Lingít Shkalneegí Haa Yátx i Kagéiyi Yís

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1 Lingít Shkalneegí Haa Yátx i Kagéiyi Yís Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis ḵa Shaksháani Marge Dutson has x ʼakaawaneek. X ʼunei Lance Twitchell has du x ʼéitx akaawshixít. Michael Dixon wé at yahaayí akaawshixít. Tlingit & Haida ḵa Goldbelt Heritage Foundation

2 Lingít Shkalneegí Haa Yátx i Kagéiyi Yís 2019 Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and X ʼunei Lance Twitchell Illustrations by Michael Dixon Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Control Number: First Printing 2019 Address correspondence to: 2 Goldbelt Heritage Foundation X ʼunei Lance Twitchell One Sealaska Plaza (907) Suite 201 latwitchell@alaska.edu Juneau, AK 99801

3 Haa Koo At Latóowx u Kʼidéin a daat yéi has jeewanei Kaxwaan Éesh ḵa Shaksháani. Haa ḵoo at latóoxʼux has sitee, ḵa tlax ḵúnáx áwé has du tóo yéi yatee: tula.aan, ḵaa éet dasheeyí, ḵa Lingít at wuskóowu. Haa náḵ woogonot áwé hú, Kaxwaan Éesh, ách áwé du een áaxʼw has kagéiyi yís tsu yéi jix waanei yá xʼúxʼ daat. Shaksháani áwé ḵúnáx du tuwáa sigóo kʼidéin ḵaa x ʼéináx yaa kanadéini áwé haa yoo x ʼatángi. Ax eex yoo akaníkk: hél chʼa koogéiyi yoo x ʼax atánk. Yéi áwé, léelkʼw! Gunalchéesh áwé kʼidéin x ʼakeeyaḵaa. Gwál ḵwáaḵt daaḵ kadushxeedí áwé yisiteen, xʼéig aa ax aayí áwé. Has du x ʼéidáx áwé kax waa.aaḵw ayáx kax wshixeedí, ḵu.aa wáang aneens tlél ayáx utí ax yéi jineiyí. Yá ax een akaawaneek a daat ḵu.aa wé ḵaaḵxḏaagané. Tlél wáa sá gug watee. Chʼas kakg ee.áaḵw haa yoo x ʼatángi daat yéi jineiyí. Woosh een áwé kagaxṯoo.áaḵw tul.aan tin aag áa yagaxṯoodláaḵ. Haa tuwáa sigóo yaa neilxʼ yee yéi yateeyí áwé Lingít, ách áwé yá xʼúxʼ wutuliyéx. Gwátgeen sá aatlein Lingít xʼúxʼi yei ḵukg wastée haa jiyís? Xʼéig aa át áwé, haa yoo x ʼatángi, ḵa aan áwé ḵug axṯoostee! Wáang aneens áwé chʼa g óot yéide sh kadulneek áwé Lingít shkalneegí. Shayadihéini ḵáaxʼw áwé woosh een yéi jineiyí áyá wé xʼúxʼ. Shuxʼwáa áwé Tlingit & Haida, a ítdáx áwé Goldbelt Heritage Foundation. Yá haa hítxʼi yeex Lingít kei nas.áx, ldakát yeewháan. Yá Lingít at wuskóowu haa x oox yéi nateech. Tlax wáa sá ax toowú yakʼéi has du een yéi jix waaneiyí. Gunalchéesh áwé haa éex yeeydasheeyí! Yá ḵusax án ḵa tula.aan haa téix ʼ tóo yéi naxṯoo.oo! Gunalchéesh. 3

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5 Contents Xóots Aawasháayí Yées Sháatk 7 Yá Yéil Ḵées Yán Káx Daayí Ḵa Yaa Léiji Awliyéx 23 Xíxch Aawasháayí Yées Sháatk 35 Wáanáx Sá Héen Yíx X aak Wé X áat 47 Yéíl ḵa Ḵugáas Shaawát 59 Yéíl Ḵuk éet Woogoot 71 Kuhaantí 83 Shkalneek X akaduwaneek 95 Xóots Aawasháayí Yées Sháatkʼ 97 Yá Yéil Ḵéesʼ Yán Káx Daayí Ḵa Yaa Léiji Awliyéx 103 Xíxchʼ Aawasháayí Yées Sháatkʼ 107 Wáanáx Sá Héen Yíx Xʼaak Wé X áat 113 Yéíl Ḵukʼéetʼ Woogoot 117 Kuhaantí 123 5

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7 Xóots Aawasháayí Yées Sháatk Xóodzi x ʼéidáx shkalneek. Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis ḵa Shaksháani Marge Dutson has x ʼakaawaneek. X ʼunei Lance Twitchell has du x ʼéitx akaawshixít.

8 At gutúxʼ shayadihéini sháa wasʼxʼaan tléig u has a.een. Has du ḵákxʼu yá has ashayawlihík íḵde has x ʼawajeil. A káa has du toowú yakʼéi yá has awa.ínni shayadihéini wasʼxʼaan tléig u, ḵaa x ʼóolʼi káx áa kwshé áyá kawdiḵoo. Wootʼéexʼ a daa yéi jineiyí, a jeedáx has wudixwétl. Has du jikáanáx x wusitee a káx has du toowú yakʼéi, tle ḵúxḏe has at wooxoon. 8

9 Xóots deiyí yík yaa has na.ádi tléináx shátkʼ xóots gán nagoodí káa yan kawdliyásʼ. Xóots gánde nagoodí káa yan kalyáasʼ x ʼuskawjix éelʼ a kaax ḵúxḏe yáanáx yei wdzigít. Ḵúxḏe yáanáx yei isgeet yaa anayán tléiḵw du ḵágu kaadáx yax kawjix ín. Chʼa ldakát yéig aa wootee. Tlél aadáx duwax aayí yé. Xóots gánde nagoodí x oo yax kawjix ín. A jeet du toowú xʼáan yáx yatee. «Xʼéig aa l ushikʼéiyi xóots! Wáanáx sáyá ḵu.oo anax at gug a.át yéixʼ has ajeenáḵx yá has du gánde nagoodí? Gu.aal kwshé chʼa g oot yéide has ḵuwu.óowu yáadáx. Áa yéi has nag atee has woo.aadí! Áa yéi has nag atee yéide!» 9

10 Chʼáakw ḵáaxʼuch ḵoon a daa yoo x ʼala.átgi nuch: hél l ushkʼidéin a daa yoo x ʼayla.átgiḵ yá xóots, at gutu.ádi. Has ḵux ʼaya.áx ch, a daa yoo x ʼadul.átgi has a.áx ch nuch. Chʼa hóoch, awsikóo, yá sháatkʼ yá hél l ushkʼidéin a daa yoo x ʼadul.átgi yá at gutu.ádi, ḵu.aa a jeet áyá xʼaan du toowú yéi yatee. Hél du tuwáa ushgú neildé woogoodí áwé du ḵágu tléiḵw a káa yéi uteeyí. Ách áwé tsu tléiḵw tsu ḵukʼéetʼ woogoot. Tléiḵw a káa ínit. Yá tléixʼaa sháa ḵwa tle tláakw yaa has naa.ádi, neildé yaa has na.át du náḵ. 10

11 Yá xeeg a.áat, du ḵágu tsu ashaawajáḵw, yá Yées Sháatkʼ. Yá héen yíx yei gagóot, ḵúxḏe, yaksi.aaní ḵáa yaa uwagút. Tle tlél at ḵuwustee. Ḵáa tlein áwé, latseen du tóo yéi yatee. Du x ánt uwagút, yá awsiteení ḵáa, hél a ee akoolx éitlʼ. Yá Yées Sháatkʼ, sh tóo akawdiníkw yakʼéiyi át yá ḵaa daa.eet. Áwé du éet x ʼeiwatán, «ax tuwáa sigóo ax shátx iwusteeyí.» Aag áa áwé yá Yées Sháatkʼ, tóo at danéekw yá aadé yakʼéiyi yé yá ḵaa daa.eet, ách áwé tle aan woo.aat, du aaníde. 11

12 Ldakát yá ḵaa x oonxʼí du ée sh wudzikóo, á aadé has tuli.aaní yé. A káa has du toowú yakʼéi yá Yées Ḵaa shátx gux sateeyí. Yá Yées Ḵáa ḵwa hél hít yee yéi wutee, yá Yées Sháatkʼ x oonxʼí aadé has ḵuwa.óowu yé yáx. Yá Yées Ḵáa aadé ḵuwa.óowu yé at ḵoowú tóoxʼ áwé yéi yatee. Si.áatʼ a yee, ḵukawjig ít. Du tuwáa kawsiyéi, yá Yées Sháatkʼ, a yee, neil agoodí ḵwa yáng aa duwaníkw. A káx ḵwa du toowú yakʼéi. 12

13 Wé du aanídáx, du éesh ḵa du tláa ḵa du éekʼ hás du daat has sh tóo kawdixílʼ. Goo sá kwshé hú? Goodé sá kwshé woogoot? Du eeg áa has ḵushée xʼoon yagee x ʼáanáx sá. Tlél du daa.it yáx has at wusteen. 13

14 Toowú kʼéi du tóo yéi yatee yá du yées x úx tín ḵu.oowú. Yéi ḵwa ash yawsiḵaa: «tlél ax yáade akg eelg een x án ee taayí! Chʼas g agaan dikeet teeyí, aag áa áwé tsá ax yáade akg eelg éen.» 14

15 Xʼoon dís x ʼáanáx sá du een ash yawsiḵaa; du x ʼayáx yéi awsinee. Tléixʼ tsʼootaat kei isgéet áyá a yát awdlig ín yá du x úx. Du tóox ḵuwatee ayag ásteen. Xóots tin ásíyá ḵuwa.oo. Hú tsú, du toowú xóots yáx awdi.éet. 15

16 Xóots yáx, yá du x úx tin yá táakw tóonáx aan ḵuya.oo yá du ḵoowú tóoxʼ. Wé du x úx, yátxʼi yátxʼ aawa.oo. Yá yeedát déix yátxʼ aawa.oo, áwé táakw tóonáx daaxʼoonináx hás yá du ḵoowú tóoxʼ has ḵuya.oo. Táakw tóonáx has nax éxʼwch. 16

17 Yá yeedát ḵwa yá táakw dleit yei yaa kanalléini yá yagyee yaa yeenayátʼ. Táakw.eetí ḵuwaháayi, has du ḵoowú tóodáx daak has woo. aadí. Has du atx aayí sákw has oog aax aayí átg aa has ḵushée. Yá has du yátxʼi ḵwa yéi s ayawsiḵaa yá has du ḵoowú x ánx ash kang alyát. Yá has du yátxʼi ḵwa has ash koolyát woosh has adinéekw. Áyá yá Yées Sháatkʼ x á, du yátxʼi altín áyá yéi tuwditaan, «yeedát ḵwa sí, ax tláa ḵa ax éesh ḵa ax éekʼ hás has ag ax sateen yá ax yátxʼi.» 17

18 Tléixʼ tsʼootaat, ḵu keitl yayík has aawa.áx. Yá has du niyaadé yaa ḵundayéin. Kachg oo du éekʼ hás ásíwé. Wé aan has alʼoon keitlích, yá du daa.it has awsiníxʼ, tle has awsikóo yá has du dlaakʼ daa.it ádi has awdziníxʼ. Has awsikóo tle yá has du dlaakʼ hél has du eedáx unalei. Yeedát ḵwa has awsiteen yá xóots. Yá du éekʼ hás, ḵut ashunaxḻaxéexin. Yá du x úx ch ḵwa yéi ayawsiḵaa, «ḵaa yáa at laḵʼé tóonáx hél wáa sá agux sanei. I éekʼ hás tin kananeek yakʼéiyi shí yá ax daa.it káx has at gag ashee! Ax káa has x ʼaxḏagáxʼ! Yá at yáa awuné a jeet has ag atee yá ax daa doogú!» Du ḵoowúdáx daak uwagút, yá xóots, aag áa yá du éekʼ hás chooneidí du téix ʼ tóonáx yawulgáasʼi. 18

19 Has awsiteen yá has du dlaakʼ, chʼa yá xóots yáx yá kaxádi, chʼa aan has awsikóo oox sateeyí. Du x úx daat át du toowú yanéekw, ḵa du éekʼ has du een akaawaneek: «Ax x úx káa x ʼaydagáxʼ! Áwé at yáa awuné a jeet tí du doogú! Chʼa hú áwé x asix án.» 19

20 Du éekʼ hás ax ʼeiwawóosʼ yá ḵaa naa.ádi du jeet yéi dusné yá du aaní káa ḵux dagútni. Gaxḏuskóo oox sateeyí. Du tláa du toowú sigóo yá du séekʼ tsu awusteení. Yá Sháatkʼ ḵa yá du yátxʼi has du toowú sigóo a káx yá du aaní káa ḵux.oo datee. 20

21 A eetí áa ḵutaan, yá tléixʼ áa du éekʼ du tuwáa sigóo chʼa ḵeelaháakʼw áwé, du dlaakʼ yátxʼi ang álʼooni. Yá du dlaakʼ géide kei tux wditán. Hél ḵu.aa wáa s du tuwáa ditee, chʼa at koo.aaḵw yáx. Yéi áwé a daa yoo tutángi. Du éekʼ ḵwa, ḵúnáx ḵwáakt awsinee: alʼoon ká chooneit, xʼéig aa át aan adulʼoon chooneit át alyeix í. Xʼáan yáx du toowú woonei, yá Sháatkʼ, du yátxʼi akg walʼóon. Wé tle xóots yáx awdi.éet, yá Sháatkʼ, tle du éekʼ jiwdigút. Tle kaadé wudzigeet daa.it l dagoot ítdáx. Xʼóolʼ yáx du toowú woonei, ḵa akoolx éetlʼ yáx du toowú yatee, ách áwé du yátxʼi tin aax at gutoodé has woo.aat. Áa yéi yatee yéide. «Hóochʼ áwé. Hél áa ḵúxḏe kḵwagoot yá ax aaní.» Du aaní ḵu.oowúch ḵwa has awsikóo wáa sá at wooneiyí. Yá aadé yoo kaawateeyí tóonáx ḵwa wududzikóo áwé yeedát, yá at gutu.ádi, at yáa awuné has du jeex duteeyí. Chʼa yáa Lingítʼaani ḵu.oowú ḵa yá at gutu. ádi, kayéilʼ a káa yéi ng watee aadé has du ḵuya.oowú yé. Yéi áyá yan shuwatán yá shkalneek. 21

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23 Yá Yéil Kées Yán Káx Daayí Ka Yaa Léiji Awliyéx Tsʼootsxán shkalneegí áyá. Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis ḵa Shaksháani Marge Dutson has x ʼakaawaneek. Daaljíni Mary Folletti & X ʼunei Lance Twitchell has du x ʼéitx has akaawshixít. 23

24 Chʼáakw áyá, yá tlagu ḵáaxʼw yéi ayaḵéiḵ noojín, «yá ḵéesʼ, hél yán káx udaayín ḵa a káx éeḵx yéi léijin.» 24

25 Éeḵde yóo uléijin ḵa yán káx daayí. Yá gáalʼ, ḵa laaḵʼásk, ḵʼáachʼ, ḵá daa sá yakʼéiyi yá híntak.ádi, dux áayi át, a káa híng aadlaan. Tlél a káx yéi uléich. A áwé ḵu.oo ḵwa tlákw has du éet yaan uwaháa. «Tlél ayáx utí yéi teeyí,» yéi yawaḵaa yá Yéil. Káx awdiyíḵ, yá du x ʼwáalʼi ḵa du tʼaawú, ḵa át kaawadaa yei áyá héen x ʼashóox yaa ndaḵín. 25

26 Wáa nanée sáwé a káx wudiḵéen yá hít. Yá Shawatsháan, hóoch á sáwé gé át akaawa.aaḵw yá ḵéesʼ. Yá ḵéesʼ át akaawa.aag ú. Chʼa wáa ḵu.aa áksé alshát, yá ḵéesʼ át akaawa.aag ú. Tlákw yán kát uwadáa. 26

27 Áwé Shawatsháan hídi yee neil uwagút. Á áwé át aa. Yá ḵéesʼ át akaawa.aag u át, a káach akaawdig úḵ. Yá Shawatsháan keekáxʼ áwu woonook yá Yéil. «Aaa,» yéi yaawaḵaa, «xʼéig aa áwé wookʼéi yá gáalʼ x waax aayí.» «Daaḵw.aa gáalʼ sé?» ash x ʼeiwawóosʼ yá Shawatsháanch. Yá Yéil ḵwa, ash x ʼanawóosʼ tlél ax ʼakooḵaa akaawda.aa. A eetíx ḵwá, du x ʼóolʼ yá altʼáchk. «Aaa. Tlél wuldzée. Hél wuldzée yá woosh kaadé yéi x wsineiyí. Aadé x at litseení yé x áawé at x waax áa.» 27

28 «Tlél ayáx áwé,» yéi yaawaḵaa wé Shawatsháan. Yá Yéil keekaanáx áwé át ag alg éeni yá gáan, yá Yéilch ḵwa x ʼaanáx yaawahán. Ách áwé wudihaan yá shaawát, de du kaanáx yaawagút, át gáan daa g alg eenít. 28

29 Aag áa áwé wé Yéilch ḵwá, gáant kei awagúḵ. Du x ʼaháatnáx gáant wusgeedí, tlʼeex áwé du yáat aawalít du ḵutéeni ux kei g ateeyít. Aag áa áwé ajeewanáḵ wé ḵéesʼ akaawa.aag ú át. 29

30 Aag áa áwé, yá ḵéesʼ ḵwá tláakw a yeex woolaa. Yá gáalʼ ḵa sʼáaw, shayadihéini át, at duwax aayí át, xʼáaxʼ káa yéi wootee. Áa yax woogoot aag áa yá gáalʼ woosh kaadéi haa kanajél, Yéil. Woosh kaanáx akaawajéil aadéi yá at g wayaayi yé yáx yéi kugéi at uwax áa. Sh tóok a yáanáx at wudix áa. Ldakát yá éeḵ taa shuká shayadihéini ḵu.oo yáa ḵáa tuwáa sigóo atx á woosh kaanáx kei kandujél. Du éedax sá gáa ḵuditee yá Yéil aadéi yéi jiwaneiyí yé. 30

31 Áa ḵux wudigút yá Shawatsháan áa ḵu.oowú yé yéide. «Yéil,» yéi yawaḵaa. «X wasikóo wa.éix sateeyí. Ax waaḵ. Ax waaḵ g asneix, tsá ax ḵutéeni áx chʼá yéi ung ateet! Tsu yéi at daag asatéenjit!» «i waaḵ kḵwasanéix,» yéi yaawaḵaa yá Yéil, «ax yáa at yaysaḵaayí ítx jig eenaag ít yá ḵéesʼ at akawa.aag ú át daxḏahéen áwé ldakát yagyeeyíxʼ. Yá ḵu.oo, ldakát ḵu.oo, hél aadéi chʼáakw yaa shukgaxḏuwateeyí yé. Has du yá wdiwútl yá yakʼéiyi atx á yá éeḵdáx woosh kaanáx kei has akajélji.» 31

32 «Yéi kg watée, jikḵwanáaḵ,» yéi yaawaḵaa yá Shawatsháan. Aag áa áwé yá Yéilch du waḵká aawa.óosʼ tsu du ḵutéeni du jee yéi ng watee, a ítdáx á du ḵutéeni du jee yéi wootee. 32

33 Á áwé yeedát ḵu.aa yá ḵéesʼ yán káx daayí ḵa yaa léiji, ldakát yagyeeyíxʼ. Yá Yéil, dei Shawatsháan ajikawsiháa, «ax yáade yisaḵaayí yá yá ḵéesʼ at akawa.aag ú át jeenáḵx i.» Yéi áwé yan shuwatán. 33

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35 Xíxch Aawasháayí Yées Sháatk Lingít shkalneegí áyá. Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis ḵa Shaksháani Marge Dutson has x ʼakaawaneek. X ʼunei Lance Twitchell has du x ʼéitx akaawshixít.

36 Yá shaklig éiyi Yées Sháatkʼ wé Lingít aaníxʼ yéi yatee. Shayadihéini ḵáaxʼw áwé has du tuwáa sigóo dushaayí, ḵu.aa du toowú yéi yatee has du kayáanáx yakʼéi. Has du aaní dagiygé wé áa tlein ḵudzitee. Tleidahéen áyá, du kéekʼ tín yá áa x ʼayaaxḏé has woo.aat. Shayadihéini xíxchʼ áa x ʼayaax has yaawaḵee. «G wáa g wáa g wáa g wáa,» yéi áwé has at shí. 36

37 Shaklig éiyi sháatkʼ has ash kaawashooḵ, «éeee! Ḵúdáx yee yakwlijee!» Yínde sh kawditaan ḵa áa x ʼayaaxḏáx aawasháat wé xíxchʼ. A waḵlitáat awdlig íni yéi yaawaḵaa, «tlax a yáanáx áwé tlél eeyakoos.aan, tlél aadé xíxchʼch ig waashaayi yé.» A ítdáx áa káa ḵux aawax ích. 37

38 Wé táat yeen, ldakát yá ḵu.oo yan has woox éixʼu, yá Yées Sháatkʼ át woogoot. Yées ḵáa kagéit uwagút; yées gaawú awsiteen. Du naa.ádi, ḵa x ʼalatseení seit, kasiyéiyi sʼoow yáx yateeyí kawóot a káa yéi wootee, ḵu.aa du waaḵ g áa yatee. Du tuwáaxʼ yaksi.aan. «Iḵasháat áyá haat x waagút,» yéi ayaawsiḵaa. «X aan nagú yá ax éesh hídidé! Yá ax aaníxʼ woosh gaxṯudasháa.» Yá Yées Sháatkʼ du toowú yéi yatee wé yées ḵáa: «tlax ḵúnáx yaksa. aaní ḵáa, hél du yáx oox sateenjín. Ax tuwáa sigóo du shátx x at wusteeyí.» 38

39 Kínde shaksitán, gooch yát has kawduwatlʼétʼ. Aax áwé yínde daak has uwa.át tle héende. Hél sh daa ayawulg een, ḵá chʼa koogéiyi wé yaa nagút héende. Du x án.aa tín yá Yées Sháatkʼ héen táade has woo.aat. Háʼ! Tle diyínde yá áa hintaká has yaawa.át. 39

40 Tsʼootaat áwé, yá Yées Sháatkʼ een aaxʼw ḵa ldakát yá ḵu.oo awsiteen hél át ḵustí. Ldakát yéit has ḵoowashee du eeg áa. Tsaatguyéig aa, ḵáa x ʼus.eetí has awsiteen. Héende has akaawakei. Has awsiteen ḵaa x ʼus. eetí héende wulishoo. 40

41 Wudix oonáḵwx yéi has aawajée Yées Sháatkʼ. Eeshandéin g aax daasheeyí has aawashee. 41

42 Tléixʼ yagyeeyí áwé, yá Lingít aanídáx ḵáa, yá áa x ʼayaaxḏé woogoot aag áa áwé awsiteen yá Yées Sháatkʼ. Ḵutlʼkʼw kát áa ḵa du daax yawsiḵee yá xíxchʼ. Ldakát yá du daax yawsiḵee. Du x ánt uwagút. Akaawa.aaḵw a jeedáx awusneix í, ḵu.aa héende has aawax óotʼ wé Xíxchʼi Ḵwáani. Ḵux tʼaawjixeex yá aandé, yá Yées Sháatkʼ een aaxʼw: «á x wasiteen yá yee sée! Hél wáa sá utí, ḵu.aa wé Xíxchʼi Ḵwáani x ooxʼ áwé hú.» «Wé Xíxchʼi Ḵwáan ḵwáaḵx ayawsiḵaa,» yéi yaawaḵaa du kéekʼ. «Ách áwé has awsineex. Xíxchʼi ḵwáani ḵu.oo toowú akaawatséts.» 42

43 Yá Yées Sháatkʼ een aaxʼw, yá áa x ʼayaaxḏé has woo.aat. Hás tsú, has awsiteen ḵá has akaawa.aaḵw aax kei s aawax óotʼi. Wé Xíxchʼi Ḵwáani ḵu.aa héenx has ash jeewataan. Du éeshch x ʼalatseení ka.óow.ádi wé Xíxchʼi Ḵwáani has du jeedé awsinei. Woosh yináade sʼíxʼ káa yéi aya.óowu atx á, héende yéi awsinei. Aax yéi has awsinei wé atx á ḵa x ʼalatseení ka.óow.ádi, ḵu.aa hél has du jee ajeewanaaḵ yá has du sée. 43

44 Du éeshch, yú aaní ḵwáan, has jikaawa.aaḵw: wé áa héeni anax kaguxḻakúxu yé has ḵuyakawdziháayi. Xʼáan has du tóo yéi wootee wé Xíxchʼi Ḵwáani. Has akaawa.aaḵw aax has akaawataaní wé Lingít ḵu.oo, chʼa aan wé ḵu.ooch chʼa aax has aawasháat. Héende kei s aawalít. Wé Xíxchʼ Ḵwáan Sháade Háni yéi yaawaḵaa, «yá Lingít aaní ḵu.ooch ux kei s anastéen yá haa aaní. Has du jee ḵux g atusanook, yá Yées Sháatkʼ.» Yá Yées Sháatkʼ, ash uwasháyi xíxchʼ hél du tuwáa ushgú ajeewanaag í. A daat kawdidútl. Yá aan ḵu.oowú kʼidein aax has awsinook ḵa héende ḵux has awsinook. 44

45 Neildé has ajiwataan. Chʼa yéi yigoowáatlʼ áwé chʼas xíxchʼ yáx yoo x ʼayatánk. Ḵúnáx áwé du waaḵt káa kawduwadúxʼ. Tsaatguyéig aa, chush x ʼéináx yoo x ʼatánk néekw. Yá du aaní ḵwáan ḵu.oo eex awlitéew yá xíxchʼ x ʼasheexʼí. Aadé has ḵudziteeyí yé, yá Xíxchʼi Ḵwáani, a daat has du een akaawaneek. Has du een ḵunáax daak has akaawaneek: Lingít yoo x ʼatángi has ax ʼaya.áx ch wé xíxchʼ. Líl ḵwáaḵx has yeeysaḵaaḵ, has yee g wax saneex. Yá du Lingít aanídáx ḵu.oo du x ʼéit has wusi.áx, yá a tóo yoo kawdzigít yá ḵustí. Yá xíxchʼ yahaayí has uwahéin. Aadáx áwé wududzikóo at yaa awuné has du jeex duteeyí wé Xíxchʼi Ḵwáani. 45

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47 Wáanáx Sá Héen Yíx X aak Wé Xáat Lʼuknax.ádi shkalneegí áyá. Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis x ʼakaawaneek. Yatootéen Mallory Story & X ʼunei Lance Twitchell has du x ʼéitx has akaawshixít. 47

48 Chʼáakw áyá chʼáakw chʼa l yá lingítʼaaní daat at tusakóowuji yá lingítʼaaní ḵuwdzitee. Wúlig éiyi yáx wootee. Tlʼátk káa yéi wootee ḵa aas a káawu á ḵa yá góosʼ ḵuwdzitee. Ldakát yá lingítʼaaní ká yéi yateeyí héen áyá yá eilʼ héen káa yéi wootee. Yá lingítʼaaní ká tléil ḵuwustee yá áa, áaxʼw, ḵa yá x áat héeni, ḵa kanaadaayí héen tlénxʼ. 48

49 Ldakát yá lingítʼaaní ká yéi yateeyí x áat yá hít yee yéi wootee yá éilʼ héeni ká. Áwé yá x áat, has du kaháagu yá éilʼ héen káa s jeewanáḵ, ách áwé chʼa hél yándei yan wuheen yá lingítʼaaní tlʼátk. Chʼas yéi jididáanaa ḵaa sháade náḵxʼi, chʼas hás áyá yaakw tlénxʼ has daag a.oo ayáx litseen yá deikée yá éilʼ héeni kaadéi yá x ʼalinéekwcháni x áatg aa. Has du aaní ḵu.oowu chʼas yá ḵʼanashgidéix siteeyi aa, hás ḵu.aa tlél ayáx utí áa daak has wooḵoox ú. Has du yaakwxʼu sáani tlél ayáx utí. Chʼas a yáx yatee chʼas yá jididáanaa ḵu.oo yá x áat has ax áa has ax ʼalatín. Has du tundatáani át ḵu.aa gu.aal kwshé uháan tsú haa jeet ag ahaa. 49

50 Yá Yéil du tundatáani yéi yatee: «jididáanaa ḵa ḵʼanashgidéix siteeyí aa, ḵu.oo hás tsú x áat has at g ax aa!» Yá tleidahéen áyá dei, Yá Yéil, du x ooní x ánt uwagút yá Deikinoow Daa. Yá Deikinoow Daa deikée, yá éilʼ héen kát áyá, a daa áyá éilʼ héen tlein. Yá Yéil yá du x ooních hél ultéeni, du laká ashawlitlʼitʼi héen tín ḵa du x ooní náḵ a x oo aan wudiḵéen. Áyá du x ooní du daa awdlig een, aax áwé kei ash yawsináḵ. Áyá Yéil yaa kdaḵeen, chʼa goox sá yá héen tlein du lakádáx yóot kawditlʼúḵx, á áwé tlé áax yoo sateek. A x oo aa hé du lakádáx át kawditlʼúḵx u héen, A x oo aa x áat héenix yoo sateek. A x oo aa héen tlenx yoo sateek. Áwé a x oo aa yei gugéinkʼi héen du lakádax yóot kawditlʼúḵx u áaxʼw sáani yoo sateek ḵa naadaayí héen ḵa héenákʼw. A jeet ḵwa du toowú yanéekw tlél x áat awulyeix áyá yá x áat héeni a yík yís. 50

51 Tlé a daa yoo tuwatán a daa yoo tuwatán yá Yéilch. A daa yóo tuwatán yá aadéi du jeet akg wahaayi yé yá Át Kudatáan Hídi yeedáx. Yá áyá éilʼ kát wulihaashí hít. «Yá awliyéx i héen yíkdei a yee yéi aan nag atee.» Áwé káa daak seiwaháa yá X ʼanax waatg waayaa. Náaḵw Tlʼeeg í Wootsaag áa aya.óo. Wootsoog áa tlein wududliyéx náaḵw tlʼeeg ídax áwé latseen a tóo yéi wootee. Yéilch áwé a daa yoo tuwatán, «áyá latseení Náaḵw Tlʼeeg í Wootsaag áa teen yá x áat hít kḵwaḵʼéex ʼi aag aa yánde kakḵwasaxʼáat. Há wáa ḵwa sáyá ax jeedéi kg waháa yá wé latseení wootsaag áa wé X ʼanax waatg waayaa?» 51

52 Ldakát uháanch áwé wutusikóo yá Yéil daa sá yéi at sawahaayí du jeedei gaxḏuwaháa. Wáa nanée sáwé X ʼanax waatg waayaa áwé du eedé yéi ayawsiḵaa Yéil, «yá i latseení Náaḵw Tlʼeig i Wootsaag áa wáanáx yá sáḵs ḵa chooneit a daséi yéi kḵwasanéi?» Yá latseení Náaḵw Tlʼeig í Wootsaag áa du kíji tayee yéi aya.óo, yá Yéil ḵa du kéilkʼ Tsʼaxweil, yaa has kanalyích yá kanaadaayí héen tlein yaaxḏé. 52

53 Á yéi duwasáakw Aalséix, wé héen tlein, Yaakwdaat x án áwé. Deikée áyá yéi yatee, Yaakwdaat, yá deikée x áat alshát hít x án. Yá héen x ʼayík, yá Yéil aadé sh kawdiyéet yá deikee aadé latseení yé yáx áwé wé deikee x áat alshát hít aan ag aḵʼéex ʼt yá latseení wootsaag áa tin. A yeedát tsá! Kʼidéin aawaḵʼíx ʼ yá náaḵw ḵʼíx ʼaa tín wé hít. Tle aadé latseení yé, ldakát du latseení áwé, aan akaasixátʼ. Adawóotlʼ áa yatee, ḵa ldakát yá du latseení hél awultsʼoox yá hít. 53

54 A daax tuyawditaan aan yá Tsʼaxweilch. Yá du káak een ayawsiḵaa «at gashí yá X ʼanax waatg waayaa daat! Hú áwé du jeexʼ yéi yatee chʼa ldakát a latseení a tóo yéi yatee yá Náaḵw Tlʼeeg í Wootsaag áa.» Kei at kawasheeyí tín áwé yá Yéil, tlel wuldzee du jeexʼ yá x áat alshát hít yánxʼ daak ashawsitee. «Aax shuwatán wé x ʼaháat!» Yéi yaawaḵaa Yéil. Tsʼaxweilch chʼa aax ashuyawatán. Á yá tʼá ḵa g aat, lʼook, cháasʼ, téelʼ ldakát a jeewanáḵ yá x áat alshát hítch. Yá Yéilch wuliyéx i yé, yá naadaayí héen ḵa x áat héeni, a yíkde has wooxʼaak wé x áat. 54

55 Toowú sigóo ḵaa yayík wuduwa.áx, yá Lingítʼaani káx. «X áat! Ldakát yá x áat áwé yáadu!» «Tʼá kei x wsitʼéx ʼ!» «X alatlʼéilaḵw wé x áat!» Has du toowú sigóo yá x áat yá yées héen yíxʼ yéi has teeyí. Ldakát táakw yá deikée éilʼ héen kaadé has daxʼakx wé x áat. Yá x áat héeni yíkde has ayadaxʼákx, x áat héenxʼi, yéi has nag atee ítx has du kaháakxʼu a yee has ajeenaaḵch. Ldakát táakw yá Lingítʼaani ká ḵu.oowú a yís yan has woonei chʼa x áat héen daxʼaagí. Has du atx aayí sákw a daa yéi s jinei nooch. 55

56 Yeedát ḵwa, ldakát ḵu.oo áwé, jididáanaa ḵa ḵʼanashgidéix siteeyí aa, x áat has du jeedé kg waháa l uldzéedéin. Has du atx aayí has du ḵusteeyíx wusitee ḵa wé X áat Ḵwáani has asix án ḵúnáx. 56

57 Yeedát ḵwa kʼidéin a daa ayeelg éeni yá Aalséix x ʼayík yei kg eesatéen yá Yéíl x ʼus.eetí. Áxʼ áa dawútlʼ aawateeyí yé yá x áat. Dáḵde akaawasxʼaadi yé deikée éilʼ héen káx. Wé aan ká héeni awliyéx ḵa haa jeet aawahaa wé x áat yá Át Kudatáan Hídidáx. 57

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59 Yéíl ka Kugáas Shaawát G aanaxṯeidí shkalneegí áyá. Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis ḵa Shaksháani Marge Dutson has x ʼakaawaneek. X ʼunei Lance Twitchell has du x ʼéitx akaawshixít. 59

60 Yéil wuliteesh. Ag ashaat tuwatee. Wé Ḵaa sháade háni, Ḵugáasʼ X áat Kaanáx, du een akaawaneek Yéil: «yá a ḵin duwawáadi aa i séekʼ ag ashaat tuwatee.» «Yakʼéi ishaayí yá ax sée tléixʼ yateeyí át ḵwa x aan yakg isaḵáa: tlákw tula.aan teen, tlákw du een itug ala.aan. Tle unateení ḵwa iguxḻatlʼéet.» Yéilch ayawsiḵaa: «tlákw i sée tin kei x at tuguxḻa.aan.» 60

61 Chʼa yá woosh has wudisháa. Yá has du aaní yéi has wooteeyí, héen x ʼashú x án. Has du toowú sigóo yá ḵutaan ḵa yeis. Táakw has du kát goot ḵwa, atx á has du jeet shuwaxeex; has du éet yaan uwaháa ḵá toowú néekw has du kát uwagút. Yá Yéil Shát ḵákw g unéi aawa.ák. «Wáanáx sáyá yá ḵákw ilayéx tlél atx á haa káa yéi naxṯuwa.oowu atx á ḵustí?» yéi áwé ax ʼewawóosʼ yá Yéil. Tlél a yáaxʼ du eet x ʼawutaan. Chʼas tlákw da.áak wé ḵákw 61

62 Táat yeen ḵúnáx nag átéin Yéil du x ʼóolʼ aksatóox ʼ yaan jeet. Kei isgéet áyú, du shát ḵwa du jín a.úsʼkw yá ḵákw káxʼ. Aag áa áwé x áat wé ḵákw kát ḵuwdzitee. Shóogu x áat áwé áxʼ ḵoowdiztee wé gaaw. 62

63 Yéil ḵa du shát has du toowú sigóo. Yan has asnei ítdáx has awsi. ée. Has awlitlʼéilaḵw, a ítdáx has awsi.ée, ḵa tle has aawax áa yá x áat tle has shawahéegidé. Ldakát yagee yá ḵákw káxʼ du jín a.óosʼ ít áwé wé ḵákw tsu x áat shawlihík. Yéi á koogei has awlitlʼéilaḵw, yax has ashayawsitee ḵá has awsixúk g axúgut. Chʼa tlákw has du jeex yei nateech wé x áat, atx á sákw. 63

64 Xʻoon yagee shunaxeex sákwshé yá, Yéil xʼáan yáx yaa nanéin du x án.aa tín. L ushkʼidéin aawaxwéi, ḵa l ushkʼidéin a daayaḵá tle. Ayaawatʼách. Shuxʼwáa ḵáa áwé ḵúnáx tula.aan át aawax ee. 64

65 Yá Yéil du shát du náḵ kei wjixíx. Ayawsináḵ áwé akaawa.aaḵw aawusháadi. Hél aadé akg waasháadi yé. Góosʼ yáx yatee du Shát. Aax kawdihaa, tle ḵugáasʼx wusitee. 65

66 Aag áa ḵuwajél tlél oox satínch. Aag áa ḵutéesʼ. Héen kaanáx áwé du eeg áa ḵoowatéesʼ. Tlél awusteen ḵu.aa, tlél du déin ḵuwustee. A káa yei ḵukg wastée x áat tsú tle hél at ḵuwustee. 66

67 Dei tsu wlitseesh, ḵa du éet yaan uwaháa. Eesháan du tuwatee, Yéil, aag áa we Ḵaa Sháade Háni du x ánt uwagút. Áyá x ʼawdigáxʼ. Wé Ḵáa Sháade Háni áyá x ʼawdigáxʼ du sée du x áni ḵux g adagoodí. 67

68 Xʼáandéin at yawdzi.aa. «X aan yaysiḵaa ax sée du een kei itugux ala. aaní, kʼidéin gag ilatéen. X aan ḵwa sh ḵʼaydliyél.» Xʼáandéin ayalatín. «Hél yakg eedlaaḵ i x áni ḵux wudagoodí.» 68

69 Wuliteesh ḵúnáx, ḵa yaan du kaanáx yatee. Du éet yaan uwaháa. Kʼidéin kadéixʼ. Teesh du kaanáx wootee. 69

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71 Yéíl Kuk éet Woogoot Kaaxwaan Éesh George Davis ḵa Shaksháani Marge Dutson has x ʼakaawaneek. X ʼunei Lance Twitchell has du x ʼéitx akaawshixít. 71

72 Yeíl, Yéil, Yéil. Ḵúnáx s áwé ḵʼaliyéil ḵa x ʼasitóo. Chʼa aadéi duwajeeyí yé wanáadé yóo at sanéik nooch. Daa sá át gé yan áwé ḵux toowdishát. Tooyasátk. Tleidahéen áwé, Yéíl has du een akaawaneek wé X ík, Kéidladi, ḵa Yooḵ: «Kʼe naxṯooḵoox ḵukʼéetʼ g eey keeká satín xʼáatʼ káx. Aadéi naxṯooḵoox i yaagú yíkt ḵa i ḵákwxʼu atx gaxṯulayéix. Nasʼgináx yeewháan agax yix áa, yá ḵákw yei kḵwalasháat.» Tʼeexʼdéin yéi has jinéi yaa has ax aayí, wé X ík, Kéidladi, ḵa Yooḵ. A daa yoo aklig ínk a kát yá kalig éiyi aan yá ḵákw alshádi kíknáx. Chʼa yákʼwdé áwé, Yéilch hintaak áwé awsiteen shayadihéin gúnx aa. «Haa x ʼéi kéi kg wakʼéi wé gúnx aa. Chʼa nasʼgináx yeewháan aadéi yee kanduxʼaak ḵa kei gax yisanéi. Kḵwalag eiyáḵw haa jeeyís ax latseení lú tin.» 72

73 Yatʼéexʼ áwé wé yá teixʼ daat aax kei awlikítʼ wé tuliwóochʼi gúnx aa. Dé woosh kaanáx kei s akanajél aag áa kíndei has kawduwaxʼaak ḵá yaakw yíkdei yei has adaanéi. Kínde wé yaakw yíkt ḵa tsu diyínde. Kínde ḵa tsu diyínde. Woosh kanax kei s akanajeilí, Yéil ḵwa sh istáan ḵa wudlisáa. Has du tóog aa yaa koonagéi, a yáanáx has wudixwétl tsu woosh kaanáx kei s akanajeilí. Yaakw takaanáx has wooḵée. Daa sáwé has awsiteen? Yéíl x ʼóolʼ tlein ḵa sh ḵʼalshooḵ. Ldakát wé gúnx aa áwé, ḵúnáx yax ayawsix áa Yéil. Daaxʼoon áwé aa wooneix. Aguxḻag eiyág ooḵ. Has du toowúch ḵu.aa yéi anasnéx has du x ʼéis. «Ldakát uháan áwé tléxʼg aa haa jee yéi kg watee,» yéi yaawaḵaa Yéil. Tsu tléixʼ aa aawax áa. 73

74 X íḵ, Yooḵ, ḵa Kéidladi, xʼáan has du tóo yéi yatee yá Yéilch yáx yawsix áa yá gúnx aa. Yéi has yaawaḵaa: «tlél tsu ḵut kei haa guxḻayeil.» Yan has uwaḵée ax áa yís, ḵa g unéi has uwalít yú xʼáatʼ yinaadé. Áxʼ has kukg wakʼéetʼ yéide. Chʼa yákʼwde áwé a káx awdlig een sháachʼ yaa kanduhíni wé tayeidí x oox. Yéil yéi yaawaḵaa, «yá sháachʼ tlax ḵúnáx haa x ʼéi yakʼéi. Aag áa yoonḵwaxʼaagín, ḵu.aa hél yee yáx at x waxʼaak. Yáaxʼ yei kḵwalasháat yá yaakw unalháashg aa, aag áa ldakát yeewháanch kei gax yikwáach wé sháachʼ, ldakát uháan haa jiyís g atoox aat.» 74

75 Yá at kuna.áaḵw has du daa yaa ḵushusigéi chʼa nasʼgináx yateeyi tsʼatsʼée, has du tóog aa yatee. «Yéilch yei aguxḻasháat yá yaakw unalháashg aa, aag áa yei gaxṯulasháat yá sháachʼ.» Tsóokʼ, yá nasʼgináx yateeyí aa, diyínde has kawduwaxʼaak wé tayeidí x oox. Has du lú has ashoolhíkch. Tsu has ashoolhíkch. Tsu has ashoolhíkch. Has du ludáx has akawsixaa yaakw yíkt, aag áa tsu diyínde has kawduwaxʼaak sháachʼg aa. Yisikóo gé wáa sá wudzigeet yá Yéil? 75

76 Chʼa ayáx áwé. Yá Yéil, wé sháachʼ yax ayasax éix, chʼa wáa sá has jiyasátk yá has ashatléḵwxʼu. Xʼoon gaaw x ʼáak sákwshé yá sháachʼ has ashatléḵwxʼu a jeedáx has wudixwétl. Tle a takáxʼ has kaawatísʼ has du yáa ḵut woonei, áwé has ashaawatléḵwxʼu sháachʼ chʼa xʼoonkʼ sáwé wé yaakw yíxʼ yéi wootee. «De chʼa yéi ágé yá hóochʼ ágé sháachʼ aa wooneix?» «Yéi áwé,» yéi yaawaḵaa wé Yéil. «Dáx g aa haa jee yéi kg watée. Chʼa woosh yáx haa jee yéi kg watée.» Yá Yéil ḵwa tle tsu déix aawax áa. 76

77 Chʼa yáx asíwé yaa ḵuyaḵéik nooch. Ḵʼaliyéíl. Yeedát ḵu.aa tsu has ax áa yá xʼáatʼ yinaadé yá tléiḵw áa has akg wa.éen yéide. Yá has du yaagú daaḵ áwé has ag ayeesh tléḵwg aa nax asteeyí yá has du ḵágu. Yeedát áwé kʼidéin a daat yéi has tuwdli.aat: «hél haa tuwáa ushgú tsu ḵut haa ashuwu.aadí. Hél chʼas uháan tʼéexʼdéin yéi jigaxṯoonei. Yá Yéil yá yaakw yíkdáx yaa g agoot ḵa yá tléiḵw kaadé kg wa.éen, ḵákw tsú akg watáan!» «Chʼa wa.é nagú, ḵukʼítʼ yá tléiḵw!» Yéi has yawsiḵaa. «Woosh kaadé kagaxṯulaxéisʼ yá yagyee yan shushx ínni.» 77

78 Yá Yéil yá du ḵágu aawataan, yá tléiḵw a kaadé akg wa.éen. G unéi ḵuwakʼítʼ. Tlél chʼu tléiḵw a kaadé awu.een yá du ḵágu. Yisikóo gé wáa sá wudzigeet yá Yéil? Chʼa ayáx áwé. Ḵukashx á ḵa tsu chʼas ax á áwé ḵá ax á, chʼa wáa sá koogéi yá tléiḵw uyéx. Tlax a yáanáx aawax áa yá tléiḵw du x ʼóolʼ woonéekw a jeet. Tlél kʼidéin sh tóo danéekw. Ách áwé yaakw yéi yan sh g astaat áwé has du yaagú yíkde woogoot. Ḵux has da.áat has du shayalijáḵw ḵákwxʼu tin. Áwé has awsiteen yá Yéil ḵágu ḵwa hél daa sá a káa. Áwé has awsiteen aadé néekw yáx yateeyí yé yá Yéil Tlein. De at áyá ḵuwaháa ḵúxḏe, neildé. Has at wooxooní, áwé daak has ayawlitáḵ yá has du yaagú, yá éeḵdáx dákde. 78

79 «Tlax a yáanáx x at yanéekw ax ax aayí,» x ʼanahéik yá Yéil. Tlél du x ʼéi has ooheen, chʼa aan ḵwa has ax áa. «Héen ax x ʼéit kayeel.á!» yéi yaawaḵaa yá Yéil. «Tlél aadé át ḵwaagoodi yé yá héen áa yei yatee.» «Yá Yéil du tóot áyá át wooxeex,» yéi yaawaḵaa yá Yooḵ. «Tléikʼ. Chʼa yanéekw áwé, tlax a yáanáx aawax áa yá tléiḵw. Kʼe yées héeng aa du x ʼéis naxṯoo.aat!» Aadáx has woo.aat yées héeng aa. Yisikóo gé wáa sá wudzigeet yá Yéil? Ldakát yá has awa.íni tléiḵw yax ayawsix áa. Xʼáan tóonáx áwé, yá nasʼgináx yateeyí aa hás, ḵúxḏe has ayawli.aat yá yaakw. Áwé yá g agaan yóot kawdigán yá Yéil waaḵnáx. «Tlél ḵoox shatéen! Tlél ḵoox shatéen!» yéi yaawaḵaa yá Yéil. 79

80 Tle tlél ḵooshtéení áwé, wé xʼoow tin ḵúnáx has adaawsi.áx w wé Yéil. Yá latseeni dzaas tin áwé du lú has adaawsi.áx w tsú. Tlél goodé sá kg wagoot ḵa tlél aadé at g waax aayi yé. Has du aaní kát has uwaḵúx du een. Chʼa ldakát ḵáa ḵa ldakát wé at gutu.ádi kei has akaawaník wáa sá sh ḵʼawdliyéil yá Yéil. Yéi has tuwdli.át: wé xʼoow has adaagux sa.áax w. Has du tuwáa sigóo awsakóowu wáa sá l ushkʼé áwé ḵʼaliyéili ḵusteeyí. Aag áa áwé, g unéi kei nanéekw áwé yá Yéil. Xʼéig aa néekwdéin sh tóo dinéekw. Tsú xʼéig aa yaandéin sh tóo dinéekw. Ḵúnáx shaawakúx. Ḵaa yáa x ʼawdigáxʼ jixḏunaaḵt. «Ax at wuskóowux gux satee: kʼidéin yei ḵuḵwastée. X wasikóo yeedádidáx tlél ayáx uwateeyí át ḵaa káa jikḵwanaaḵ. Tlax tlél aadóo een sá sh ḵʼakḵwalyéil yeedádidáx. Ḵʼaliyéili áwé ḵaa éet awsigút ḵúnáx. Hél ḵut kei ḵaa kḵwalayeil.» 80

81 Wé nasʼgináx tsʼatsʼée áwé wooch x ʼayáx has akawdineek, yá du lú wé has adaagux sa.áax w daaxʼoon yagyee x ʼaanáx. Tlákw yagyee wé Tléiḵw Xʼáatʼide natʼíkch, Yéil. Aatlein gúnx aa ḵa sháachʼ aax akanajélch, ḵu.aa tlél xʼoon sá awsix aa. Aatlein ḵákw ashoolhíkch wé tléiḵw tin, ḵu.aa tlél tsu tle x ʼéi ayawdinook wé aawa.íni tléiḵw. Éeḵt has ḵéen, chʼa nasʼgináx tsʼatsʼée, Yooḵ, Xíḵ, ḵa Kéidladi. Kʼidéin has aawax áa kíknáx has wudlisáa. Ḵúnáx du daa.ít nagóowu toowú wé tula.aaní ḵustí daat awsikóo. Chʼáagudé ḵu.aa tlél du éekʼ has awuheen. Wáa nanei sáwé gwál g unéi tsu du éekʼ has aawaheen, áwé du x ooní, yá Yéil. 81

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83 Kuhaantí G aanaxṯeidí shkalneegí áyá. Kaxwaan Éesh George Davis ḵa Shaksháani Marge Dutson has x ʼakaawaneek. X ʼunei Lance Twitchell has du x ʼéitx akaawshixít. 83

84 Yá táakw kʼidéin ḵuwsi.áatʼ, wé ḵu.oo wootʼéexʼ áwé has du ḵusteeyí. Ḵúnáx néekw tlein ḵaa kát uwagút, ḵa yanéekw jeetx ḵut ḵushuwaxeex. Atx á wudiyáshk áwé yaan has du kát uwagút, aag áa has uwaláxw. Yá shatkʼátskʼu, Saháan yéi duwasáakw, áwé du tláa, du éesh, du éekʼ hás, ḵa du woosh kíkʼi daa hás áwé du náḵ has kawdikʼéetʼ. Tléináx sh wudzineex. 84

85 Yá shatkʼátskʼu, Saháan, ḵúnáx tuli.aan ḵa lisáaḵ. Tléináx áwé ḵudzitee. 85

86 Yá has du sháade hánich, du tula.aaní a daax yaawadaa, ḵaa éex dasheeyí áwé hú. Tléináx ḵusteeyích áwé du séekʼ, ách áwé kei tuwditán áwé tóot ajeewatán áwé has du sée x ooníx nax sateet. Tlákw yagyee yá héen yíkde nagútch héen ang ayáat yá du tláa jiyís. 86

87 Yá ḵáa shádi háni du sée Saháan tin woogoot yá héen yíkde. Du tuwáa wsigóo g agaan kadlit.ítʼcht awsateení yá héen táaxʼ yateeyí. Du tuwáa tsu wsigóo yá héen yíkdáx si.áatʼi héen kei akwáchch ḵa adaná. 87

88 The time came for the chief s daughter to marry. She married a man from a rich, important family. They had plenty of good food, beautiful clothing and many nice things. But, not long after the wedding, something bad began to happen. Little by little his wealth began to slip away. He and his family became extremely poor. People whispered to him, We think that you are now unlucky because your wife would always disturb the water spirits. Sadly, he and his family left his wife so that bad things would stop happening to them. 88

89 Even though he was now poor, the man had enough nice things left to give to the chief. He did this so that he could marry the orphan Sahan, the chief s adopted daughter. Sahan was quiet. She listened politely to her husband and paid him much attention. She was also very smart and hard-working. She knew how to take care of their belongings, how to solve problems and to fix that which was broken, and to not waste anything. She also saved any thing extra they had and before long, she had helped make him and his family rich again. This pleased the people of the village for her husband was generous and shared his wealth with everyone. 89

90 Soon, Sahan had the best of everything; good food, beautiful clothes and fine jewelry. Even her dishes and spoons were set with abalone and dentalia shells. In the village lived Sahan s four adoptive brothers. Two were rich and two were very, very poor and unlucky. Whenever the two rich brothers came to visit, Sahan got out her best dishes and treated those brothers extremely well. After all, they were like her; smart and they knew how to take care of things. When her husbanded invited her poor brothers to their home, he would say, Get out your good dishes and let your rothers eat from them. Sahan always exclaimed, I won t let my poor brothers touch my good dishes! They might be ruined by letting poor and unlucky people use them. 90

91 For years Sahan continued to live her life of luxury, comfortable with all the nice things around her. But late one spring, her husband died. According to Tlingit custom, her husband s relatives took away all Sahan s belongings, including the beautiful dishes and spoons. Then she was as poor as she had been before. People in the village believed that bad luck came to Sahan because she had treated her poor brothers so meanly. 91

92 Xʼáandéin at yawdzi.aa. «X aan yaysiḵaa ax sée du een kei itugux ala. aaní, kʼidéin gag ilatéen. X aan ḵwa sh ḵʼaydliyél.» Xʼáandéin ayalatín. «Hél yakg eedlaaḵ i x áni ḵux wudagoodí.» 92

93 That is why when a rich person has a poor brother he should always treat him well. 93

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95 Shkalneek X akaduwaneek Lingít áwé sh tóo s agaltóow! Yéi áwé haa tuwáa sigóo Lingít yoo x ʼatángi xʼúxʼu áwé tulayeix í. A x oo aa, has du tuwáa sigóo dleit ḵaa 95

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97 Xóots Aawasháayí Yées Sháatkʼ At gutúxʼ shayadihéini sháa wasʼxʼaan tléig u has a.een. Has du ḵákxʼu yá has ashayawlihík íḵde has x ʼawajeil. A káa has du toowú yakʼéi yá has awa.ínni shayadihéini wasʼxʼaan tléig u, ḵaa x ʼóolʼi káx áa kwshé áyá kawdiḵoo. Wootʼéexʼ a daa yéi jineiyí, a jeedáx has wudixwétl. Has du jikáanáx x wusitee a káx has du toowú yakʼéi, tle ḵúxḏe has at wooxoon. Xóots deiyí yík yaa has na.ádi tléináx shátkʼ xóots gán nagoodí káa yan kawdliyásʼ. Xóots gánde nagoodí káa yan kalyáasʼ x ʼuskawjix éelʼ a kaax ḵúxḏe yáanáx yei wdzigít. Ḵúxḏe yáanáx yei isgeet yaa anayán tléiḵw du ḵágu kaadáx yax kawjix ín. Chʼa ldakát yéig aa wootee. Tlél aadáx duwax aayí yé. Xóots gánde nagoodí x oo yax kawjix ín. A jeet du toowú xʼáan yáx yatee. In the forest, many women were picking berries. Their baskets were full, and they packed them down to the beach. They felt good that they had picked so many berries, and they would be able to fill peopleʼs bellies. The work was tired, and it made them tired. When they were happy about how much they had, they got ready to go back. As they walked down a bear trail, one girl stepped in bear poop. She steps in bear poop and slipped on it and fell backwards. She falls backwards and the berries she is packing spill all over. They went everywhere. They could not be eaten. They spilled among the bear poop. She was angry about it. «Xʼéig aa l ushikʼéiyi xóots! The bears are truly awful! Wáanáx sáyá ḵu.oo anax at gug a.át yéixʼ has ajeenáḵx yá has du gánde nagoodí? Gu.aal kwshé chʼa g oot yéide has ḵuwu.óowu yáadáx. Áa yéi has nag atee has woo.aadí! Áa yéi has nag atee yéide!» Chʼáakw ḵáaxʼuch ḵoon a daa yoo x ʼala.átgi nuch: hél l ushkʼidéin a daa yoo x ʼayla.átgiḵ yá xóots, at gutu.ádi. Has ḵux ʼaya.áx ch, a daa yoo x ʼadul.átgi has a.áx ch nuch. Whuy do they have to leave their poop on the places where people walk? I wish they leaved somewhere else, away from here. Let them be gone to that place! Let them be going there! The people of long ago always say to people: do not say bad things to bears and animals. They understand people, they always hear what people talk about. 97

98 Xóots Aawasháayí Yées Sháatk 98 Chʼa hóoch, awsikóo, yá sháatkʼ yá hél l ushkʼidéin a daa yoo x ʼadul.átgi yá at gutu.ádi, ḵu.aa a jeet áyá xʼaan du toowú yéi yatee. Hél du tuwáa ushgú neildé woogoodí áwé du ḵágu tléiḵw a káa yéi uteeyí. Ách áwé tsu tléiḵw tsu ḵukʼéetʼ woogoot, tléiḵw a káa ínit. Yá tléixʼaa sháa ḵwa tle tláakw yaa has naa.ádi, neildé yaa has na.át du náḵ. Yá xeeg a.áat, du ḵágu tsu ashaawajáḵw, yá Yées Sháatkʼ. Yá héen yíx yei gagóot, ḵúxḏe, yaksi.aaní ḵáa yaa uwagút. Tle tlél at ḵuwustee. Ḵáa tlein áwé, latseen du tóo yéi yatee. Du x ánt uwagút, yá awsiteení ḵáa, hél a ee akoolx éitlʼ. Yá Yées Sháatkʼ, sh tóo akawdiníkw yakʼéiyi át yá ḵaa daa.eet. Áwé du éet x ʼeiwatán, «ax tuwáa sigóo ax shátx iwusteeyí.» Aag áa áwé yá Yées Sháatkʼ, tóo at danéekw yá aadé yakʼéiyi yé yá ḵaa daa.eet, ách áwé tle aan woo.aat, du aaníde. Ldakát yá ḵaa x oonxʼí du ée sh wudzikóo, á aadé has tuli.aaní yé. A káa has du toowú yakʼéi yá Yées Ḵaa shátx gux sateeyí. Yá Yées Ḵáa ḵwa hél hít yee yéi wutee, yá Yées Sháatkʼ x oonxʼí aadé has ḵuwa.óowu yé yáx. Yá Yées Ḵáa aadé ḵuwa.óowu yé at ḵoowú tóoxʼ áwé yéi yatee. Si.áatʼ a yee, ḵukawjig ít. Du tuwáa kawsiyéi, yá Yées Sháatkʼ, a yee neil agoodí ḵwa yáng aa duwaníkw. That girl, she knows this, not to speak badly to animals, but her anger led her to do this. She doesnʼt want to go home without berries in her basket. That is why she went berry picking again, to put berries in it. She was the only woman there, though, when the others sped off towards home and left her behind. As it was turning to dusk, her basket was full again, this Young Girl. She is walking along the river, returning, and she encounters this handsome man. And then there was nothing. He was a big man, strength was inside him. He came up here, this man that she sees, and she was not afraid of him. This young girl, she felt something wonderful about him. He said to her, I want you to be my wife. And then this Young Girl, she felt good about the way he was, and becae of that she went with him to his village. She came to know his family, and they were so kind. She felt good to become this Young Manʼs wife. This Young Man, though, he did not live in a house like the Young Girl and her family did. This Young Man lived in a cave. It is cold and dark inside. She thinks it is strange, this Young Girl, that it is an uncomfortable home for people to go in.

99 The Woman Who Married a Bear A káx ḵwa du toowú yakʼéi. Wé du aanídáx, du éesh ḵa du tláa ḵa du éekʼ hás du daat has sh tóo kawdixílʼ. Goo sá kwshé hú? Goodé sá kwshé woogoot? Du eeg áa has ḵushée xʼoon yagee x ʼáanáx sá. Tlél du daa.it yáx has at wusteen. Toowú kʼéi du tóo yéi yatee yá du yées x úx tín ḵu.oowú. Yéi ḵwa ash yawsiḵaa: «tlél ax yáade akg eelg een x án ee taayí! Chʼas g agaan dikeet teeyí, aag áa áwé tsá ax yáade akg eelg éen.» Xʼoon dís x ʼáanáx sá du een ash yawsiḵaa; du x ʼayáx yéi awsinee. Tléixʼ tsʼootaat kei isgéet áyá a yát awdlig ín yá du x úx. Du tóox ḵuwatee ayag ásteen. Xóots tin ásíyá ḵuwa.oo. Hú tsú, du toowú xóots yáx awdi.éet. Xóots yáx, yá du x úx tin yá táakw tóonáx aan ḵuya.oo yá du ḵoowú tóoxʼ. Wé du x úx, yátxʼi yátxʼ aawa.oo. Yá yeedát déix yátxʼ aawa.oo, áwé táakw tóonáx daaxʼoonináx hás yá du ḵoowú tóoxʼ has ḵuya.oo. Táakw tóonáx has nax éxʼwch. Yá yeedát ḵwa yá táakw dleit yei yaa kanalléini yá yagyee yaa yeenayátʼ. Táakw.eetí ḵuwaháayi, has du ḵoowú tóodáx daak has woo.aadí. Has du atx aayí sákw has oog aax aayí átg aa has ḵushée. She was happy about it, though. Back in her village, her father, mother, and brothers are worried about her. Where could she be? Where could she have gone? They look for her for many days. They found no trace of her. She felt good to be living with her new husband. But he said to her: you canʼt look at me when we are sleeping next to each other! Just when the sun comes up, only then will you look at me. He told her this for many months; she did as he said. One morning she woke and looked at the face of her husband. She was terrified at what she saw. Clould it be that she was living with a bear? Her too, she had transformed into a bear. Like a bear, she lived in the den with her husband throughout the winter. She had children with her husband. Now she birthed two children, and throughout the winter there were four of them living in the den. They always sleep through the winter. Now, as the snow is melting, the days are getting longer. When spring comes, they emerge from their den. They are looking for something to eat. 99

100 Xóots Aawasháayí Yées Sháatk Yá has du yátxʼi ḵwa yéi s ayawsiḵaa yá has du ḵoowú x ánx ash kang alyát. Yá has du yátxʼi ḵwa has ash koolyát woosh has adinéekw. Áyá yá Yées Sháatkʼ x á, du yátxʼi altín áyá yéi tuwditaan, «yeedát ḵwa sí, ax tláa ḵa ax éesh ḵa ax éekʼ hás has ag ax sateen yá ax yátxʼi.» Tléixʼ tsʼootaat, ḵu keitl yayík has aawa.áx. Yá has du niyaadé yaa ḵundayéin. Kachg u du éekʼ hás ásíwé. Wé aan has alʼoon keitlích, yá du daa.it has awsiníxʼ, tle has awsikóo yá has du dlaakʼ daa.it ádi has awdziníxʼ. Has awsikóo tle yá has du dlaakʼ hél has du eedáx unalei. Yeedát ḵwa has awsiteen yá xóots. Yá du éekʼ hás, ḵut ashunaxḻaxéexin. Yá du x úx ch ḵwa yéi ayawsiḵaa, «ḵaa yáa at laḵʼé tóonáx hél wáa sá agux sanei. I éekʼ hás tin kananeek yakʼéiyi shí yá ax daa.it káx has at gag ashee! Ax káa has x ʼaxḏagáxʼ! Yá at yáa awuné a jeet has ag atee yá ax daa doogú!» Du ḵoowúdáx daak uwagút, yá xóots, aag áa yá du éekʼ hás chooneidí du téix ʼ tóonáx yawulgáasʼi. Has awsiteen yá has du dlaakʼ, chʼa yá xóots yáx yá kaxádi, chʼa aan has awsikóo oox sateeyí. Du x úx daat át du toowú yanéekw, ḵa du éekʼ has du een akaawaneek: «Ax x úx káa x ʼaydagáxʼ! Áwé at yáa awuné a jeet tí du doogú! Chʼa hú áwé x asix án.» She tells their children to play near the den. Her children played and teased each other. This Young Girl, you see, as she watched her children, she thought, just now, though, I want my father and mother to see my children. One morning, they heard a dog barking. It was getting closer and closer to them. Here it was her brothers. They were with their hunting dogs, who smelled her, and then they knew the dogs had caught her scent. They knew then that their sister was not far from them. Now, thout, they see this bear. Her brothers, he could have wiped them out. Her husband, though, he said to her, through respect and admiration, it will be okay. Tell your brothers to sing a good song over my body! Let them pray over me! Let them give respect to my hide! He emerged from his den, this bear, and then the arrows of her brothers pierced his heart. They saw their sister and she looked just like a bear, but still they knew they could see her. She is sad about her husband, and she tells her brothers: Pray for my husband! Give respect to his hide! Itʼs him, I just love him. 100

101 The Woman Who Married a Bear Du éekʼ hás ax ʼeiwawóosʼ yá ḵaa naa.ádi du jeet yéi dusné yá du aaní káa ḵux dagútni. Gaxḏuskóo oox sateeyí. Du tláa du toowú sigóo yá du séekʼ tsu awusteení. Yá Sháatkʼ ḵa yá du yátxʼi has du toowú sigóo a káx yá du aaní káa ḵux.oo datee. A eetí áa ḵutaan, yá tléixʼ áa du éekʼ du tuwáa sigóo chʼa ḵeelaháakʼw áwé, du dlaakʼ yátxʼi ang álʼooni. Yá du dlaakʼ géide kei tux wditán. Hél ḵu.aa wáa s du tuwáa ditee, chʼa at koo.aaḵw yáx. Yéi áwé a daa yoo tutángi. Du éekʼ ḵwa, ḵúnáx ḵwáakt awsinee: alʼoon ká chooneit, xʼéig aa át aan adulʼoon chooneit át alyeix í. Xʼáan yáx du toowú woonei, yá Sháatkʼ, du yátxʼi akg walʼóon. Wé tle xóots yáx awdi.éet, yá Sháatkʼ, tle du éekʼ jiwdigút. Tle kaadé wudzigeet daa.it l dagoot ítdáx. Xʼóolʼ yáx du toowú woonei, ḵa akoolx éetlʼ yáx du toowú yatee, ách áwé du yátxʼi tin aax at gutoodé has woo.aat. Áa yéi yatee yéide. She asks her brothers to give her people clothes when they return to her village. People will know what she might be. Her mother was happy to see her daughter again. This Girl and her children, they were happy to live in her village. The next summer, one of her brothers wants to pretend to hunt her children. She thought it was a bad idea. She thought, though, they would be okay if they just tried it out. That is how she thought about it. Her brother, though, made a mistake: arrows for hunting, he used true arrows that he makes. Anger took her over, this Girl, that he was going to hunt her children. She turned herself into a bear, this Girl, and then attacked her brother. Then he fell down, and was never coming back after that. She felt chaotic, and fear took her over; because of that she went into the forest with her children. This is the place they live. «Hóochʼ áwé. Itʼs all done. Hél áa ḵúxḏe kḵwagoot yá ax aaní.» Du aaní ḵu.oowúch ḵwa has awsikóo wáa sá at wooneiyí. Yá aadé yoo kaawatéeyi tóonáx ḵwa wududzikóo áwé yeedát, yá at gutu.ádi, at yáa awuné has du jeex duteeyí. I will never return to my village. The people of her village knew what happened. Through the way things happened, though, it became known now that respect is given to the animals. 101

102 Xóots Aawasháayí Yées Sháatk Chʼa yáa Lingítʼaani ḵu.oowú ḵa yá at gutu.ádi, kayéilʼ a káa yéi ng watee aadé has du ḵuya.oowú yé. Yéi áyá yan shuwatán yá shkalneek. The people of the world and the animals, let peace be with them in the way they live together. This is how this story ends. 102

103 Yá Yéil Ḵéesʼ Yán Káx Daayí Ḵa Yaa Léiji Awliyéx Chʼáakw áyá, yá tlagu ḵáaxʼw yéi ayaḵéiḵ noojín, «yá ḵéesʼ, hél yán káx udaayín ḵa a káx éeḵx yéi léijin.» Éeḵde yóo uléijin ḵa yán káx daayí. Yá gáalʼ, ḵa laaḵʼásk, ḵʼáachʼ, ḵá daa sá yakʼéiyi yá híntak.ádi, dux áayi át, a káa híng aadlaan. Tlél a káx yéi uléich. A áwé ḵu.oo ḵwa tlákw has du éet yaan uwaháa. Long ago, the old people used to always say, the tide, it did not come up and did not go down. The ocean stayed up on the shore. The clams, black seaweed, red seaweed, and whatever is good to eat in the ocean was covered by deep water. The tide never went out. The people were always hungry. «Tlél ayáx utí yéi teeyí,» yéi yawaḵaa yá Yéil. That is not the way it should be, said the Raven. Káx awdiyíḵ, yá du x ʼwáalʼi ḵa du tʼaawú, ḵa át kaawadaa yei áyá héen x ʼashóox yaa ndaḵín. Wáa nanée sáwé a káx wudiḵéen yá hít. Yá Shawatsháan, hóoch á sáwé gé át akaawa.aaḵw yá ḵéesʼ. Yá ḵéesʼ át akaawa.aag ú. Chʼa wáa ḵu.aa áksé alshát, yá ḵéesʼ át akaawa.aag ú. Tlákw yán kát uwadáa. Áwé Shawatsháan hídi yee neil uwagút. Á áwé át aa. Yá ḵéesʼ át akaawa.aag u át, a káach akaawdig úḵ. Yá Shawatsháan keekáxʼ áwu woonook yá Yéil. «Aaa,» yéi yaawaḵaa, «xʼéig aa áwé wookʼéi yá gáalʼ x waax aayí.» «Daaḵw.aa gáalʼ sé?» ash x ʼeiwawóosʼ yá Shawatsháanch. Yá Yéil ḵwa, ash x ʼanawóosʼ tlél ax ʼakooḵaa, akaawda.aa. A eetíx ḵwá, du x ʼóolʼ yá altʼáchk. He put on his down feathers and long feathers, and flies along the waterʼs edge from where it flows. At some point, he came to this house. This Old Woman, it is her who controls the tide. She controlled the tide. So long as she held onto it, she controlled the tide. It always stayed up high. He walked into the Old Womanʼs house. There she sat. The thing that controlled the tide, she held firmly in her hand. Raven sat down across from her. Yes, he said, Those clams were truly good to eat. What clams? asked the Old Woman. But when asked Raven did not answer but just sat there. Instead, he patted his tummy. «Aaa. Tlél wuldzée. Ah, it was easy. 103

104 Yá Yéil K ées Yán Káx Daayí K a Yaa Léiji Awliyéx Hél wuldzée yá woosh kaadé yéi x wsineiyí. Aadé x at litseení yé x áawé at x waax áa.» «Tlél ayáx áwé,» yéi yaawaḵaa wé Shawatsháan. Yá Yéil keekaanáx áwé át ag alg éeni yá gáan, yá Yéilch ḵwa x ʼaanáx yaawahán. Ách áwé wudihaan yá shaawát, de du kaanáx yaawagút, át gáan daa g alg eenít. Aag áa áwé wé Yéilch ḵwá, gáant kei awagúḵ. Du x ʼaháatnáx gáant wusgeedí, tlʼeex áwé du yáat aawalít du ḵutéeni ux kei g ateeyít. Aag áa áwé ajeewanáḵ wé ḵéesʼ akaawa.aag ú át. Aag áa áwé, yá ḵéesʼ ḵwá tláakw a yeex woolaa. Yá gáalʼ ḵa sʼáaw, shayadihéini át, at duwax aayí át, xʼáaxʼ káa yéi wootee. Áa yax woogoot aag áa yá gáalʼ woosh kaadéi haa kanajél, Yéil. Woosh kaanáx akaawajéil aadéi yá at g wayaayi yé yáx yéi kugéi at uwax áa. Sh tóok a yáanáx at wudix áa. Ldakát yá éeḵ taa shuká shayadihéini ḵu.oo yáa ḵáa tuwáa sigóo atx á woosh kaanáx kei kandujél. Du éedax sá g áa ḵuditee yá Yéil aadéi yéi jiwaneiyí yé. Áa ḵux wudigút yá Shawatsháan áa ḵu.oowú yé yéide. It was easy to gather them up. I have eaten as much as I can. That canʼt be so, said the Old Woman. She tried to look past Raven to see outside, but Raven blocked the entrance. So she stood up and went past him to look out. And then Raven pushed her outside. As she fell through the door, he threw rubbish into her face so that she would be blinded. She let go of the thing that controlled the tide. Then, the tide rushed out. The clams and crabs, and all these other things to eat were there on the exposed land. Raven walked along turning things up there, he gathered clams. He gathered all he could carry and ate them. He ate until he could eat no more. All along the beach the people were gathering what they wanted. They thanked Raven for what he had done. Finally, he came back to the place where the Old Woman was. «Yéil,» yéi yawaḵaa. Raven, she said. «X wasikóo wa.éix sateeyí. I know it is you. Ax waaḵ. Ax waaḵ g asneix, tsá ax ḵutéeni áx chʼá yéi ung ateet! Tsu yéi at daag asatéenjit!» My eyes. Heal my eyes so my vision comes back! Let me see again! 104

105 Raven Made The Tide Rise and Fall «i waaḵ kḵwasanéix,» yéi yaawaḵaa yá Yéil, «ax yáa at yaysaḵaayí ítx jig eenaag ít yá ḵéesʼ at akawa.aag ú át daxḏahéen áwé ldakát yagyeeyíxʼ. Yá ḵu.oo, ldakát ḵu.oo, hél aadéi chʼáakw yaa shukgaxḏuwateeyí yé. Has du yá wdiwútl yá yakʼéiyi atx á yá éeḵdáx woosh kaanáx kei has akajélji.» «Yéi kg watée, jikḵwanáaḵ,» yéi yaawaḵaa yá Shawatsháan. Aag áa áwé yá Yéilch du waḵká aawa.óosʼ tsu du ḵutéeni du jee yéi ng watee, a ítdáx á du ḵutéeni du jee yéi wootee. Á áwé yeedát ḵu.aa yá ḵéesʼ yán káx daayí ḵa yaa léiji, ldakát yagyeeyíxʼ. Yá Yéil, dei Shawatsháan ajikawsiháa, «ax yáade yisaḵaayí yá yá ḵéesʼ at akawa.aag ú át jeenáḵx i.» Yéi áwé yan shuwatán. I will heal your eyes, Raven said, but only if you promise to let go of the tide twice a day. The people, all the people cannot wait so long. They are in a hurry to gather good food from the beaches. It will be, I will let it go, said the Old Woman. Then Raven washed out her eyes so he could give her sight back to her, and from that she had her eyesight. And now the tide comes in and goes out every day. Raven made the Old Woman do this by telling her, promise me to let go of the tide controller. That is how this one ends. 105