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and it is from iiiiii that people know how to tix it. He camped near 

 it. When he w(uit to h)ok at it next day it could not be seen. He 

 took away the thing used to cover the top of the trap. He had set 

 this trap because he was hungry, and he was very glad to see that it 

 was down. When he came to examine it, however, he found that a 

 frog had gotten inside. "This frog pretended that it was a ground 

 hog," said Qake'ql"te, and, taking up all of his things, he went to a 

 bay near by called Canoe ba}", hoping to see some people. He thought 

 that he saw some at Seaweed point, and, being very lonely, he started 

 down toward them. Then he discovered that they were black stones 

 that looked like people, and said, ''These are small stones which 

 appear like human beings."" Starting on again toward the head of 

 Alsek, he traveled for some time and came to its upper course. 



DudjI'ttxawe wA'dutsiku gata' ade'yidadunaya. Ke Asatl'awe 



l-riiiii liiii) ciuiic to 1)0 known "trap the way to lix it. Up when it was set 



tcaadc'n(|! uaxo'. Qe'nju'awe aqakA'nt uwagu't. Dugatil'yi 



close by it lie cinnix'd. When it bcraine to see it lie went. His trap 



daylight 



Lclga'we satjo'sti. Ayana'ye At naduse'tc gata' ayana'tx lie'de 



nowhere was. To cover thing- was used lia|i from the top this 



yfi ao.si'no. Dutiiwu'djawe At gaxii't tu'watt. Adjawe' yu'gata 



away he to<jk. Ilisniiiid thing when he he thoiifjht. Wliy the trap 



would eat 



T) yil'slax 3^ayi'(i! ye aosi'ne. iJix dutuwu' awe' yak!e/ i sa(j[o'stiyi 



thefjround ' fi'ir some- fixed. Very lie I'elt when was good when [it] 



hog thing was gone 



dugata'yt. Xi.xtc! gwa'ya aye't u'wagut. Ac u'wayel. Slax 



his trap.' It was a frog " down into it went. Him it deceived, (ironnd 



hog 



cwuLiye'x yuxt'xtc!. Ye yawa((a' (iak("'q!"te, "Slax ga 



it pretended the frog. As follows ' said tiake'q!>'te, "Groundhog as 



itself 



cLiyc'x yaxt'xtc!."' LdakA't wuctye ayaosine'. Yuge'yAc)! yen 



preten<led this frog." All his own he took up. At the bay there 



itself 



nAX ye<i u'wagut Yak"-de'yita uax. Llngi't aogaxsite'nidawe ye 



to d'own he went Canoe bay to. People ' to see was thus 



10 yuku'wagutk. Aosite'n yullngi't La(|!A'ski-q!a yu'dowasak". Laxde' 



why he traveled. He saw iieoi>le [at] Seaweed point named. Very 



acI'sAlItla'ne Lingi't awistene'. TcIuEe' ayi'nadc gone' uwagu't. 



he was lonesome people to see. , 'I'heii clown toward starting he went. 



them 



Ya'aositcne tcci! sa'ni lingt't yAX. Ada'x wogada' teq! satlyi' 



What he saw stones little fieople like. After it he lia.d' sighted stones they 



that were 



cLilLkli'tni ye qlayac^a', "XAtc tv(.\\ sfi'ni' llngi't yAx osite'n." 



to himself thus he said, "It is stones small people like seem." 



Tslu' yfi'iiAx diu\ u'wagut AJ^se'x ca'kdc. Wa'yukugu'tsawe 



Again from there toward he went Alsek toward the For traveling quite a way 



woods head of. 



15 nfi'layi ye da'cigut. 



far up so, after he went. 



a For songs composed regarding these experiences of Qake'q!"te, see songs 2 and 3 



