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a liirge piece of ice fell and raised a swell that carried their canoe otf. 

 They were in want of provisions. Their food was quickly gone. This 

 happened in the Snow-shoveling moon (Noveml)er). It was always 

 blowing so tliat they could not get home. There was a cliff at that 

 place. Already two months had passed over them. They could not 

 see a canoe coming from any place, and they were living by the skill 

 of the man whom the mountain being had saved. 



When they became discouraged they made steps across the glacier. 

 In one place was a precipice, and they had a hard struggle. They left 

 one of their brothers in front of the cliff. He had become dizzy. So 

 the}^ left him. They came among trees after they had left him. lie 

 suffered verv much from the cold. They, however, came upon a red- 

 cedar house. They used a tire drill. Already it smoked. Then the 

 fire came quickly out of the red cedar, and they sat ))y the lire without 

 food. Day came without their brother having died. 



qIaodiyA'q. Aq!"la'k"den hAs wu'ni. llAsduwu'wu liAsduqlaxA'nt 



came and took In want of provisions they wore. Their f(i<iii belonging to them 



canoe away. 



cuwaxl'x. Qoqaha'-di'syadayu ye hAs wuni'. LAk" wayaoditi', 



was quickly Snow-shoveling moon it was in so they got. Always it was blowing 



gone. 



Lei ade' hAsdua'ni liAs awungaLfi'gayA. GclIx siti' yuaye' hAs 



[so that] to it their home they eould get. Cliff there was that they 



not 



wuni'yiyA. DesgwA'tc dex dis liAsduI'k ka'wakis!. Gutx yfik" hAs 



got like. Already two months on tlu-m were finished. From canoe they 



anywliere 



Agri'qsitln. Tea we' qaka'qlawe liAs wute' weca't wuqoa'nitc 5 



could see. It was on the man they lived (were) the moun- being 



tain 



wusne'xe. 



had saved. 



Cie'x hAs ttlxt daha' awe' yu'sit! yAx liAs (jo'ya kaodzitlA'(i!. 



About they were discouraged wlien the glacier across they made steps. 



them- 

 selves 



Le yatl'yiya aawe' hAs doqianawuda'q Adawu'L yes aosi'ni. Leq! 



In one place they found a precipice and they had a hard struggle. One 



Atl'yia hAsduhu'nx ago't hAS wua't ^uVgiL .yAq!. Akawali'k. Le 



there was their brother away from they went the cliff in front of. Hebecame Then 

 [of them] him dizzy. 



anA'q Iias wua't. Asq! cu'ylt hAs u'waAt auA'q. Aqlawe' at 10 



from him they went. The trees among they cnme from him. There he 



tcianfidJA'q. Has qo'a lax hit akA'x hAs wufit. Has a'watuh 



suffered very much They however re<l house upon it they came. They used a fire- 



from cold. cedar " " drill. 



DesgwA'tc yandusU'q. Le da'k yaosixi'x 3ai'Iax tu'uAx yu'qian. 



Already it smoked. Tlien out came quickly the red from into the fire. 



cedar 



Hutc! yuwuwu' tslAs 3'uqlri'nawe Agfi'kt Aqe'n. Lei at djudja'cj 



Ended the food only the fire , by it sat. Not there died 



yuhAsduhu'nx kAx qe'waa. 



their brother but it got daylight. 



