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swam close to her. Then she called out to him again, ''A fine salmon 

 is swimmino- around here." So his father speared him. He lost con- 

 sciousness. Afterward the man said to his wife, "Cut it to use it 

 fresh." But when she was trying- to cut otf its head it seemed hard 

 for her to use her knife, and she saw the copper that had been about 

 her son's neck. Then she cried out, "This is m}' little son. He must 

 have been cajitured by tlie salmon people. Here is the copper ring 

 that was ai-ound his neck." Now she took out a mat with feathers 

 inside of it. She laid the mat down and put the feathers around the 

 salmon. After that she put the mat on top of the house. In the 

 house, however, they kept singing shamans' songs for him. 



In the middle of the night something shook on top of the house. 

 Looking at his son, the man saw that he had become a human being 

 about his head. When he looked at him again, he saw that he had 

 become 41 human being still farther down. Then he looked at him 



A'ski uwaqlA'q. AdA'x tslu ai't ts!u At ayawaqa', "Ak!e' xat 



[so] lie swam. Then again to him again she called out, "A fine salmon 



close , 



hex uwaq!A'(;[." AdA'x qo'a dui'ctc uwatA'q. TcIulc' lcI ctax 



around swims." Then, however, his father speared him. Then not of 



here . himself 



aodanu'k" wuduta'ge. AdA'x qo'a ducA't ye aya'osiqa, "TudjsAk" 



he had con- as soon as lie Then, however, his wife thus he said to, "Fresh for 



sciou.sne.ss was speared. [to use] 



uaxa'c." AdA'x qo'a kax yAx asaya'iiq!, yeti'q! duli'tayi At 



cut it." Then, however, off like slio was trying to cut off her knife some- 



to out its head thing 



yuyAci'qIelk da'sayu. Aositl'n duyi't si eq kAti'qli. TcIuLe' 



the'hard for her how was it. She looked her son's neck copper twist. Then 



ke ct!aya'odi(ia, "Axyi'tk! Asge'ya xat qoa'nitc A'skli wusnexe'n. 



out she cried, '• My little son this is salmon people by he must have 



been captured. 



Duse't kAlI'ni eq kAti"q! a'ya ya'ti." Tc!uLe' gate I'qge awacA't 



Then mat down she took 



TcIuLe' yilxa't daye' awau' 



Then the salmon around she put 



aosita' yuga'tc. Nel qo'a 



she put the mat. In the how- 



house, ever 



10 tcALA'k" ixt! ci'ye duci' dudfi'q!. 



always shaman singing his songs for him. 



AdA'x qo'a ade' kaodine't yil'tfit yin yuhi't kade'. AdA'x qo'a 



Then, however, there he was shak- the night I'nid- the house on top Then, how- 



iug die of of. ever, 



yuqfi' duyi't aoLige'n aosite'n ducfi'nAx qo'a tcIuLe' iingi'tx siti'. 



the man his son looked at [and] saw from his head, however, then become a he was. 



human being 



AdA'x ts!u a-i't At aoiige/n dfisayu' dukAtil't dAx duki'ndi 



Then again at him here he looked how into his from farther down 



