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By and Ijy they began to make tilings ready for him. They dried 

 all kinds of tilings for iiim. Then he started away. |Tlie l)eingj said 

 to him, '"It is well that you come now and see my canoe which you 

 are going to take among 3'our friends."' He took him thither. It 

 looked like a grizzl}" bear. What was there about it like a canoe? 

 "The things j^ou see inside are this canoe's food. When it is hungry 

 it will always look back. If you do not give it anything it will eat 

 you. It gets hungry quickl}^,"' said the mountain being. "" Go on now." 



It went down the river. They had loaded the canoe with mountain- 

 sheep's fat and all kinds of fat. There came a time when it acted as 

 he had said. It started to turn l)ack. When it began to swim around 

 quickly he gave it one whole mountain sheep. Already he was close 

 to his home. When it started ashore with him in front of the town 

 he began to feed it so that it would not kill any person. His friends 

 ran down opposite him. They saw their friend who had been long 

 lost. It came ashore with him a short distance from the town. When 



Wananl'sawe dui'ga At gAxdulxu'n. LdakA't-ye'de-A'dawe dul'n 



At 01 Iff for him things they started to All kinds of things withhim 



make ready. 



kAdulne's! dudjl3a's. Le ayA'xawe tcIuLe' At wuxu'n. "K!e 



they dried to take for him. Then from tliem then he started. "Good 



gAstl'n yu'Axyagu' yuxo'nqli xode' an gAgeqo'x." Ade' Acuwagu't. 



you see my canoe your friends among willi you are going There he took him. 



you to take." 



Xu'tsIyA yA'xayu kayaxA't. Gusu' yuya'kx AxsAne/gi. " We-iya'guwu 



Grizzly bear like was it looked. Where a canoe it looked like ? "The canoe's 



was it 



wusA'gwaya yu'nel ayu' ca'wahik. Dul't 3^an wuhayl'awe qox 5 



food is insidi- of that what is full of. To him liiinger when there is back 



AqgwAlge'ntc. L doqie'x At I'texe qo'a tcawaa' igoxsaxa'. Yan 



he will always look. Not his month thing yon give however he will eat you up. Hungry 



ASinu'k Lawe'," cfit wuqoa'nitcawe ye aosiqa', "NA'g" de'." 



begets quickly," the moun- being thus said. "Go on now." 



tain 



Le hi'niyiq uwagu't. Le ayl'yen At ka'oduLiga yu'yak" dje'nwu 



Then down the it went. So inside of it things they loaded the canoe mountain 



river into sheep's 



kAgedi' IdakA't ,ye'di. Tfi'i tclawe' slatl'tc ade' kA'nik-ya ^^Axawe' 



fat all kinds of fat. Tliere came a time there he said like it 



yati'. At ya'odzia hi'nxokAt qox yfi'wusaye'awe Le a'dak wuci'xtc Id 



it was. Then starting in the water back when it started to swim then around it turned 



quickly 



Le Leq! dje'nwuksAdu'gawe Aqle'x AnAtl'tc. DesgwA'tc dofini' 



then one whole mountain sheep to it he gave always. Already his home 



yakunase'n. Anega3m'nAxawe XAk"kri'w"uho Acl'n XAk^kfi'ken nahe'ni 



he was getting In front of the town when it began to with when it began at the 



close to. swim liim to go shore 



awe' Aqle'x At tix Llngi't udja'qga. Dutla'de At ka'odowaAt 



it was he began to feed it person lest it might kill. Back of him then ran down 



duxo'nqli. Tclak" qodudzTgi'di hAsduxd'ni yet Iias ya'wAdA. An 



his friends. Longtimeago came to be lost their friend they ' saw. Town 



