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Then lie said, "'Do not take me to town right away, but in the 

 middle of winter." They did so. They stayed there with him. They 

 took him to the town in the very middle of winter. Then the town 

 people were very anxious to go out to see him. He said that a tine 

 man would l)e sick very soon, and they believed him. So a good man 

 did fall sick, and they paid him to treat him. Then he l)ecame rich. 

 The people of his town said, "Let whoever is going to look on, fast.' 

 All the town people fasted because they wanted to see what he would 

 do. Then he would act like the salmon, the herring, the sand-hill 

 crane, and the sit. They were surprised to see all the things he did. 

 The 3"oung women, however, did not look at him. When he was 

 going to eat, he ate only those things which his spirit had purified for 

 him, and, when he was going to drink water, the spirit also made that 

 clean for him. He ate only after his spirit had said, "You will eat 

 this, my master." He did all things as his spirit directed him. 



yu'antqenitc. AdA'x 3'e qiayaqa' Le'nAX yAkle'yi qa kek"gwAni'k". 



the town people. Then so he said one was good man would be sick soon. 



LAX dokle' Aduwahi'n. Ava'x wutI' Le'nAx yukle'yi qa wuni'k!". 5 



Very they believed him. Like it it was one was good man fell sick. 



AkA'q! wuduwahi' awase'n. TcIuLe' anqa'wo wusiti'. Duilntcieni' 



To him they paid to treat. Then rich man he became. His town people 



ye aya'osiqa, "QlAgaxeyi' ado'sA At gox lati'n." TcAldakA't 



thus said, "Let fast whoever is going to look on." All 



yuantqeni' qlexe'tc wa'sa j-fik du'wadjik. He-adA'x yu'xfit qa 



the town people would fast how out they wanted to see After this the salmon and 



what he would do. 



yu'yao qa yudu'l qa yusn't tcA wa'sa kunugu'n djiidakA't 



the herring and the sand-hill and the .sit just how they would do all 



crane 



wuti'. LAX qaya' qot wune' dJAtdakA't wuctl'n kAdunl'k. Yuyi's 10 



he did. Very person were surprised at all with him.self lie did. The young 



ca qo'a Lei" Ac ultl'n. Ka3'u' At gugwaxa'yi Lei tclA 



women, how- not him saw. When things he was going to eat not he 



ever 



kuge'yi tslAS duve'gitc klede'n wusni^a' ts!a At uxwa'itc. Qa 



did so only (until) liis spirit clean made for him only things he ate. And 



hin Agu'x dAnai' ts!u yuye'ktc klede'n j^isinl'k. Dil'sAy 



water when he was going to drink also the spirit clean made it for him. When 



duye'gitc ye yaosiqa', "YutlA't gAge'xa, Axsla'ti."' Aga' tsA Axe'x. 



hisspirit like saidtohim, "This you will eat, my master." Afterthat only he ate it. 



DJAldakA't-At tslAs duj^e'gi qiAqa'k tslA't.sA Aqlaye'x tsa j^e yuAsine'q. 15 



All things only hisspirit told him only that like it indeed so he did. 



