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he pounded out the figure of a sea lion so that people might know he 

 had come ashore at that place. Then they came to Sitka. 



When tliey arrived in front of this town his old wife was weeping 

 outside. While she was crjnng she saw the canoe come in front of 

 the town. She saw the root hat she herself had woven. She started 

 up, and went into the house. When the}' came in below the old 

 woman felt happy. When her husband came up to her he gave away 

 all sorts of things to the people — sea-lion whiskers, sea-otter skins, 

 fur-seal skins. He shook hands® with his brothers-in-law. Then they 

 said to him, '■'This long time the death feast has been held for you." 

 The young woman, however, was already married. She mourned 

 much [to think that she had left her tirst husband who was now so 

 wealthvl. 



an A X 



by it 



gadusku't hu auA'x 3'en wuqoxo'n. AdA'xawe yaCi'tlka de 



neurit there had come (ashore). And then this Sitka to 



that they 

 might know 



hAs ^v*uqo'x. 



they got. 



Ya'ane egaya'qde yn hAs gaqo'xayu tclfi'guayi ducA't gilnt agfi'x. 



This town below (houses) when they were coming the old [one] his wife outside wept. 



Tclaye' sugilxe' ayu' aoslte'n ^-uya'k" an egaya'de yilnaqo'x. 



Ju.st white she was crying it was she saw the canoe town 'below was coming. 



Aoslte'n fiwu'age' xiit s!ax". Wudiha'n 



[what] she [spruce] hat. She started up 



had woven root 



Dutuwu'sigu 3'ucri'wAt can. 



Felt happy the woman old. 



MakA't-At qadjidc' ye aosl'ne 



all things to the people thus hegaveaway 



An qiidji'n aoiiLe'k" dokfi'niyen 



With hands he shook his brothers- 



them in-law. 



(things) 



yen jai Atkfi' wati. "" 



there a feast has been 

 given." 



ALe'n tuwunu'k awatle'. 



she felt. 



She saw 



u'waqox. 



came. 



gu'dayu 



when he came 



dugu', q!un dugu'. 



skins, fur-seal skins. 



tan-c{!Adadza'yi, ya'x"tc! 



sea-lion whiskers, sea-otter 



Ye daya'doqA 



Thus said to him, 



"Detcla'k^' 



"This longtime 



udu'waca. 



was married." 



lltl'(l! 



in your 

 place 



Yuyi'sqa 



The young 

 woman, 



qo a 



de 



;iyu 



however, that already 

 one 



10 



■\[uch 

 at it 



grief (or 

 trouble) 



1 This form of greeting is, of course, modern. 



