105. STORY OF THP: KA'CKIE Q0AN« 



LtAxdA'x was dead. He had a \aliiablt^ copper, and he also had a 

 dish uained TslAiiAtlu'k!. When he was dead they took his property out. 

 Those of the house in which these peopk> lived who ohtaiiu^l the dish 

 got into trouble over it. Whoever had a sister told her to go with 

 him. "Let us go to some other plaee," he said. The people that 

 went away were from that side of the house from which the dish was 

 taken away. They were sad on that account. Probably they num- 

 bered al)out forty. They said, "Let us go straight for that mountain." 

 Whoever had three brothers took them along to carry things for him. 

 After that they came out under the brow of the big mountain. On 

 the way they dressed themselves in their tine clothing, some in weasel- 

 skin coats, some in marten-skin coats, and they wore hats also because 



LtAxdA'x wuna'. Adu'dji ye yAti' yutinna' qlAlitsfn, qa yusli'q! 



I:itAxdA'x was dead. His was a copper expensive, and the dish 



ts!u du'dji ye yAti' TslAUAtlu'k!. NAna'awe duA'di dfiq ye udu'ds^ini. 



also he liad [named] Ts;AnAtlii'k!. When he was his out they came to take. 



dead tlnngs 



Yuq lAlitsI'niya 3"us!i'q! yu'A-adjide' Anudjixe'n Leq! Ane'i qoa'ni 



Was expensive the dish the [side] tliat g-ot it one [house] in people 



ayu' aayu' adii'x wucka'oduwaxiiJ. Adu'sA duLa'k! qodzite' 



were those from it got into trouble. Whoever his sister hail 



Agfitsfi'itc. "Gude' uAx tua'de tcAgude'sA." YuLe'q! hit ye qo-u' 5 



told her to go "To .some away let us go thither." The one house people 



with him. place 



ay a' ake'kdAX ayu' a'waat he'uAx ade' yen wucxenl'tc yusli'q!. 



these fr(jm one side that went away on the then there ^vas taken away the dish, 

 of other side 



Qa tuwunu'g^' tcayu' ye at wuni'. Gul daqlu'ndjinkadl'nAx ayu' 



,\nd they were sorry l.iecause so they did. Probably about forty those 



qo'wate, ye qiayadoqa', "Tela yu'ca ka'yaAqgaa'de." Adu'sA 



were thus they said, "Right that moun- let us go to." Whoever 



tain 



dukl'k-liAs tclu uA'sIgenAx tl'yi Le du'ndaj'ayi nAstl'tc. Atxawe' 



his brothers then three were then to carry for him always took. After that 



daq UAX auA'x aqleyl't a'waAt yu'ca Len. Qa naA'di klidf-'n 10 



out from from it below it they came to the big. And going well 



mountain 



y^n wudu'dzini axo'a da khidA's! axo'a k!ux-k!udA's!. Atu't 



there they prepared among weasel coats among them marten coats. Wearing 



[their clothes] them" them 



(longA'nadayu s!ax" ts!u. AdA'x site' weda' LeJ caya'odaha aye' 



because they wanted hats also. From it was away not came av/ay were 



to die, 



a This story was told by a man named QIa'dustin, who belongs to the same family, and therefore 

 contains seme of the peculiarities of Yakutat speech. 



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