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aoiiye'x I'laocadayi sAk" iirik!"-hAstc. He Adawu'iJ-ca'nak!" yex 



have made vour war clothes for your grandfathers. This Old-man-who-kiiows-all- like 



trouliles 



hAS wudzigl't. HeyidA't de icfi'x hAs awati' ili'lkl-liAstc hAsduyg't 



they have come to Now indeed on your they have put your grand- their raven 



do. liead fathers' 



s!iix". He tcA gwaAte' iga' gAiie'xit dAge' nu yex ida'q! hAs aosini' 



hat. Is it indeed for you to be saved that fort like around they put 



you 



klakA't ill'lkl-hAS Atu'wu. Qa ya-dA'qde-wua'de iil'lkl-hAs ida'q! 



all your grand- emblems. And they that have gone your grand- around 



" father's fathers you 



wu'cte liAS gux daqe'. Qa ya-iJl'Jkl-hAS Adade' gonaye' qwaa't a 5 



them- they will seat. And these your grand- around will begin to gather and 



selves fathers 



hAS Acagu'x saqe'. Qa inAiiawu'tc ikade' kawu'l qla'sin. HeyidA't 



they will raise up these And it lias been on you so that you could not Now, 



emblems [to con.sole raining find a dry place, 



you]. 



qoa' ilI'lkl-hAs qle'ni yel q!en ika' ke'nduwatAii. Hutc! ikade' 



how- your grand- boards raven painted over have put. Finally for you 



ever, fathers boards you 



kawulqla'si. He k!ede'n Ata-i'yiq! gAge'tfi tcxAok!. A'a.") 



is a drv place. This well under'them you will grandchild. This is 



sleep all.") 



Then the chief giving the fea.st answers: 



"1 thank you very nmch that through these words of yours you 

 have placed yourselves below me. And I feel that you are sitting 

 very close to me. What you have said to me is true, my grand- 

 fathers. I have been as if enemies had surrounded me to tight in this 

 place of my uncles. It is as if my uncles' town had been burned with 

 me. Now, however, you have broug-ht help to me like the children 

 of the sun. It was just as if my uncles' crests had been burned. But 

 now, since I have heard you speaking so well of them, it is as if my 

 uncles had come back. My uncles' house is like that lowered down 

 at Gitli'kc. These words of 3-ours hnve brought luck to me like the 

 sun's children. 1 thank you ver}" much. I feel that what you have 

 said to me is true. You have jnit my grandfathers' hat, the raven- 

 hat, upon m}' head, which will save me as if it were a war shirt. And 

 your crests which you have put around me like a fort will also save 

 me. It was as if I had been dying here with cold. But now that my 

 father's brothers have seated themselves near me, I shall be warm. It 

 is indeed as if it had been raining' on me, but now that 3^ou have put 

 my grandfathers' boards over me, 1 shall at last be dry. It is true 

 that I have not slept. But now I shall soon sleep under my grand- 

 fathers' boards. This is all." 



C'Ho'ho g-unAltcI'c aJcqi'ntyu ya'-idAqayi' Axta^yl'q! ye ciyi'dzini. 



("I thank you very much that through these wordsof me below thus you init your- 



yours selves. 



Qa tuxanu'k" ax dak wuct yIdAqeye'. La qle'ga awe' xAt da'ya-iqa 10 



And I feel me verv yourself ' you seat. Then true it is me what you 



close'to ' j*aid to 



Ax}i'lk!"-hAs. He fiwaj^a' A'xdat xa djiudi'gude yAx tl'yin 



my grandfathers. This I have been around me for war had come quickly like I have 



been 



