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mouth of that river. The first thing they did there was to chiim the 

 big mountcun [us a crestj, because they were the first to pass through 

 it. When winter began to come on they built a house beside the 

 river. They named it Mountain house because they had nearly lost 

 their lives on that moiuitain. This is why they so named it. They 

 stayed right there in that house, and the settlement grew into a town. 



Then the Ca'dAdilx " grew strong. They were the ones who built 

 Mountain house. After they had been there ten years one person 

 began living away from town in order to make the frame of a skin 

 boat. 



A woman named KIwiide'JtA reared a young sea gull. The sea gull 

 did not grow large. All at once she did something to it that made it 

 grow as large as an eagle. It began to grow big. Now it was almost 

 as lai'ge as a house. When it got large she wanted to take it among 

 her playmates. Her brothers, however, wanted to kill it. \Mien she 

 was playing with it the sea gull swam out of the mouth of the river. 

 She also disappeared. She started after it. They used the song that 



yu'ca Len cuqIa'nAX Ada't a'wuAdi'djayu. Ta'kMe yakogwaha'awe 



the big (to claim) unit because they were Winter wlien it began to be 



mouiitiiin the tirst who came. 



hit wuduLiyA'x yuhr'n yaxqiwe wuduLiyA'xe. Hit 3^a'oduwasa 



house they made the river along.side they made. House they named 



cil hit akfiyt'x (Joua'x satm'n. Atcawe' ye wOduwasa'. i.ede' tc!A 



Moiiii- house alKiutit tliey nearly lost tlieir Thi.s is why -so they named it. There right 



tain lives. 



aye'ti uwate'. i.e anx wusite'. 



down they stayed. Then town it was. 

 in it become 



5 Ca'dAdux-hAs wulitsi'n. HAsdjawe' liAs awu'liyAx weCahi't. 



The Ca'dAdux (pi.) grew strong. It was they they bnilt Mountain house. 



Dji'nkfit tak aye' hAs nati' awe' Leq! ati'yia dak aya'odthAn 



Ten years in it they were when one being (person) out started to live by 



himself- 



dJAqo'x Atuxu'gi ye agoxsAni'. 



skin boat frame of it so he was going to 



tix. 



KIwade'ltA hutcawe' aosiwA't ^aike'Ladi yA'ti. Let ulge'x ke'Ladi. 



Klwade'lt.v it was she who reared a sea gull young. Kot got big seagull. 



Wri'sAqcu'3"u aosi'ni desgwa'tc teak! a3^A'x yakunAlge'n. DesgwA'tc 



What all at once she did already eagle like it it began to be as Already 



big as. 



10 aLc'nx sitf gul yu'hit ya'uAx yakunAlge'n. DesgwA'tc 



it became large almost a house like was as big as. Already 



La iige' yuke'Ladi qosuklxo'de AqsAnu'ktc. Dui'k!-hAstc ([o'a 



then got large the sea gull among her playmates she would always Her brothers, how 



take it. " ever, 



gAdja'get liAs ayahe'. An wuade'ayu kosiklo'detit u'diikuwaho' 



to kill it they wanted. With it when she was out of the mouth of swam 



playing the river 



vuke'LAdi. Hu ts!u Le ayA'x wuna' Atxawe' duiticiyi' ka'odzite. 



the sea gull. She also then out went afterward after it started to gp. 



1 This seems to have been the ancient name of the family. 



