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People did not know then that Athapascans lived up there. Although 

 eulachon ran up this river the people there were starving, as they had 

 no other wa}^ of catching eulachon than by means of hooks. At first 

 Qake'q!"te remained in the woods, not letting himself be seen by 

 them. By ancl by, however, he tied together two eulachon traps (or 

 nets) used by the Tlingit and called ''seal's-head." Toward evening 

 he went down to the place where those Athapascans came up to fish 

 and set the two traps near l)y at the edge of the water. Both of them 

 were filled that same night, and he emptied them where the Atha- 

 pascans were in the habit of fishing. There was a large pile. 



When the Athapascans came up next morning they exclaimed in 

 astonishment, "What has done this r' Qakc'ql"te did not know that 

 they were Athapascans, and they did not know him. After that an 

 Athapascan shaman began performing to discover what was working 



Lei wudusko' gonana' qostiyi''. Lingi'ttc Lcl unalA' Alse'x caq 



Not was known Athapascan there were. People not far Alsek [froml 



Indians head of 



(Strange people) 



akA'x wugu't Gonana'. Sak a'ke q!Aqtc. Yu'gonAna xo j^ae'n. 



apon them he came Athapascans. Eulachon up to it always The Athapascans among was 



swam. starva- 



tion. 



Yu'gonAna Lei tcIuLe' flwAqcIyi'q! gA'gt wugu't. Dosk!e'q!t yusa'k. 



The Athapas- not then into his own eyes at all he got. They hooked the 



cans (=he saw them) eulachon. 



LelA'tc gaduLidja'ge At qoste'. Lei gA'gi uqu'tx. Tc!a Atgutu'wu 



Not any ' to kill it with' thing was. Not at all he showed Still wasin the woods 



himself. 



hu. Wananl'sawe aoJisIi't goqtc sak yayl' yis. Qake'ql'^te ayu' 5 



he. At once he tied to- a net eulachon catching for. Qake'q!"t6 he was 



get her 



yeq u'wanuk. Tsa cayi' yu'dowasak". Lingi'ttc aosiku'. . Yugonana' 



tlie one doing it. Seal's head it is called. Indians know it. The Athapascans 



a'ke At djiya' x'e'nde j^axigaa'tawe a'yeq uwagu't. Dex aolisli't 



up to things they come there when it was getting down to it he went. Two [traps] he fixed 

 it lor dark (creek) 



3ai'h!n wAnq! nAx aqla'oliAt. Tc!u figata'dawe ax ke AtjIa'oJiAt. 



the water on the edge near he set it. That very night from it up he took them.. 



of 



Tc!u de'xa yAx caya'olihik. Yu'gonana ade' hAs isklAqladi'nudjya', 



Even both like were filled up. The Athapascans where they hooked the fish always 



ade' akaoHxe's!. Ye udziga't yu'sak. 10 



there heput them down. Thus there came to the eulachon. 

 (at it) be a heap of 



Tsluta't a'nAx ke fi'waat yu'gonana. KIu'LiyAx yate' yuqlo'laAtk, 



In the morn- to it up came the Athapascans. Astonished were in their manner of 

 ing talking 



Yu'gonana, "Dii'saya ye djiwane'." Ts!u hutc Lei awusku' gonana'x 



the Athapascans, "What this thus has done." Both he not knew become 



Athapascans 



satiye', qa hu ts!u Lei wudusku' diltx sa satl'ye. I'xtlawe a'xo 



they were and he also not they knew what ? he was. A shaman it among 



was them 



wu yu'gonana ka'odudziAt Ada'x yagfi'gadrit da'sa3^u qa'qlAXAndi 



lived the Athapascans came to go around from it they might (iud what it was to men 



(?) him 



