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The Tling'it obtained copper in ancient times. A chain of twisted 

 copper was around the youno- man's neck, for he had gone into the 

 water with it on. After she had tried to cut around his neck for 

 a while, and found that she could not, she looked at her knife. There 

 were bits of copper on her knife. Then she called out to her husband, 

 "Come here." So they began .to examine it. It was the copper chain 

 that used to hang around his son's neck. Anciently the people used 

 to have a tine woven basket called Jit!. As soon as he knew this he 

 threw it into such a basket. [He spit upon it] and blew on eagle's 

 down. Then he put the basket enclosing the salmon on the roof of 

 the house. Toward morning there was a noise inside of it. His (the 

 boy's) spirit began to work inside of it. At daybreak he went up to 

 look at it, and a large man lay where the salmon had been. 



They took their things out of all of the houses. When they ))rought 

 what had been a salmon inside a man went out and spoke to the many 



Tc!u tc!ak" llngi't ttn ka'odzite yuc'q. Eq kati'qiayu 



Then anciently Tlingit with came to be the copiier. Copper twisted chain 



it was 



dusA' yu'3'atlAq!". An bin xo gudl'n. Tclilk" asAkA't 3'uayete'geayu 



his neck around the With water into lie had Sometime around When she had cut 



young man's. it gone. liis necli 



Lei A'cdji ga'ucti, ayA'taoLigen duli'taye. Eq c|!Aq!e'LtAqoga'yaayu' 



not liim she could cut, she looked at her knife. Copper wore bits of on 



duiita'ye. TcluLe' a'walq! duxo'x, ''Ha'gu." Le ada' hAS yaodzl'a. 



her knife.* Then she called her husband, "Come here." Then that they came to 



examine. 



Duyl't se'tkAtlni eq kati'q! gwaya'. Tc!ak" qti'dji yen 5 



His son hung around his copper chain was. Anciently people there 



neck 



unedji'n Jit! yu'dowasak". At tcuJu' awusku'uawe weJftl tu'di 



used to [a fine- named. As soon as he knew it the basket inside 



have woven basket] 



a'waxetc. Ada' awuqIa'L!. Ya'hit kAqlil'n ke aosita' j^u'xfit 



he threw it. On it he blew eagle's This house on top of up he i>ut the salmon 



down. 



Jit! tut. . Djuqe'qiaawe ade' kayi'k wudu'waa. U'xyek u'watsAq. 



has- inside of. Toward morning of it on the there was [a noise] . His .spirit commenced 

 ket inside to work. 



Qe'naa akekA'ni ke u'wagut. Qa Len gwii'j^a At sAta'n, 



When day- to look at it up he went. Man big it M'as at it lay 



light came 



yu'xat yi'yi. 10 



the salmon it was. 



LdakA't jnl'hitq! a'yidAx gfi'niyux At ka'oduwadjeJ. Ceyadihe'n 



All the houses from down out of doors things they moved. Many 



in tliem 



KiksA'diAq! yil'xat .yl'}"! tcIuLe' fm neJ awuade'awe 3aix qa 



KiksA'di people the salmon what liad then with it into the when they came out .some 



