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took him on its horns. It ran away with him and made him stand up 

 on a place to one side. Then the people started down. They went 

 down without hunting any more. When they got down on the beach 

 they started home for Yakutat. 



Now the six })rothers started on a journey for the place whence they 

 had all come out. Their uncle told them to go back for a copper plate 

 which was in a valle}" called Ltaxe'n, leading down to Copper river. 

 They did not want to leave it there because it was valuable. When 

 the people first came out, it took them forty daj^s and nights, but the 

 young men took only twenty da^^s and nights. They got back among 

 their friends. When thej^-came among their friends again these wept 

 witli them and did not want them to return. But after the}' had 

 sta3^ed there for some time they went to the vallej" where was the 

 copper plate. Since they had left their friends no one had been to 

 the valley. The real owner of it, too, was dead. They reached the 

 opposite side of that valley. When they got there they saw the 



ducedina'x wulixa't!. TcIulc' awe' Acl'n wudjixfx Le 



[and] on his horns took him. Then it was with liim it ran and 



Lla'denyalvA'qlawe A'cdjiwanA'(|. Atxawe' lc yi'nde hAS wua't. 



at a side place lot him stand up. After that then liomeward they went. 



Lei At nAti' VAX liAs yaodahil'n. Yek hAs a'dawe hAs At kawana' 



Not things were lilie tliey hnnted. Down tliey came tliey to it started 



[wlien] liome 



YakMii'tde. 



to Yakutat 



5 Le ducu'iiAx-liAs de 3'u-wudjkik!iye/n ko Iias wu'deAt yfi'ax dak 



Then the six now tlie brotliers they started from it out 



[to the place] 



liAs wusda'geyecli. HAsduka'ktcawe qox liAs kfiwaqa' Eq-hi'ni 



they had come out. Their uncle it was to go tliem told Copper 



back river 



kAtqIatA'n Ltaxe'n yil'eq aye'yati. AqA'xayu qlAlatsinl'tcayu Lei 



leading into [a valley a copper was. Because it was expensive not 



called i/taxe'ii] 



hA'sdutu wa'uc gu hAs Atcu'wunage'. Daijlil'n-dji'nkat Iias uwaxe' 



their minds wanted there they should leave it. Forty [days and nights] they camped 



cu'qiwa dak hAs gAsada'q. Yuklisa'ni LfMja' Iias uwaxe'. Has 



when first out they came. The young men twenty they camped. They 



10 qo'a At hAS uwaA't hAsdnxo'nqli xot. Ya hAs wududjige' At 



however to it they came their friends among. They not wanting there 



them to come away 



hAS at hAsduxo'nq!i xo, hAsduI'n gA'xduste. lcI qox de ye liAs 



they got their friends amoiig, with them they wept. Not back to so they 



a'doha. Tcltlk" a3'e'snati awe' tclfik" 3'u'eq ayi3'e'yatiyi canA'xde 



wanted. A long time they stayed when far the copper was to the valley 



hAS wuii't. Tc!ayu' dA'kde wu'sidage'a liAsduxo'nqli yA'xawe lvI 



they went. Xoone out went their friends from the time not 



AX ya'uguttc 3'Q'crinAX. Atslfi'tiylyi ts!u wu'na. At hAs uwaA't 



from had ever been [to] the vallev. The real owner also was dead. To it thev came 



of it 



15 wecanA'x kIkA'. At Iias a'dayu Iias a'ositen 3'u'eq. Daye'kuwat. 



the valley opposite To it they got when they saw the copper. It was very lon^ 



side of, 



