104. STORY OF THE KA'GWANTAN« 



From XAkAtmwu' went a man of the XAkAnu'kedi, who were 

 named from their town. The people used to go out from there after 

 seals, which, not having guns at that time, the}^ hunted with long- 

 shanked and yliort-shanked hunting spears always kept in the bow. 

 The shank of the long-shanked ispear, which is grasped in tlirowing, is 

 ealKnl cux. This man's name was Qake'q!"te. On starting otf, he went 

 up toward the head of the Ijaj. 



This Qake'cjl^te was a great hunter and used to kill all kinds of 

 things, hut now he could get nothing. Then he stopped in a place 

 named The Hay, and dropped his anchor into tiie water beside the 

 canoe. Immc'diately his stetM'sraan went sound asleep, but he could 

 not. B\' and by a small thing began Hying around his face, and, 

 taking up his paddle, he knocked it down into the canoe. It made a 

 noise, "Ts, ts." 



XAkAnuwu'txayu wuqo'x yu'qa XAkAnu'kedi yu'dowasak" 



From XAkAiunvu' went a man "XAkAnuwu' people" named 



yQ'andja} u duLisa'k". Yu'antqeni Atxayu' wuqo'x tsa ayu' ada'yu 



tlie town named from. The people from it went seal it was for 



hAs ku'waatk. Lei u'na qogasti'tc. A'da ([a wusil'ni ciiqfi'yenduetc. 



they worked. Not was a gun. Long- and short- the.v always placed 



shanked shanked in the" bow. 



hunting hunting 



spear spear 



Yua'da A'ttcqet dusgo'qtc ye duwasa'k" cfix tsa an dotA'kt. Ye 



The long what they always thus is named as cux seal wilh they As fol- 



huiitiug throw with follows (upper it spear. lows 



spear part of shaft) 



5 dowasa'k" yu(|ri' Qake'ql"te. Qake'q!"te wuqo'x. Geita'x ke iTwaqox. 



was named tlie man Qake'qiute. Qake'(i!ute started olY. to the head up he started. 



of the bay 



At slate'x siti'. LdakA't-At a'wadJAq. AcdjI't qa'wacu ade' 



Things become a he was. All things he killed. To him was in there 



great store 



hunter for 



q"gwA'niya. LaA't udja'gawe yr>n ca'oLltsis. Ye dowasa'k" Yu'gei. 



"he could get Nothing when he couhl there he stopped Thus it was named The Bay. 

 nothing. kill [in one place]. 



Na'goq-nAxcj! hi'ni a'wate 3'uducayl'na. Tate 3'Ax ya'olidJAq' 



From the side of water was [dropped his anchor. Sleep like ' killed him 



[his canoe] . into] 



duatle'gi. Ho qo'a awe' Lei ute'x. DuyAX yridaqe'ntcyek"siga'ik!e-At. 



his steersman. He, however, not slept. His face began flying a small thing. 



around 



10 Wanani'sawe axa' ax a'watan, Ayi's yaduyA'x yaodaqe'ni awe 



At once paddle from it he took uji. For it * his face it was flying when 



around 



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