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iwati"' yucunA'klutc cukawadjri'ye. CawA't ycx iwati'. Ile'de de 



are to you the old woman int'ormingof all things. This woman like you are. Like this indeed 



idjrt Has awati'. Yaye'J: slax*^ «!Axt! xe'du yex Iia.s aosini'. Aya' 



to vou they are. This raven hat devil's- comb like they gave. This 



elub 



xixtc! wutsla'ga de idji't liAS awatA'n yuq!on3'r''l-wA.s!i 3^ax qa 



frog cane ' indeed to you they gave the rosebush like and 



yu'koLke' yex Has ao.sini'. Heyu' ya i'yaiiA.snAqiiA'ni Atle'q! 



the mud like they gave. They will not catch you since yo\i behind it 



have this cane to throw 



qo'de liA.s gux dAa't. Hehu'teli aye'x gox satl' yaiJrikI"-liAs ga'sli, 5 



they will save you. Tliis last like it will be these your grand- post, 



fathers' 



xixtc! gas!. Atle'q! iqlgwAiie'x il:rik!"-hA,s Atu'vvu. Hede' icu'nAx 



frog post. Behind it will save you your grand- emblem. Tins ashore for 



fathers' you 



yen u'watfcx tc!ak" una'wu Axka'k. lleyidA't ([o'a de'yax 



there came long ago died my uncle. Now, however, ashore 



i'u.stgfit. He diulk"ce'l tc!"Le'x niyi's ayi' iunixi'<| ih']k!"-hAs 



he has come 1 hope forever in it you will be yourgrand- 



for you. saved fathers' 



yfigu'. Heytl' idA't qo'a AtuL!e'xe Lei uhfi'n Ti'ya AtuiJe'x. 



canoe. Here for you, however, we are dancing not we it is we are 



dancing. 



Te!rik" wima'wa aka'k-liAS a'ya ya((!aL!e'x. Heya' liAsduca' ([!oa'L!i 10 



Long ago died our uncles it is who are dancing These their heads eagle 



here. down, 



qo'a yixo'q! yendi qloaLlsI's ye yigo'x sane'x ri'k!e iifik" yex 



how- among you thither eagle feathers thus will save you good medicine like 



ever, will come down 



gokati'. HedjildakA't yaq!oa'L!triq! gAgeta' gwak"ci'i ye wutl'q, 



will be. All in these feathers you will sleep I hope thus will be. 



A'a yu'a.") 



This is so.") 



Then the ho.st answers liini, after tirst mentioning the names of all 

 the Raven families that are dancing, speaking as follows: 



"It is indeed true that here with my uncles I have been as if 

 captured. It is true that I have seen my aunts, and that they have 

 shown me the way down to the beach. It is true that they are like 

 my grandfathers' hat. It is true that my aunts have given me the 

 frog-cane as the deviPs-club com!) was given. Now I feel as though 

 I had been saved. These two emblems of m}- grandfathers ure like a 

 clitf behind which 1 shall be saved. Now my long dead fathers have 

 come ashore. 1 will go down to them. I will stay with them forever. 

 This is all, nn' fathers." 



("TcIayA'xawe yexati'yl tcA gonaA'ttc xAt wusnexe'n 3'a-Axka'k-hAs 



("Just like it lam some strange I was captured tliese my uncles 



animals by (i.e., trouble for 



them) 



nani'yitc. Tc!ayA'xawe xositl'n ya dAgAnade' wua'de Axa't-hAs ah As 15 



have done it. Just like it I have coming down to (beach) my aunts they 



come to see 



XAt cukawadja' yai'q. He'tca ayA'x Axdji't liAS awati' AxlI'lk!"-hAs 



me have showed all this It is true like it tome they are my grand- 



beach, fathers' 



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