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their uncles' poles all drifted away. At that time, however. Old- 

 woman -underneath took pity [and made the flood subside]. You were 

 like this while you were mourning-. Your uncles' houses and your 

 unoles"" memorial poles were flooded over. They drifted away from this 

 world. But now your o-randfathcrs make it go down like Old-woman- 

 underneath. Now all of th6 dead of j^our grandfathers' people have 

 gathered 3^our uncles' houses and your uncles' memorial poles together. 

 You were as if dying- with cold from what had happened to 3'ou. 

 Your floor planks, too, were all standing- up [from the flood]. But 

 now they have been put down. A fire has l>een made of the frog-hat, 

 their great emblem, hoping that it Avill make you warm.""" 



("•Tclu cu'gu Niis-cAki-ve'l ql'si kAnada'. IcAnde'n yu'qo kawacu'. 



(" At the first time Raven-at-head-of- his took place. It was pitiful the people what they 

 Nass flood went 



through. 



Qa krdv-hAS hi'ti klakA't j^e'de liqo' qa kjlk-hAs daqe'd? IdakA't 



Both their unole.s' houses all away drifted and their uncles poles put up all 



for 



3^e'dt^ Hqo'. He adA'x qoa' yuHayicri'uAk!" IcAnde'n kadatfi'wati. 



away drifted. Thistime at it, how- Old-woman-underneath ]iity felt Tand made the 



ever, flood go down]. 



Heye' iti'yin T'tuwu ni'gutc. AkA'x ka wuda'^nn ika'k-hAs hi'tt qa 



Like this you were yourminds were sick. Over were flooded your uncles' houses and 



5 ikfi'k-hAS dake'di. YaHngi't-a'ni kfide' awusku'gun. HeyldA't qo'a 



your uncles' memorial This world away from they drifted, 



poles. 



Hayicfi'uAk!" 3-ex wuti' ilI'lkl'^-hAs ika'yen aolilfi'. 



Old-woman- like are your grandfathers make it go down, 



underneath 



tc!ak" qotx cuwaxT'xi i}i'ik!"'-hAs wucka'nAx ye hAs aosine' ikfi'k-hAs 



anciently those destroyed your grandfathers together so they gathered your uncles' 



hi'ti qfi ikfi'k-hAS dake'dt. Qa Jlttc 3'a-i'nadJAge ye'x ts!u itl'vin 



houses and your uncles' memorial And you were dying with cold like also you were 

 poles. 



Tnanryitc. Qa yu'ineJyi tlfi'yi ilnA'x Acawua'yin. HeyidA't ({o'a 



from tliis tliat And yourhou.se flooring from it was all standing Now, how. 



wasdone toyou. (i. e. floated up) . ever- 



10 AX liAs aya'oJiadAu. QIane' hAs aosi'iu xixtc! s!ax" ieu'q!u-gin-Jta't 



from tliey have jiut them all Afire they liavc made frog hat from one great emblem 



it down right. of 



hAs awaA'k kluti'kci} iwultla'q.") 



they made hoping it would make 



you warm.") 



After every sentence the chief to whom is given the speech says, 

 " Ho'ho" ("I thank you from tlie l)ottom of my heart"). When they 

 speak of the crest, he says, " We'tia qo'a'' ("That's the one"), mean- 

 ing that that was the crest he wanted to hear of. 



The speaker continues: 



"We hope that you will l)e well warmed, and that you will sleep 

 well on account of what your grandfathei's liave done for you. This 

 is all." 



aSee story 3'2, pp. 120-r/l. 



