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sci'atching-.sponge that people used in ancient times before starting to 

 war reached the post first. His name was Top-spirit, and the name 

 of thenextFish-that-comes-up-in-front-of-one's-face-and-shakes. Then 

 they started back with it but quarreled so much over it that they began 

 to talk of not allowing anybody to have it. When they were out from 

 shore, however, the war-leader, whose name was Dancer, stood up 

 wearing objects representing ears over his face and said, "Who sent 

 out these warriors? I, a high-caste Ka'gwAntfui, am also a brave 

 man." Then they started off. 



At that time there were two canoe loads of Island people going 

 along, and there was a shaman among them named Wolf- weasel, who 

 had eight tongues. The Kfi'gNVAntrin shaman tore his canoe apart by pre- 

 tondiug to split the water of its wake. Before they got far out it began 

 to split. The Ka'gwAntfin warriors had alread}' landed at Xuq! creek 

 where this shaman also went ashore, and they came out behind him. 

 His spirits' apparel was in a box in the bow. 



yuxA'cqIutc a ilf ka'olislALl duya' qficu'kAt adsi't wudjixfx. QacukA't 



the sponge it scratched up his face first to it ran. The first 



\vas 



qa 3'e dowasfi'k" Qa'ka-yek Qaya'kaoduxat ts!u. TcIuLe' fi'nawe At 



man tliiis was named Top-spirit Fisli-that-comes-up-in- also. Then witli it (thing) 



front-of-one's-face-and- 

 sliakes 



wuxu'n wexa' qo'xde. Tclusu'goaawe' wucdjide' yaodudjige'ye yA 



started the warriors to go back. Then to cacli otlier that no one would liave it 



a'da qIaoduLia't. Dekina' dslq SAxI'xawe ge'uAx a'odihjin At gu'gu 



about they were begin- from the out when they i'rom in- one started things like ears 

 it ning to talk, shore got quickly .side it to stand up [with] 



duya'. Ye qiayaqa' yuxa'-slAti, "Adu'tsA ka,wana'yi xA'aya?"' Le'ni 5 



[or] his Thus .said to [them] the war chief, "Who sent out these war- Dancer 



face. riors?" 



yu'dowasak" j^uxa'-slAti. " Kfi'gwAntan ayu' anye'di xAt satiyi' tuq!, 



was the name of the war chief. " Kfi'gwAntan that high caste me being into 



Qle'ga qa xAt siti'." TcIulc' aya'xt awe' At wuxu'n. 



real (i.e., man I am." Then away it was they started off, 



brave) 



QiAtqaa'yi dex yiik" yikt. Ixt! ts!u hAs duxo' tclA'tuyAX I'xtlawe. 



Island people two canoes in. Shaman too them among just as [the had a sha- 



othersj man. 



He'nAx A'a xowu' Gotcda' yu'dowasak". NAsIgAducu' yAte' 



The others it was among Wolf-weasel was named. Eight were 



duA't Llu'tle. Wu'cdAx awasle'L! duya'k" ite' hi'ni. Tcul 10 



to him tongues. Apart he tore his canoe by split- the Just 



(or his things tongues). "ting water. before 



wuha'djiawe wu'cdax wudiga't. HA'xcte 3^a'naA'dawe yuxa' Xuq!-hln 



they got far out apart it started to Ashore having already warriors Xuql creek 



split. gone 



yu'dowasak" ye'nAxawe yen 



named ashore there 



ye'ndi yfmaqo'xoawe dutlfi't 



to it while he was coming back of him 



CAlvA'tsa-in. 



was in a box in 

 the bow. 



