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copper, which was very long. It also had e3"es and hands. The 

 copper was pointing- its hands in the direction whither its friends hud 

 gone. The}" cut it in two in the middle and took it apart. Then all 

 six of them carried it. Their friends did not bother them about it at 

 all. They started back. Again they^ traveled for twent}' daj^s, and 

 came down to the ocean once more. 



At that time all the people started for Yakutat. They started off 

 with the copper that the six men had brought out. Again they came 

 out to the place where their canoe had been ])roken up. They camped 

 there one night. From there they started across to Yakutat. They 

 came ashore there. Then the people did not want to liave them there. 

 The Koskle'di did not want to let them sta3^ The}- discovered 

 Duqdane'k" (one of the new arrivals) coming from a small stream 

 called Kack! with some humpbacks he had speared. When the 

 Koskle'di saw him coming with a string of humpbacks they cut the 

 string on which they were hung. The}" also broke his spear. Then- 



Ke ka'waa duwa'q a'wu dudji'n ts!u. A'wu a yudoxo'nqli ade 



rp it grew its eyes it had its hands also. The place its friends to it 



(very Jong) 



wuade'ya yinade'awe ke djiulitsA'ci yu'eq. Ayi'n kAtIu't(}!awe ax 



went down toward up pointed its the ' Right down in the ajiart 



hands copper. middle 



liAs ilwaxA'c. Le liAs Aka'watI wu'cdAx. TcIulc' ducu'uAx-hAs 



they cut It. Then they took it apart. Then all. six of them 



tlyl'awe Iias a'waya. Lei hAsdudil't 'At qo'wusti liA'sduxonqletc 



were they carried. Not to theui any- did their friends 



thing 



ts!u. Le qo'xde de Iias At wudixu'n. Leqa' hAs uwaxe' ts!u. 5 



also. Then back now they started. Twenty they were again 



[days] 



Atxawe' wcc'l! kAq! ya hAs wua't. 



from it the sea to these they gi_)t. 



Agfi'awetsa naq! ka'odowana Yfik^da't de. Le At wudu'waxun. 



At that time for they started Yakutat for. Then they started. 



We'eq ti'nawe At wudil'waxun. WeLe'ducunAx qatc d;Xk uwayfi'yi 



The copper with [they] started oiT. The six men out carried 



At ti'nnavve, Le we'Aq! hA'sduyi yak" kawuwa'Lliya anA'xawe yen 



thing with it was; then to where their ' canoe was broken up' thither there 



yAk uwaha' ts!u. Lcq! aq! uwaxe'. AdA'xawe tslu dfit yawagu' 10 



out they came also. One at it they 'From it again across t'hev started 



[night] stayed. 



Yak"da'tde. aua'x yen yAk" uwaha'. Lei kat tuwl' ucku' aye'stiyi. 



to Yakutat. At it there a.shore they came. Not there they woidd let them stay. ' 



Koskledl'tc ax hAs ya'oduwatsAq. Hin a'ho a ye dowasa'k 



Koskle'di from it them wanted to drive. A creek it was thus named 



Kack!-hTn Ak!"A'tsk!" ayu' Duqdane'k" awe' wetca's! atA'kf awe' 



Kack! creek a small one there Duqdane'k'^ it was the speared those 



humpbacks them 



wududziti'n. Atx an ye yanagu'ti wetca's! qiAkal'c gAdustl'nawe 



they came to see. From with thus ' he was humpbacks a string of when they saw 



there them coming 



weKoskledl'tc qlAtu'da wuduwaxA'c yudoxa'dt. Doa'dayt tslu 15 



the Koskle'di the string: of cut his salmon. His spear also 



