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did not know how it was cooked, and, when hot stones were thrown 

 inside of a basket pot and the pot began shaking, they took up their 

 bows and arrows to shoot at it. But the people said, "It is some- 

 thing to be eaten after it has cooled," and gave them horn spoons for 

 it. " Where do people go to get this?" said the}^, for it suited their 

 taste. " The}^ get it from the very edge of the water at the lowest 

 tide." When the Athapascans went back with Qake/q!"te to their 

 homes they told the Tlingit to bring seaweed up when they came, so 

 the Tlingit began taking this up to them. A beaver skin could ])e 

 bought with one bunch of seaweed. From them were learned of the 

 flat nose ring and dancing. 



After this the people were going to build a feast house out of the 

 wealth the Athapascans had brought them. Every morning before 

 the}' had eaten anything they went after large trees for house timbers. 

 They had nothing with which to chop except stone axes. While it 

 was being completed the drum was beaten continually. The owner 



At sae'x Gonana'tc qo'a i.e\ wusku' ade'kdusTya. Wudu'wakige 



What cooked it Athapascans, however, not knew liow it was done. Shaking 



yAx natl'tc yuqA'k"takayi'. Yu'gonanatc tcune't ayi's hAs 



like was tlie half basket. The Athapascans arrows for it tliey 



[in cooking] 



aka'olidjel. Ye hAs ya'odudziqa '* Du'xa-A'taweyagasa'tlawe." TsacAt 



took up. So they came to say to "That is s.micthing when it is cooU'd Now spoons 



them ealen olf.'' 



hAsdudji't ye wudil'tsTne Jine't caI. Has a'wawu.s! "GudA'x sa 



to them thus tliey gave dark brown spoons. Tliey asked " From where ? 



(i. e., horn) 



ye dadunaA'taya." LAkaga'saodinu'(i. "Yen gale'n ye'dadunaA'tawe 5 



thus do they go and get." It suited their taste. "At low tide something they go and 



get 



cA'nyadAx," Ts!u dul'nawe qox wudu'waAt Qake'q!"te yu'gonanatc 



from the very Again with him back they went Qake'q!"te the Athapascans 



edge of the tide." 



hA'sdu-iinl'-de, aka'yan hAs qoya'osiqa yu'JAklAsk. Ye'nAx dusnl't 



to their home to bring along they told them the seaweed. To get it 



hAsduxA'nde aq"gwaA't nu'kni yts. Ye du-u' Le(][! s!Age'di 



to them they were going up to get for. Thus they bought one beaver [skin] 



Leq! lAklA'sk. HAsdudjItxa'we Avududziku' lunA'skudawoq! qa aLle'x 



one [piece of] From them they came to the flat nose ring and to dance 



seaweed. know 



ts!u hA'sdudjItx wudu'dziku. 10 



also from them came to know. 



Atxawe' a'gux duiiye'x yuhi't qlAdAci' dakayi's. Yu'gonana 



After it they were going to build the hou.se feasting for it. The Athapascans' 



A'diyi tin a'yu gux dusgi't. Tclul At doxa'idjl awe' AnaA'ttc 



things with it was they were going to Every things always before it was they always 

 do it. morning eating went 



yu'hit dji'ide-de ga as aLA'nq!. Lei cinaxa'ye ayu' Ate At 



the house timbers for trees big. Not to chop it was what they 



dusxo'tanutc ta'yisayu. TcluLe' wuduLl'qIeawe' yuga'o dutA'nginutc. 



had for things at a stone ax. Then when it was finished the drum was always beaten, 



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