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kwaiye'liHs, e'-tlas-Es-wa mes wil tE k-a. e'-wia'tl tsa 

 (of the kettle) he danced. Then came to appear the water. Now continues 



kwaiyeleHs to-tla. e'-tlas-Es-wa mes wll tE so'k-wiii. e-tlo kEla't me 



to dance he. Then came to appear a salmon. Yet again came 



wil tE-tl5 so'k'wai. e'-tlas-wa yissii'lis tE so'k'wai k's He'tEms ne 



to appear another salmon. Then two the salmon they swam-about in 



tE s^uma. Tohl's k's qutEs-tsa. e'-ne-tlo-nEm al soq. 



the big-kettle, For awhile they continue. Then-all-again went and both disappeared. 



Soqwia'm tla SmElo' 6 SkElu'tsEmEs. 

 (The story of SmElo' and SkElu'tsEmEs.) 



WE-ne-tsa'-al tE yai'sEla slEntla'nl, syaya'tEn tsa' tau-tla'lEm. e-ne-tsa tE ma'mE- 

 There were two women, widows they were. There were children- 



nES' mok' tsa sEwe'Eka. ne^k'ai tE cuwa'li-s nu'a- tE ske'luH, 

 their; both were men-children. Dead the fathers^their there that war. 

 stEa'tsa, ciikwai'ts tE ma'mEnBS tau»tla'-lBm. kwEkwai'tHs tau.tla'-lBm. 

 Therefore, train-they the children they. They.are being trained, they, 



e'-mi tse'sEm, e-k's-es=wE-tl-sl'-sat sEwe'Eka tau-tla'-lEm. e'tlas-wii 



They come to grow-up, and when they big-become men they. Then 



tla'lEms-al kwakwaii'sEt e'tlas-wa me kwa'lEm- 



they both under went-their- training- for-' medicine-men ' ; and-then came strengths 

 kwora (from kwamkwom, strength, power) sEt tau-tla'-lEm. QEn-stEa'-tsa 



(physical) become-strong they. Thereupon 



e'-wE-tl-nam Etsna'mEt tE Kaue'tcin. k's-i's me 



it.spread-abroad (the report) heard the Kaue'tcin-(tribe). After - a - little - while 

 Hil'laHa ^ SEwe'Eka tau-tlil'-lEm. tE skwl^-s tau-tla'-lEm 



came the wonder-working powers (of) men those. The name-their they 

 SmElo' tE si'ntla, SkElu'tsEmEs tE sa'suk-. e'-tlas-ES-wa ame' tE Kaue'tcin 

 SmElo' the elder, SkElu'tsEmEs the younger. And-then came the Kaue'tcin- 



snukQEtl.'' Taq-wE-ne tE tso'tsG.^ Tau-tla-lEm 



people in-war-canoes-to-fight. They are just-off the shore. They (the brothers) 

 alE'qtEs tE skwai'tsi. e-wia'c-tsa k's-wa-kwinii'ts tE kwa'kwEstEn-s ' 



they are searching for sea-urchins. Always they cai-ried the clubs-their 



tau-tla-lEm. Qsn-Hu'ta-tsa e'-wE-tl-me tii'tsEl te Kaue'tcin. e'-tlas-wa 



they. While-thus-engaged they-came to arrive the Kaue'tcin. Then 



ts'kwats te saiyl'El e'-tlas-wa kwes tau-tla-lEm nam 



saw-them the mothers (the Kaue'tcin). Then climb they (the mothers) they go 

 tE s'tl'tla'el-toQ e'tlas-wa t'HenEms' tau-tla'-lEm e'tlas-wa 



the roof. Then they-step-round rapidly they (the mothers) and then 



ts'kwats tE Kaue'tcin, me sQtEa'won tE Kaue'tcin k's-tlas SmElo' e 

 see-them the Kaue'tcin, came the-thought to the Kaue'tcin that-it was SmElo' and 

 SkElu'tsEmEs. ne-wE-tl-kwats-nuq-Estau-tla'-lEm Kaue'tcin tE yai'sEla SEwe'Eka 

 SkElu'tsEmEs. They-had-seen-them (had) those Kaue'tcin the two men 



Elatl tE snukQEtl. e'-tlas-wa sQtEa'wons tau-tla-lEm k's tlas skwaie'ts tla SmElo' 

 in the cause. And-then they-thought they they-were slaves of SmElo' 

 e SkElu'tsEmEs. e'-tlas-Es-wa me kwElkwa'lEwon tau-tla'-lEm 

 and SkElu'tsEmEs. And then came the thought (to) them (the Kaue'tcin) 

 k's-is-k's-au'Es na'mEs tlEl. e'tlas-wa kwE'nEtEm al tE SmElo' e tE 

 that-they-would-not go ashore. So then they seized both SmElo' and 



