa duLa'. "Xat klAde'n," 'Layn' ac 



"Very fine," then said his mother. ".Salmon fine," then him 



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