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3'aAxkri'k-hAs nAnl'yitc. He'tola aye'x xfui kr'ndusga'nin Axkfi'k-liAs 



these my uncles I tinve been It is indeed like it with me has burned my uncles' 



living. 



run'. HeyidA't qoa' uwayri' gAgfi'n yA'tqIi yex xaga' yi'wusu. 



tiiwn. Now, however, it is sun children liice forme "yon have 



brought help. 



He clJAklakA't vax 3'e wusgani' yex tVym Axka'k-hAs Atfi'wu. 



All these tilings furc] just thus had been burned like it was mv uncles' crest, 



as i'f 



HeyidA't qo'a uwaya' qox wudia'di yex yAti' Axka'k-hAs 



Now. however, it is back had come like it is my uncles 



5 yi-yu-qlatA'ngitc. He uwaya' Gitli'kciq! kA'nduHayi hit yex wuti' 



vou have spoken .so well This is as it at Gitli'kc lowered down house like is 



of them. 



Axkfi'k-liAs lii't?. He yfyAqayi qo'a xfiga' wfusu' uwaya' gAga'n 



niy uncles' houst'. These words of yours, how- forme have it is the sun 



ever, tironght luok 



YA'tfj!! yAx. GunAltcI'c. TcIa aye'xawe yu-t|!wayI'yi-]iA'tk tuxanfi'k 



cliildren like. I thank you very .Tust like it what you have sai<l to me I feel 



much. 



yiyAqayi'. He yfi'Axca'x yl'tl Axlfikl^'-liAs .slfix" yel s!ax" Atle'q! 



your words. This on my head you have my grandfathers' hat, raven h;it behiuil it 



put 



ye xAt gogAnr-'x uwaya' sA'nket yi^'x gogwati' AxkA'tj!. Qa 



thus me will save it is was shut like it will be tome. And 



10 ya'yiAtu'wu t.slu Axda'q! mix ylllyA'xe Ate'tj! ye xAt gagwane'x. 



these your em- al.so around me as a fort you have put behind it thus me ' will save, 

 b'lems 



Uwaya' a'tlteya liAt yAdJAgeya' xAt tl'yin. HeyidA't qo'a 3^a 



It was cold here were killing I was. Now, however, these 



ax.sa'iu-Iias qotx cfiwaxrxi' A'xdfiq! wfict liAs wudaqeyi" xAt gu'gatla. 



my fathers' were destroyed tome them- they have seated I will be 



brothers selves warm. 



He'tcla aye'x At kade' kawu'iqia'sin. HeyidA't qo'a Axil'Ikl^-liAs 



It is indeed like it on me it has been raining. Now, however, my grandfathers' 



qle'ni Axka' ke yl'tani liutc! Axkade' kawu'JijIasi. He (|!e'ga uel 



boards on me up vou have tinallv over me it will l)e dry. This true not 



put 



15 xoatexe'u. HeyidA't qo'a Ax}T']kI"-hA.s ((le'ni tayl'q! Axj^ade' 



I have slept. Now, however, my grandfathers' boards under forme 



tAk"gwaxi'x. A'a yu'a.'') 



will soon be sleep. This is all.") 



After this speech the next faniil}' on the lirst side, whicli perhaps is 

 the Qa'tcAdi, asks the second division to make another speecli. They 

 do this, ])ecaus(>, having been the tirst to dance, they do not wish to be 

 seltish. 80 tlie speaker of the Trdqoe'di 1)egins, j)erhaps thus: 



''On the Nass a grizzly ])ear captured a high-caste girL She was 

 among tlie grizzly-bear people. She could not get away. Then she 

 married one of the grizzly-hear people. Then they went for salmon, 

 but tlieir wives \\'ent after firewood. Tiiis woman did not know how 

 to get firewood like grizzly ])ears. Then an old woman among the 

 grizzly-bear people ctilled hei' aside, and said to her ' Do you know 

 thiit the grizzly-l)ear people hav(> captured you ^ They captured 3^ou 

 because you were angr}^ with their tracks. The same thing hap- 

 pened to me. I am a human l)eing who was captured.' The old 



