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for them. When he discovered it he .said, "• Something- has come to 

 help 3"ou. Hang all kinds of food around there/' As he did not eat 

 any of the food they hung- about, they hung there a copper spear. 

 Then they found him. They also placed the daughter of a chief there 

 so that they could get him by ha\dng him marry her. So he at last 

 went out among them. Now, the Athapascans took him with them, 

 and he explained the tish ti-ap to them. This is the way in which they 

 were preserved from starvation, and the way in which they found out 

 about the trap. When he married the woman the}^ had given him they 

 put many things upon him — moose skins, marten skins, beaver skins, 

 and two copper spears valued at two slaves. The Athapascans paid 

 him for that trap. 



Qake'([!^'te spent two years among these people, and afterward they 

 began to [)ack up his property in order to accompany him back to his 

 friends, the Tlingit. All the Athapascans packed up his things for 



yc'djina. Ye (jlayaqa' yui'xt! yen Acjlatl'nayu ye yawaqa' "Ye 



was wdrUiiiy thus said the shaman there sighting it was so said "Tlius 



[Id bring food] 



ylga' At wusu'. DJAldakA'tAt aye'uAx duu','" Y"u'(i!ayaqa. Ade' 



for you some- got to help. Everything down there put," what he said. Tliere 



thing 



kAx dulxwA'sIi yu-At-xa' qo'a, Lei At yawu'sa. A'qoa lAtwusa'awe 



on being luing up Ihefood, however, not tiling lie ate. Onacconnt wlien lie did not 



of tliat eat it 



eq uu\ adc' kaodu'LixwAs!. TcA'tcIa-aga'awe a'oduiiha. CawA't 



cop- spear there tliey hung up. .\t tliat time they found Inin. Woman 



per 



5 ts!u a'odutsinuq anqa'wu-si ayu' agaca'dayu anA'x yenA'x duLfi'qdayu. 



too tlicy eame to a eliief's it was to marry lier on ac- of it they eould get 



]ilaee tliere daughter eount liim. 



Tca'tcia akA'tilfiwe tsa qfixo' ditwagu't. TcIuLe' de dul'n tut 



Just on aceount of that indeed among he went. Then now with tliem into 



tile men 



a'waat go'nanatc. Tc!uLe' gA'gi ye aosTne' yugo'qtc qawAqcI'yiq!. 



took him the .4tliaj)aseaiis. Then indeed thus he e.x- the fish trap before their eyes. 



plained 



Le VAX aya'osiadAn yu'gonana yAx yiisye'naJA'x^ye dAx. Le 



Then so "he got alive the Athapascans like ' starvation from. Then 



wudu'wagTdv yugo'qtc. Le awaca'de yu'gonana rmyA'di, cilun At 



they found out the trap. Then on marrying the .\thapascan of high caste, many things 



[about] 



10 sayu' duna'ye wududzi'ni tsisk!, k!ux, slAge'di, dcx eq Lfui dex 



tliey on him came to be put moose(?) marten, beaver, two copper spear.s, two 



were [skins] 



gux VAX (jlAduLitsT'ii. Yu'goqtcayu ye aci'djuduwaqe' yu'gonanatc. 



slaves like were valueil. That trap tlins they paid him those Athapascans. 



AdA'xawe dcx tslk doka'yan wuliA't yu'gonana xoq!. Y^ade'x 



And then two years over him j^assed the Athapascans among. These two 



tilk" cunaxl'xawe dul'n dfi wududziA'x doxo'nqli xode' llngi't xode'. 



years were completed with him things they came to his friends to among Tlingit toamimg. 



pack up 



LdakA't yu'gonana ayu' doA'te ke k"gwaya' dutclyi's. Dul'n 



All those .\tiiapascans it was his things up packed for him. With hiiii 



