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They were going to invite all of them besides the TlA'qldentJIii into this 

 house. Since then inviting back and forth has been going on. The 

 guests kept coming out from the nearest point to the town site to look 

 at the new house. The drums made a great noise there continually. 

 After they had spent one night close to the town they came in quickly, 

 dancing and singing. Inside, the town people began to dress them- 

 selves to dance before their guests. They went into the water, wearing 

 Chilkat and raarten-skin blankets. After that the owner of Wolf 

 house went out and made a speech. 



On the point at KAqlAnuwu' is a place named Slaves'-valley. Their 

 slaves always* came from far to the south. Then the owner of tliis 

 house killed four slaves for his guests, while the next in rank killed 

 two slaves, and the whole number killed at that time was ten. After 

 they had killed them they threw their bodies down into this valley. 

 There two of them came to life, and one, getting up, o])ened and 



KiksA'di, Xutsnu'wAda qoan ts!u, De'citan. Leq! hi'tayu a'yide ye 



KiksA'di, Killisnoo people also, De'citan. One house was intoit they 



qogA'xduiq! TlA'qldentan. TcIuLe' atxa'ya ye yanagu't ya llngi't-a'ni 



were going to [incUiding the] Then since tlien tlius it has been this world 



invite all TlA'qldentan. going on in 



to qoa'ni wuctal'q!. Le at!a'k"lteni' an yaoga'sltc yuhi't gax dustl'n. 



people in\'ite each other. Then coming out from town site the house that they may 



a point to see. 



I'dayu qa'yayik duA'xdjinutc yu'ande Liuwu'gaoq!. T!a wuduwaxa' 



Around always make a big noise in the town the drums. After they went out 



yciu them 



yuqol'qie. Tc!u Leq! tat kA'dayu an tuwAnjn't ytTwagu'. An 5 



the guests. Just one night they stayed town right close to they came. Town 



egaya'di ya'uA.sxix. (^ikA't AduL.'e'x. Ayi'q! Lfik^tln a^a' ([oi'qli 



below they came ashore, With .songs they danced. Inside the town people guests 

 quickly. 



ctfit qodici' aLle'x yis. Naxe'n Ana'q qa klfix hinx wu'At 



commenced to dress dancing for. Chllkat blanket wearing and marten- into the went 

 themselves before skin water 



blanket 



yuaLle'xeyi'yi. YAnl'yaniwe yu'gotc hit slate' yux qle'watan. 



the dancers. Wlien they were on the wolf hou.se owner of outside went and spoke, 



the shore 



KAqlAnuwu' A'lukwa 3'e duwasa'k" Gux-qlagA'kla. Yuixki'dAx 



KAqlAnuwu' on the point of thus [is a place] Slaves'-valley. From far down 



named [south] 



dusIuA'xtln Lingi't a'awe qa'dji ya'natidjin. Yu'hit slatl'djawe 10 



went Tlingit those people they always were. The house owner of was 



daqlu'n uwadJA'q yugu'x yuqol'qie diiq!. Yu'qliik yi'kde tcIuLe' 



four killed the slaves the guests for. The small valley down in then 



dak cfi'dutltc. Ts!u du'niya de'a dex gux a'wadJAq. Djinka't 



out they always threw Next was ordered now two slaves killed. Ten 



them. [day] 



wudu'wadJAq yu'gux. Da'xauax gu'xawe Aql qox wudiA't 



were killed slaves. Two slaves there to life started to 



come 



a" Usually" would be truer. 



