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is >Yhy people now say, "The Brush people sent the Athapascans away 

 from the other side."'^ 



At once the Athapascans put their packs over their shoulders. It 

 was as quickly done as if hot water had been thrown among- them. 

 The Brush people sent them away because they were afraid. As they 

 set out the}^ began making a noise, " He'ye." They went directly to 

 the place whither tliey had been sent, and, crossing a glacier, came to 

 Sand-hill-town. When the Ka'gwAntfm learned that Qake'cjl'^te had 

 left XAkAnuwu', the}' caught those Athapascans and obtained all of 

 their things. The GanAxte'di also came to have dealings with tliem. 

 Even now these people stop among them. They never became Tlingit, 

 but they became people with whom one may trade. Whatever things 

 they had, such as abalones, the Athapascans g"ave to them. That is 

 how the Tlingit used to do in olden times. In exchange the Tlingit 

 gave them every sort of thing to eat and especially an edil)le seaweed; 

 but they did not know what to make of this last. The Atliapascans 



yidA't ye Atgaku', "Tcucki'kAdA'x gonana' aka'odina TcukAnedi'tc." 



now lliiis tlu'v say. " From the other .•^ido .\'tliiii)iiseans sent away Bru.sh people." 



- Atxa\\"'e' tcIuLe' awa'xde a'waqe yfi'gonana hAsduya'nayi. Axo't 



After that tlien into g-ot thi' .Vtliapasfims thuir jiacks. Among 



I over shoulders) them 



yatla'yt hiii ka'oduwaxctci yc'xawe wfi'n!. TcukAnedi'tc (jo'a a 



hot ' waliT was thrown like that it re.semhled. Brush people, however, 



Aka'oLexcLl. Atcaw(^' ax Iias akawAna'. Gonaye' hAs g°gwaa'de, 



were afraid. Wliy from they sent tliem away. Starting they were going to go, 



5 " He'ye," ye dowaA'xtc Lak" gonaye' k"gwaA't ganugu'n. Ade' 



"He'ye," thus it sounded fast starting they were going when they let Where 



to go them go. 



hAs kaoduwana'yiya awe' lb ade' gone' hAs uwafl't. SitlkanA'x 



they sent llieni ' ' there right to it started they went. Across a glacier 



tclui.e' At hAs u'waiit Laoca'caki-an. Wududziku' ax qot wugude' 



then there they got Town-on-the-sand-hill. Came to know from it he went away 



XAkAnuwu' dAX Qake'(|!"te Ka'gwAntantc. KagwAntandjawe' tsa 



XAkAnuwu' from Qake'q!ute Ka'gwAntan. Ka'gwAntan indeed 



wuca't yfi'gonana, LdakA't-At hAsdoA'di a'xo a'wafit. GanAxtedi'tc 



caught those Atliapascans. All the things their things among went. The GanAxte'di 



them 



10 ts!u tcIuLe' de Iias wududziku' qaxo'q! ya hAs uuaxe'n tcIuyedA't. 



also then now they came to know among men they are stopping even now. 



them 



Le Llngi't hAS wuste'x. Tclaa'n qo'a qayaqa'qIuwAnx siti'. 



Then Tlingit they never Vjecame. But yet, however, men such as can be were. 



traded with 



Tc!a da'sa qa'dji, gunxti', hAsdudjide' daduna' go'nana. Tcltik" 



Whatever they had abalones to them g«ve Athapascans. Anciently 



qostiyea Jingi't a'yu yek"daye'n. LdakA't-At hAsduqlwe'x duti'x 



were Tlingit that way weie. Everything to their mouths they gave 



hng-i't. Atxa'y]" liiklA'sk. Lei hAs a'wusko ade' yuyane'giya 



Tlingit. Food ' seaweed not they knew what to make of 



15 yfilaklA'sk. QA'k^takfi'yiqAq! tA akade' wuduwage'tc yawatla'yia. 



this seaweed. Inside a balf-ba'sket pot stones into it they threw hot ones. 



"Said when one loses a good thing- or refuses to take it. 



