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He was going' to die witii these things. Then he started toward a 

 mountain named TsAlxa'n." He took no food with him but put some 

 Indian red paint in a sack and, when he was read}" to start, painted 

 his face and hair. Then he started toward Gona'xo. For perhaps ten 

 days he traveled without food, using instead leaf to))acco mixed with 

 calcined shells. His snowshoes had claws, enabling him to climb 

 cliffs and cross glaciers. The mountain over which he was passing 

 is called TsAtxil'n. 



By and by Qake'q!"te came out upon a ground-hog place. There 

 was then no rain, for he was traveling with reference to the clouds 

 which rose in waves behind Mount TsAlxfi'n. When these clouds 

 come down to the very foot of the mountain there will be good 

 weather, and people then paddle far out into the ocean. Seeing an 

 animal go down into the ground-hog hole, he set up his trap there, 



yuca' guya' yen ade' a3'u' gone' uwagu't. Tuwunu'gayu Lei 



themouD- where there toil it was started he went. Since lie was sad not 



tain 



Atxa' awucil't. Lingi'tayi leq! ayu' At XA'cti tu ye yati'. 



food he took. Indians red ])aint that some sack inside as pre- was. 



cedes 



Gonaye' q"gwagagu't nilk duyA'q! ye aosi'ni qa duca'k^tuq!. 



starting he was going to go when his face thus he put on it and into his hair. 



Atxawe' gone' uwagu't Gona'xo yi'nade. Gu'lde dji'nkat ayu 



After that starting he went (town at nioutli toward. Probably ten [days] it was 



of ALsek river) 



qia'owuxe Yu^^anagu'ti gA'ndjayu yanayil'n. Lingi'tayi kAts ts!u 5 



he went with- In traveling leaf tobacco he was carrying. Indians' mashed also 



out food. shell 



nu'qiwayu dull'tc tslAs aayu' At-xax aolivA'x. Yududja'dji a'qoa 



shell cooked only it was this for food he used. His snowshoes, however, 



axa'k" a'ye yati. Tc!u gona' cAsAtA'n 37^e'nAx an ke guttc qa 



claws had. Any sort of steep place from below with up he always and 



them went 



tc!u gona' yateyi' sit! kanA'x tslu an yAx gut axii'gu aye'tiyitc 



any kind of is ghieier on also with across went claws always had 



them 



ayu'. Yu'ca qo ye dowasa'k'^ axo'x yanagu't TsAlxti'n. 



because. The moun- was named through it he was pas- [Cape Fair- 



tain sing weather.] 



S!ax a'ni ka'dfik gu'dawe, loI sil qosti'. Yu'ca ts!u A'tkanik. 10 



Ground place out on coming, not rain was any. The also tells 



hog [or town] " mountain [weather]. 



Yugu's! atle/di angaxe'tcin tit yu'djisitAiik akil'qlawe yanagu't. 



The clouds behind it always lie in waves rising up according to it he was going. 



AgucqA'x aga' gatA'nin qokla'yisayu aka'q! adoxa' dekfdi. 



About the foot to it when it comes it means good According to they way out 



down weather. it pulled tosea. 



Adjayu' aka'yanagu't aka'daq u'wagut yu'slax a'ni. Ade' aya'osita 



Why he was going on out on it became the ground place. There fie saw it 



his way Iiog (to it) 



aqo'uwudi. Dudji'q! je yati'yi slfiq gata' ake' ase'watr 



gointo the hole. To Mm thus was bone trap it up * he set. 



a At Cape Fairweather 



