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closed his fingers to the people sitting on the hill. From that time 

 the place was named Slaves'-vailey by the Ka'gwAntan. 



By and l)y they began to feed their guests. The people of all this 

 world were there. The one who had invited them began to dress him- 

 self. Even now this part of the feast is named All-arisen [to attend to 

 the feast]. The}' put on their abalone shells, Indian paint, and eagle 

 feathers on their heads, and the women ear pendants. B}" and by 

 the headman was told to start his song. This man always said, "All 

 right, you are ready, my outside shell."" He wore a blanket which had 

 been kept laid away in a box and all the other things that his dead 

 predecessor had worn. His wife also had her blanket secured around 

 her waist. He always handed out his moose skins to the people. The 

 chief always distributed for the dead. 



After all the blankets had been brought out, they were taken up 

 one at a time, and the names of those who were to receive called out, 

 beginning with the guest highest in rank. When one's name was 



yu'qiak tuq!. TcIulc' tcaodAuugu'awe ge'gwaLliawate yu-deki'tnAq. 



the valley in. Then when one of them he opened and closed to those standing 



got up his fingers on the hill. 



Kfi'gWAntanqle xo'de tclua'txawe ye dowasa'k" yu'LlAtk 



Kfi'gw.intiln among from that very time thus was named the place 



Gux-q!a'gak!. 



Slave-valley. 



Leq! am' qoxe' awe' yaodu'dzidAq qol'qle. LdakA't 3'airngit-a'ni 



One town they were when they come to feed the guests. All this world 



[day] in 



5 ge qoa'ni ayu' At ya'odiha. YuLlA'tk adA'xayu ctfit ka'odici 



inside people it was there were. The town from in began to dress 



him.self 



5'u'-tut-qowaI'q!iya. " Wudu'wAnaq" ye dowasa'k" tcIuyedA't. 



the one who invited the "All got up" [to thus is named even now. 



guests. attend t<> feast] 



DasAqfi'da gunxa' ca qo'a gokuLle'nx" qii ie'qiaya qa ([!oaL! 



They put on alialone the however, ear pendant.? and Indian paint and eagle 



their things, shells, women, feathers 



qa'ca. Wanani'sayu' aca'de-htl'ni qle'cukAndoqetc. " Giic wae'tc 



on their All at once the head man (at was told to start his .song. "All you 



heads. head standing) right, 



da'nayiti" yu'yAnaqetc, "AxdakAnu'q!uq!ayA'xA." Yutcla'k" 



are ready," was what he always said " my outside shell." A long time 



10 duna'waqluu At yi'yAnuaxtc. DucA't qouM'ktc. Yu'AsIate 



he had on [a blanket] always kept laid His wife alwaystied up [her The owner 



away in a box. blanket round her 



waist] . 



wunfi' wuq!u' qo'a wudaqlu'tc. Qil'djlt AcuTixtc yutsi'sk! wtl'.sa 



was dead wore, however, he always wore. To people he alv\ays the moose what 



handed out skius 



Asdji'yakugue. AyA'xawe udja'qtc. 



he had. For them (the he always killed 



dead) (Redistributed). 



Yuqoi'qie xoq! dak qax dudji'linawe aqdoA'xtc. Yuqoi'q.'e 



The guests among out after they had taken all they always take The guests 



up one at a time. 



ca'de-hani dul't dulu'tc. ''Hade''' yu'3^Anaqetc. DjildakA't vuqoi'qie 



headman to him always " This way" was what he All the guests 



[among] gave it. always said. 



