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they eume out with over her. The .song is a hard one, having uU 

 kinds of notes. 



Then the man sent off six of his nephews. He told them to go 

 along shore in the canoe he had made, to search for people. When 

 the >\'eather was very good the}" started off. They came down this 

 wa}" to a place opposite Yakutat. There they discovered eulachon 

 and a fish called klfi'gAn. These were in a creek. They put a small 

 net into it to catch the eulachon, and they put the kla'gAii into a small 

 cooking basket while the}^ were still alive. They offended them, how- 

 ever, by laughing at them. Just as day broke they started oft". 

 When they got out on the sea there came up a south wind, so that 

 they could not go anywhere. The}" came right back to their starting 

 point, and their skin canoe was broken. One of them went under it 

 and was killed. They stayed there. Probably they were there for 

 twentj^-one days. Then the weather became fair. Meanwhile they 



Kitcda'ciyi'x stti' vu'akAt-dak-a'waAdi a. Ya'nAx lAtsi'nden vucu'k 



Beginning song they did the one they came out with. The song is a hard one 



dulxo'xgunntc. 



having all kinds of notes. 



Le ducu'nAx duqe'lkli-hAs Akfi'wAna. Qongacl't yud]a(|o'x yit 



Then six [of] liis nephews he sent. He told them the canoe in 



yu-yen-aoliyA'xe llngi'tgaayu' hAs qoggwaci'. lax wa cjogukle'sawe 



the [canoe] he had for people they should hunt. Very when it got to be 



made good weather 



gonaye' hAS uwaqo'x. Hana'yinade' yatla'k ye dowasa'k" Ya'k"dat 5 



.started they wentofT. Coming down this they came tlius called Yaliutat 



way to a place 



kikA'. AnA'xawe yen hAS uwaqo'x. Aqlawe' akA'x hAS (jowaci' 



to. After that there they came. At it in it they discovered 



wesa'k kla'gAn ts!u. Hin yikt ya'osia. Kat ye hAs aosi'ni yusa'k 



eulachon (and a flsh also. Creek down there were. In it thusthev put [a eulachon 

 called kla'gAn) in " small net] 



an liAs agusta'kt. IvAk" kA'qIawe 3"en hAs aolixA'n tclu 



with them to catch. Small cooking into there they put still 



it basket 



ka'wusxil'de yukla'gAn. Aawe' AxgAna hAs kaoLigA't hAs A'cugotc. 



they were alive the kla'gAn. This was the thing they said .something [be- wereliiugh- 



wrongto cause] ingatit. 

 they 



Tcluye' kotiye'awe hAS At wuxu'n. Le dekl'dak hAs nAqo'xo 10 



Just as day was breaking they started oti. Then out on the sea they got (when) 



aya'oditi dA'qdi kAsa'nAx. Lei gude'sA hAs wuqo'x. Tc!a a'nAx 



there came up a wind from the Not anywhere they went. Right back to 



south. [their start- 



"ing point] 



yen hAs uwaqo'x. IlAsdu-djaqo'x-yago kawawA'Ll. lc'uax 



there they came. Their skin canoe' was broken. One of them 



yati'yia djaqo'x taye'x wudzigi't. AVuna'. Le ti hAs yawasi'kde. 



there was theskin canoe under went. He was dead. There they ' stayed. 



Gui Leqa'yegeye qA Leq! ayi's wute'. Ya'qiawe hAsdnkfi' awada'q. 



Prob- twenty [days] and one for it they stayed. There on them it became 



ably good weather. 



