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me catch 3011." Bat he made a mistake in speaking, for he .said, 

 ''Let me burst open with riches.'' After he had chased her a short 

 distance up into the woods she sat down in front of him. There the 

 woman defecated. When she got up there was onl}^ foam to be seen. 

 Her excrement was very long and white. Then he took the foam and 

 put it into a piece of paper. He made a box for the foam. The 

 scabs from his face were called Medicine-to-ruV)-on-the-bod3^(Da-njlk"), 

 and ho gave it to those of his brothers-in-law who loved him. 

 Although anything he had was ver}^ little it grew to be nuich, and he 

 became a rich man. 



Toward the end of winter he started for Yakutat. Before he reached 

 home they went ashore. The sun was shining. He had his things 

 taken outside. Then he wanted to sleep, and he lay down ]»(\sidethem. 

 By and by some children ran against them and the pile fell on top of 

 him. A copper plate cut through his stomach, and it was all laid 

 open. His sister's son, named XAtgfiwe't, was with him. Ilight there 



ye'de" Aixe's!, "• tclu axite' yA'ditc ts!u iga'xlacrit" awe' qaq 



children," he said, "still after me come also will cateli ycm " but wrong 



daq ya'waqa. Ts!as ye aoduLixe's! qsH], "DruixxAt kAxlanfi'lx 



he said it. Only thus he said wnmirly, "Let me burst open with 



riehes" 



q!wAn." Yu'dage daq ayaa't a'cu ka'odjiqrdc. XAtc awaiJi'L! 



(imp.)- When ho had ehased her a little in frfitit nf liini ^he sal Tliero defecated 



way up into the wood.s dnwn. 



Asiyu' yucii'wAt. Ax gAdagu't xel At .sati'n. Yik"iiya't! dohfi'Lli 



did the woman. Frosn it when she g-ot foam there was seen. Was very long her cxere- 



up ment 



Asiyu' Let 3^ax yati'. Le At til'de ye aosine' 3al'xel kuq! tfiq! 5 



was white like was. Then some- into tlius he took the foam paper into 



thing 



ayi' 3"e a'wa-u. Y^u'xeJ Ada'ka ([ok" Le aoliyA'x. Da-nak" 



inside thu.s he put. The foam for it box then he made. Medicine to rub 



of it on his body 



3'u'duwasak" yuduva(j!e'tci. ac sixA'nea doka'nidjl'dawe ucfi'ttc. 



was called the [scabs] from his face. Wholo\edhim to his Ijrothers-indaw he gave it. 



Tela 3'e gugaikle'-A'tawe Le aLe'nx wu.site'. ALe'n anqa'wux 



Though it was a little thing then it grew to be large. Very become rich 



man 



wusite'. 



he did. 



Trdv" ite' Yilk"da'tde At wuxil'n. Lei avu wuLfui doa'ni, yAX 10 



Afterwinter [was to Yakutat ho set out for. Not he got to his home, after- 



beginning to go] ward 



daq hAS uwaqo'x. Aodiga'n. Ga'ni3^ux Aka'wadjet doA'ti. Dul't 



ashore they came. It was sunshiny. Outside he took his things. To him 



3^eta'waha. Atayl'q! yen cwudzita'. At yA't(i!i Atle'niq! luwagu'q. 



was desire to Under it there he laid himself. Some children against it ran. 



sleep. 



Dukiide' dfik kaodziko'q. Doqlo'i.! tu'uAx a3^aodige'tc 3"uti'nna. 



On top of him over it fell. His stomach through went a copper. 



WuLika'i,!e 3"e'xayu yA'ti. DuLa'k! 3"A'ti doxA'ni 3e'3"ati. Duqe'lk! 



All opened like it it wjis. His sister lier son with him was, Hi.s nephew 



