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ute it. Just as he had been told, he put his leavings into the water. 

 He washed off his roasting stick. That evening, however, the eye of 

 the salmon people's chief was sore. He cried with it, and did not 

 sleep. Then the w oman said to him, ' ' Do 3'ou know where you cooked ? 

 Perhaps 3'ou left the eye there.*" He found it, and when he had obeyed 

 her directions the eye was cured. 



After this the woman said to him, ""They are going to start home 

 with you.'' Then all of the salmon peoi>le started home with him. 

 Afterward, while tiie salmon ])eople were swimming along, they spoke 

 of the sTt, of wliicli tiiey were frightened. By and by they came in 

 sight of the sit. It opened and shut. When the salmon went through 

 it, some of them would be cut in two. Now they passed through. 

 They saw canoes [of the herring people] coming to meet them. " We 

 have done all of our work before you" [said they. They answered] 

 "When will your cheek-flesh save the person that eats itV "Our 

 eggs are our cheek-flesh.'" 



wugu't agA'taget. AdA'x awaxa' ducjlwal'te. Ade' cukdu' djesiye' 



he went toget another Then he ate what he got for There all as he was 



salmon. his mouth. told 



tclA aye'x duqiai'te hi'nde ye aosi'nc dutsl'gi ts!u Ada' wuu's!. 



right like it his leavings into the thus he put his roasting also from it washed, 

 water stick 



AdA'x xa'na xat qoa'ni anqa'wo du'waq yanl'k". Adjiyl't 



Then in tlie even- salmon people's chief his eye was were sore. On account 



ing of it 



cda'yAduc^A. Lei wute'x. AdA'xayu cfi'wAt ye Aca'osicia, "Isiku' 



he cried. Not he slept. Then woman so said to him, " Do you 



know 



5 gi yu'a At gayisi'yiye? GwaI a kao-uxT'x yuqjl'wage." 



? where things you cooked? Perhaps there you left the eye." 



AdA'x qo'a ye awu'sniyi it yu'anqawo tcIuLe' wunc'x duwa'q. 



Then, however, so having done to the chief then was cured his eye. 



AdA'x yu'cilwAt ye Acia'osiqa, "De lane'de il'n ke At gAx 



Then the woman thus said to him, "Away to your home with you up they are 



duxil'n." AdA'x djiklakA't yu'xfit qoa'ni dui'n At wuxu'n duani'de. 



going to start." Then all tlie salmon people with him started to his home. 



He-adA'x ye yitnakwA'n ju'xat qoa'ni kAduni'k sil't hAS 



While from thus were swimming the salmon people mentioned slit they 



this along 



10 Ak^Lixe'L yu'xat qoa'ni. Wanani'sayu wududzitl'n yusil't. Wu'cte 



were fright- the sal- people. At last they came to see the silt. Together 



ened mon 



yukudinu'k". AnA'xayu ye'naa yu'xat. AdA'xayu A'xoa yu'xat 



it would close. Through it would go the salmon. Theu among the salmon 



[to their creeks] them 



kaxdu'tc. AdA'xayu auA'q hAs wu'ha. Has a'ositen liAsduge'di 



would be cut Then through it they came. They saw to meet them 



in two. 



ysinagu' we'yjik". "Yi'cukAt qo'ya kAntu'li i.ei yidA'di gwedji'tc." 



were coming the canoes. "All before you we liave all done our work." 



" Yl'wActu qlo'xotc qoga'xsinex de'dJAAxa'." "AwActu' qlo'xo ayu' 



"Your cheek flesh [when] will save whoever eats it." "Cheek tle.sh are 



15 haga'qlu." 



our eggs." 



