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Dayliolit found Qake'q!"tA still awake. He took up the bird he 

 had killed and saw that its eyes were swollen up and hung- down over 

 its face. Blood was on both sides of its mouth. What he had hit 

 was his own sleep. Then he called to his steersman to awaken him. 

 He did not hear him. Qake'q!"te took up his spear and pushed his 

 steersman with the end of it. As he did not answer, he went over to 

 him and found him dead. Like the sleep bird Qake'q!"te had hit, 

 blood was coming out of his mouth. Then Qake'q!"te went along 

 sadlv toward the town with the body. [I am now telling you about 

 the very ancient people.] 



When Qake/q!"te came in sight of XAkAnuwu' there was no smoke 

 visible, and nobody walked outside or came down to meet him as he 

 had expected. Then he jumped out into the water and went up to his 

 house. The people of that town were numerous, and it was long. 



axa' AX a'watan. 



paddle from it he took 

 up. 



'^Ts, ts."' Yak" yl 



"ts, ts." Canoe into 



Tcul utexe' awe' qe'waa. Qake'q!"te qe'na a'awe ax a'osita. 



Then he liav- when daylight came. Qake'qlute when it got from it he took 



never ing slept daylight it up. 



Yiiacawaxe'tci-At yutsi'tsk" duwiVq (|a yiix dixwA's! wudiqlfs duwa'q 



The thing he hit tlie bird liis eyi's and face hung down swelled up his eyes 



(over) 



kA. Xadju' du3'atayi' Asiyu' aca,'waxete. Ya'doqiwa tfiq! ye yati' 5 



over It was hi.s own that he hit. His mouth on both thus "was 



(on). sleep sides 



ci. TcIuLe' aca'saqex doatle'gi. Lei acq!e'kuAx. Wusa'ne ax 



blood. Then he tried to his steersman. Not he heard him. His spear from 



awaken it 



ti'watan, akiu'tctc yuA'q"}etsAkk doAtle/igi. Tcul acqie'kuaxawe' 



lie took up, with the end pushing his steersman. When not he could hear him 



a'dak u'wagut kaolitle'k gwayA'. Tclayu' duyatayi' aca'waxetc 



finding him cold Just like his sleep he hit 



(i. e., dead). 



ayu'yati. HAsduqloata'nAx ci udu'wayage vax 



it was. Out from their mouths blood came out like 



tuwunu'k AckA't uwagu't. Ande' aya'waxa, 10 



he was sad on with he came. To the he was 



him town taking him 



i-Ax tcla'guayi Lingi'tawe yl'in kAxani'k. 



Very old people are to you I am telling. 



Daq akaosiya' dua'ni XAkAnuwil'. Lei s!lq A 3'ua'n Lei ts!u. 



Shoreward he caught his town XAkAnuwCi'. Not smoke was the town not also, 

 sight of 



Le Lingi't glint wugu't tcluye' qudji' dutla'yAx ungagu't. Lei 



Then people outside would bo then he thought down to him would come. Not 



walking 



wu'lna. TcIuLe' yak" yidA'x hi'ni wugu't. TcIuLe' doqouwu'di 



it was so. Then canoe down from the water he got into. Then to Iiis dwelling 



wugu't. Cayadihe'n yu'iintqen?, leytl't! 3'uri'n. Aga'yu hit 15 



he went. Were numerous the people long the town. At that time house 



