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(''Ctu ak"cede'i klede'n iwutlfi'q qa klede'n nAgetfi' i}I'}k!"-liAs fide' 



("There we hope well you will be and well you sleep, your graiid- there 



warmed fathers 



idfi'q! wuadiye'tc. A'a yu'a.'') 



for you having "done. This is all.") 



Then the man who i.s putting- up the pole rise.s and sa^^s: 

 "I tliank you, ni}^ grandfathers, for your words. It is as if 1 

 had l)een in a great flood. My uncles' houses and my uncles' poles 

 went drifting about the world with me. But now your words have 

 made [the tloodj go down from me. M}' uncles' hou.ses have drifted 

 ashore and have been left at a good place. Through 3'our words 

 my uncles' poles have drifted ashore at a good place. Your kind 

 words have put down n\y floor planks. We have been as if we were 

 cold. But now that you have made a fire for us with my grandfathers' 

 emblem we shail be very warm. Thank you for what you have done. 

 On account of 3'our words we will not mourn an}" more. This is all." 



(" GunAitcI'cA, Ax}I'lkI"-hAS, lyaqayi' ilde' wutl'yiye. Tclaye'xawe 



(" We thank you, my grandfathers, your words please nic. Just so 



uwaya' xan wulqo'wu yex tl'yin ya Axka'k-liAS hi'ti, qa Axka'k-liAS 



it was with was flooded like was these my uncles' houses, and my uncles' 

 me 



dakedi' xan ilngit-a'ni tut wulqo'wu. YidA't qo'a iyAcjayi' AxkA'q! 5 



poles with world in were drifting But now your words forme 



me around. 



yen wulila'. Qa Axka'k-hAs hi'ti yAkle'yi yenax yen wulixfi'c 



thus have made And my uncles' houses on a good ashore there have drifted 



it go down. place 



Aq! klede'n yix wuhi'. Qa Axkfi'k-liAs dake'di yAkle'yi ye'uAx yen 



at it well down flood has And my uncles' poles at a good ^xhore there 



from it gone. place 



wutixa'c iyaqa'yitc. Qii Axtoqylta'yi yAqaye'tc klede'n a'yi yLsi'ni 



drifted your words. And my ifoor planks well down yuu put 



ylyAqayi'tc. Hase'waAtli yex hatrylyin, hanAnl'yitc. HeyidA't 



your [kind] We were cold as if we were we have been. But 



words. 



qo'a Ax}I'lk!"-hAs Atu'wu hatcu'lyiagi'tc tcALA'kl" ha'k"gwat!a. 10 



now my grandfathers' crest you have made a very we will be warm. 



tire for us of 



GunAltcI'c ade'yiyi-dzigi'diye. Lei tu'la ica'n hatu'yeqgwati' iide' 



Thank you fo'r what you have Not any we will mourn, because 



doiie. more 



ylyAqayi' wuti'yiyetc. A'a yu'a.") 



your words have been , This is all.") 



[so kind]. 



Now the chief of the Kasqiague'di, of the opposite division, speaks, 

 directing his remarks at first, not to the giver of the feast, but to the 

 opposite Ravens: 



"My ancestors, if tlie other side did not share in your enjoyment it 

 would not be right. So, if we have said anything to displease you, 

 please overlook it for the sake of the chief.'' 



("Axdake'tqli tclaade' yen goatl'yl sAguwu' Lei gago'xcatl. La 



("My ancestors, if the other side did not share in this not it would be right. So 



