food in the chief's tent, but nobody goes in there" The youth said: "I'll go." He was told by the old woman: "Don't go." The youth arose. He went there. He entered the chief's tent. (The chief) was asleep. (The youth) said to him: "I have entered your tent."

(The chief) got up from his bed. He became a rattlesnake. (The youth) took his arrow. He struck him. He knocked him down. His wives at once became rattlesnakes, and he knocked them down. He went out again. He said: Come in, all of you, and get meat."

The youth said: "Are there no other people?" He was told: "There is a town down the river." The youth said: "I will start." He was told: "The chief is bad." He started. He arrived at the town. There an old woman was living in a tent. He entered. He said to her: "I am hungry." He was told: "We are hungry." She took a dish. She put something into it. She gave it to him. He said to her: "I said I am hungry." He was told: "There is no food." He was told: "There is much food in that tent, but nobody goes in

naso'uk"e*n aa*k^t.la'e's yunaqa'ane* kli'kcil at qaatinaxamna'nme*. The chief his tent much food, but not any one goes in." qake'iue* net mtsta^hal hutslma'xe*. qakla'pse* ncis t^lna'mu's He said that youth: "Til go." He was told by that old woman: maats tsl^'nan'. n'owo'kune* nei mtsta'hal. qaoxa'xe*. tmaxa'mne"

• • Don't go!" He arose that youth. He went there. He entered

aa*k^t.la^'se*s naso'uk"e'ns. sak.le'itse qak^'lne* hus^ltkaxa'mne* the tent of , the chief. He was asleep. He said to "I have entered him: aa*k^t.la"ne*s. n'ukuHoxa'mne*. n'mqa'pte'k w/Imai. tsuk^a'te* 5 your tent." He got up from his bed. He became a rattlesnake. He took a'a*k!e's. qanla'lte*. q!akpakitxo^une nCiS alt^}namu"e's his arrow. He struck him. He knocked him down. Then his wives n'uk!"il'm'qapta'kse* w^'lma'ls. n'ukl^lq lakpakitxo'une. la'ana- at once became rattlesnakes. One at a time he knocked them down. He went xa'mne*. qake'ine* qla'pe* qok^ayaxa'kcil aa'ku'la'k. out again. He said: All come and get meat." Qake'ine* mtsta'hal ki'Iu aqlsma'kin<rk! laa'k!la*k. qakil^'Ine* nei He said the youth: "Are people others?" He was told: "That there no klunanm/tuk saak.lima'mne'. qake'ine* nci mtsta'hal hultslma'xe*. 10 downriver is a town." He said that youth: "I'll start." qakilr^lne* saha'n'e* naso'uk"e*n. tslma'xe*. laxa'xe* saak.lunam/Si- He was told: " Bad is the chief." He started. He arrived where was a town ne*. samt.la'ase* t^lna'mu's. tmaxa'mne*. qak/lne* himuwa'sine'. Where lived in a tent an old woman. He entered. He said to "I am hungry." her: qakla'pse* hunuwas'nala'ane*. tsuk^a't.se* a'tsus. n'oqOuXak/nse* He was told: " We are hungry." She took a dish. She put it into it, namatiktsa'pse*. qak^'lne* hoq^ake^ne* himuwa'sine*. qakla'pse* she gave It to him. He said to "I said I am hungry." He was told: her: to'une* ku.ikina^Ia. qak.la'pse* nCi hant.lana'mke* yunaqa'ane* 15 "There is our food." He was told: "That where tent is is much DOnQ