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After that the sahnon swam up the creek. The women who were cut- 

 tino- .salmon were always seated b}' Daxe't with their backs down- 

 stream. The salmon, however, were always rushing a])Out down in 

 the creek. The salmon tri])e shouted about those who were cutting. 

 When they were partly through drying the salmon people said to him, 

 ''Go to your mother." His mother was cutting sahnon on tlie beach. 

 The canoe floated below her on the l)ack current. So he floated there 

 with his head sticking out from under it. Then she called her hus- 

 band's attention to it. "A flne salmon is floating here with its head 

 out." His father took up a hook, for he did not know that it was his 

 son. It swam out from him. He never exi)ected (to seej his son again. 

 One year had passed since he had disappeared. At once he swam out 

 in front of iiis father. When he had hooked it he pulled it out on a 

 sandy l)ar. He hit it on the head in order to keep it fresh. Then he 

 threw it to his wife. "Cut it up. We will cook it," [he said]. So 

 she piit tiie salmon down to cut it up in the usual manner. 



iiwasil' duLa'. Atxawe' hint uwaqlA'cj xat. Daxe't yikt 



named his mother. After tliat up the ereek swam salmon. Daxe't down in 



ixtayl'n yax wusqe'tc ca dAXA'ch Yuxa't qo'n wucke't-ciidati'tc 



downward [mrninj,' were always the cutting. The .salmon, how- always rn,shed around 

 their baeksj seated women ever, 



yuhi'nyici!. XAtc 3aldAxaca'ayu dule'tcnutc yu'xat ([oa'nitc. 



down in tiie creek. About the cutters always shouted the salmon trilx'. 



Ayl'n<i! yedu(;[la'nawo tsa ye ya'odudzi([a, ''iLfi'xAnde nag" de.'" 



Down there when they were now so they .said to him, •■ To your mother go" (imp.), 

 jjurtly through drying 



5 Daxa'c eqq! duLa' xat. Yai'c kAt wulixa'c yu'yak'' duegaya'k. 



Was cutting on his salmon. The bark (m floated the canoe below her. 



the beach mother current (or across) 



A'tave uA'xawe diH[ cwuiixa'ctc. TcIuLe' duxo'x ayi's fi'waiq!. 



Under it from out he always floated Then her husband on ac- .she called, 



(shoreward) himself. count of it 



"AklAxa'dahe he'nAX daq ciye'lxactc."' K!e'q!a a'wacat dui'ctc. 



" Fine salmon here from here out floats his head." Hook took up his father. 



Lei ye awusku' duyi't sAtIyi'. Dekl't wu'Litsis dudjinA'q. 



T^ot thus he knew hi.s'son it was. Seaward it swam from him. 



De a awulixA'ttc duyi't. De tilk duka'yAn uwati'. Wananl'sawe 



Now he did not expect his son. Now one over him had been. At once 



ever year 



10 a'daq uwakA'q! dul'cdjiyl'q!. Ak!e'q!aw(^ xAk" ka awaxo't!. Aca' 



out from he swam in front of his vrhen he hooked sandy on he pulled it. On head 



him father. it bar of it 



awaxe'tc tudj sAk". TcIuLe' ducA'tdjit awaxe'tc. "NaxA'c. Gux 



he hit it fresh in order to Then to his wife he threw it. "Cut it up. We 



keep it. 



tilsi't." TcIuLe' wa'sa xat cdjiyeye'n dusta'itc gux duxA'ci, 



will cook it." Then how a is put'down to she put it when it is going to 



salmon be cut be cut. 



