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while he slept very soundly. He dreamed that a uiau came to him and 

 said, "1 come to help 3^00. Come down here by the salmon creek and 

 yomit."" Immediately he went down to the creek and vomited four 

 times. While he was vomiting, he vomited up a salmon bone. "This 

 is what makes you lazy," he said to him. "This is what 3'ou are eating- 

 all the time, the salmon people's toilet sticks. This is what makes you 

 lazy.'' The one that helped him was the being- of the mountain. The 

 mountain being said, "Come with me this eyening." Immediately he 

 went with him. When they got far up, the doors into the mountain 

 were all opened. Then he went down with him inside. There were 

 rooms inside of the mountain for all things. In the lirst were grizzly 

 })ears, in the next black bears, in the next mountain sheep. All things 

 were inside. 



After the}' had stayed away two days his brothers came l)ack for him. 

 Their brother was not there, and they felt very sorry. They thought 



sutti'yeayu. Ye adjil'n qa doxA'nt uwagu't. Le ye acia'osiqji, 



soundly was. Thus hf dreauu'd a man to him came. Then thus lie said to him, 



"Ilga'aya xAt wusu'." Atxawe' ye Acia'osiqil, "He yege'na xfit 



"For you it is I cduie to lielp." After tliat thus it said to him, "Here comedown sal- 

 mon 



hl'ni yaxq! xan \^eq a a'ngeJqo.'' Tc!a Aq! ayA'xawe yuhl'n 



creek by with me down come [andj vomit." Right to it ' like it the creek 



here away 



yaxq! Wqo' daqlu'ndahen. WuLiqo' figa'awetsa ke aoLiqo' yuxa't 



by vomited lour times. lie vomited while up he vomited a salmon 



s!age'. "Aaya' At uwa'tx Idjikayi' A'taya." Ye Acda'yaqa, "Tc!a 5 



bone. "This thing causing you to be is the thing." Thus he said to him, '-This 



lazy 



LAk'' anAtixa', xilt qoa'ni tcli'tla^n. Aj^a' At-uwa'txaya idzika'." 



is what you always the sal- tribes' toilet sticks. This thing causing' you to be 



eat, mon " lazy." 



XAtc cat-wuqoa'ni A'seyu Acl'ga wusu'. " Dexa'naya xan gA'ge 



This mountain being was to hi"m helped. ' "This evening with me accom- 



panying 



fit," yuaca'osiqa yu'cat-wuqoa'ni. TcIavA'xawe an wua't. Yudikl'q! 



come," said to him the mountain being. So right away with he went. Way up to 



it ^ that 



ke liAS fi'dawe yu'ca tuhe'de culaA't yuqlaxfi't. Le ayide'awe 



up they got when the moun- into were all open the doors. Then down into it 



tain 



Aci'n nei u'waAt. Aitqie' aqodAxsite' yucatu'q! cukA't a-i't. Xuts! 10 



with inside he went. Rooms there were inside the for everything. Grizzly 



him mountain " bears" 



ayi' hu'a ayi'n ade' s!ik, ayi'n ade' dje'nwu. LdakA't-At ayf hoa'. 



inside one the next to it black in the t(^ it mountain All things inside were, 



it was for bear, next sheep. it 



Dex hAs uxe' a'qo hAs wudiA't duxo'nqle xo hAs. Le 



Two [days] they stayed after they came to him his friends among them. Then 

 which 



gwiVyAla hAsdukl'k!. ALe'n tuwunu'g". Has a'watle Le wuna' 



was not there their brother. Very for it they felt sorry. They thought then dead 



