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of this house was named Man-from-hhnself. Soon it was finished. 

 There were eitrht main timbers, and it was completed in one year. 

 After its long stringers had been put on they danced the house together. 

 There are always eight songs for this. Then a stomach named 

 xe'ca-hrni was soaked in water. The, house was so big that a person 

 who walked in front of it ahva^'s appeared small, and, when he entered, 

 one had to speak loudl\' to be heard across. This is why it was named 

 Shadow-house. 



Now all the women began to put fringed ornaments upon their ears 

 in j)reparation for the feast. Anciently they wore these and had red 

 paint upon their heads. After his guests were all seated, the chief 

 put on the gonaqAde't dance hat, and, just before the gifts were dis- 

 ti'il)uted, the xe'ca-hl'nT, which was close to the door, was thrown 

 among thein. Then they gave away to the opposite phratry the things 



Asla'te ye dowasa'k" 3'uhi't St,uwu(|a'. Wanaiu'sawe ye'nde 



']'iu' owner thus was namfrl the house Man troiu-hini- At once to there 



of il sell'. 



yrindusni'n yilhi't. Daede'dt nAsIgaducu' yati'. Aga'sli tcIaLe'q! 



tliey t)('K<ni lo the house. The nuiin tini- eiRht were. Posts to it everyone 



linisli hers (jill together) 



antqeni'tcayu lave'x yuhi't. Le(|! ta'gwayu duLiye'x. WananT'sa 



tlie people it wiis hiiilt the house. One year it was it was built in. At t)nce 



q!e ke kawasfis aqA'xyidi aga'awe tciA aodu'wakitc. NAsIgaducu' 



all went up its long stringers at that time they flanoed the Eight 



house together. 



5 natrtc yuci'. YAnl'awe yuhi't Len ka'oduiJkeJ yuAtyuwu'. Ye 



areal- the songs. When it was the house big wassoakeil the .stomach. Thus 



ways linished [for building it] 



duwa.sri'k" yuAtyuwu' xe'ca-hrni. Yuhl'ntcayu duLisa'k". ALe'n 



is named tlie stomaeh water. The water it is it gets its name A big 



from. 



hi'tayu yuhi't. Atcayu' yu'diylt nagu'ttci qa' ye gunaske'iklitc 



ho\ise is that house. Why below that always walks man thus is always small 



yu'hit ye k"geyrtc. Ayintl'J-gagu'dtnawe Jingi't sAJaga'onutc. 



tlie house thus being large. Inside the house when one person's voice is always loud 



comes [to reach across.] 



Atcawe' ye uduwasa'k" Qayaha'yi-hit. 



Why thus it is named Shadow-house. 



10 Wananl'sawe ca ctat(jo'daci gok"L!e'nx qago'kq!" wudina'q. 



At once the began to put on fringed ornaments on their ears started to prc- 



women themselves fastened pare for the 



feast. 



t(r!ri'gu llngt'ti tclago At qagu'k ([aca' leq!. Qa'yu qoT'cjIe yen 



old time Tlingi-t old things on their [or] their red Those invited there 



ears heads paint. men 



qe/awe ca'xo du'wate yusla'x" Gona(jAde't s!ax" cAdaku'q!. 



when upon his ho put the hat GonaqAde't hat in sections, 



seated head 



Atxawe' qlAtla'xt-du.si'n hln ye dowasa'k" Xe'ca-hl'm (|axode/t 



Afterward placed close to the water thus named soaked with among the 



door water people 



dult'timtc duwuwc't yayl'q! (ja'dct. Ye dusniayu' yil'duwuwet 



threw it the gifts just before they Thus when they the gifts 



distributed. gave away 



