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thing. They did not have unv shirts on. The ciiiefs, however, were 

 sitting- on top of the retaining timbers and liad notliing to do with this. 

 It was all done by their nephews. This thing never was forgotten, 

 although now people do not kill one another. They threw fire at one 

 another. Finalh% however, one of the cohoes people. Avhose house was 

 behind this, ran down bearing the raven hat, and made a noise like 

 the raven. '"''0:1," he said. Because they heard this raven they did 

 not kill one another. 



This is what caused all the troul)le. We are called Burnt-house 

 people, because the timbers of that house caught fire and were burned, 

 and for this reason the people moved out of it and built other houses 

 in the same place. Afterward some of the Burnt-house people moved 

 to this place (Sitka). Because we are their descendants we are here 

 also. The}^ continue to be here because we occupy their places. 



Lei kludA's! kiikA'. Lingi't LAnq! qo'a tAq! caki' ke uwaqe'. Lei 



Nut shirts they hud Tlingit great oues how- retaining on top up sat. Not 



on. (=eliiefs), ever, planlis 



AX u'ci jHianqa'qIutc. Qo'a tslAS duxtVqIuawe ye quwanu'q. Lei 



tou('lie<l (=liad the chiefs. But only their nephews Ilnis were doing it. Not 



anvtliing to 

 (1(1 with) 



qut ([("''uxixtc yuade' At wunl'yi^-A. TcluyedA't Lei qo'a wudj 



ever it got lost what haijpened was lilce that. Even now not, however, they 



wiidudJA'q. Tclaya' datcu'nawe wudj xdde' yaoduLige'tc yuqia'n. 



kill each other. Like it. however, one among they threw the fire. 



another 



.") r.luknaxa'didjiqiawe ye 3^ati' yel s!ax". AtlJi't lafi' hAsduhi'ti. An 



Cohoes people liave raven hat. Back of it wa.s their house. With it 



a'y(Ml awagu't. Aka'oduwaAx yu'yel. "Ga," yu'yawaqa. Ate Lei 



d(j\vii one went. He made noise of the raven. " Ga" lie said. That is not 



why 



wildj wududja'ci yf-t aka' wudu'axetc. Atcawe' ayl'tx yux wu'ligas!. 



each (beeanseUhey raven on it always was heard. Thatis why from down out tliev nioved. 

 other killed " in [the 



house] 



TcIuLc' hitq! wuduLiye'x tclu Aq!. 



Then houses they built right there. 



Ataya' At cu'waui. Yu'liit aqA'xyedt wukjia'netc. A'tcaya 



This is what caused all the The house main beams got on fire. This is why 



[trouble]. 



10 Ka'gwAutan j^u'haduwasak". Yuhi't qA'xyedi kawugane'tc. Adjawe' 



Burnt-house we are called. The house beams were burned. This is why 



people 



yilx At ka'oduwadjeh Hitq! ye yaqa'wage KAqlAnuwu'q!. 



out things they took. Houses (there- " there are at KAq!Anuwu'. 



fore) many 



Atxawe' 3'a'de a'oligas!. Kfi/gv/Anttln yat wudu'wau. Ayide' 



This is to this place some moved. Burnt-house here lived. Tlieir children 



why (i.e., Sitka) people (or descend- 



ants) 



qotu'stiyl'djaya yiiql ye ha'yate oha'n tslu. Atce'ya ykU't tclu 



because wc are here thus we are we also. This is why now still 



ye yanagu't ya'yedAt a-ite' qotusteyl'tc. 



thus it goes on [because] now in {dace we live' 



of them 



