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He prepared food. They ate. After he had finished eating, he said to his daughter: "You shall marry him. The Frenchman went back. At night his daughter came back. He said to her: "Why did you come back?" His daughter said to him: "I was afraid; he is a Grizzly Bear." The Frenchman said: "He will bite us." He said to his (next) daughter: "To-morrow we shall go to him. You shall marry him." On the following day he went with his daughter. The two went there. He knocked at the door. (The Grizzly Bear) opened it. They entered. He prepared food. After they had eaten, the Frenchman went back. In the evening his daughter came back. He said to her: "Why did you come back? The Grizzly Bear will bite us." He said to the youngest daughter, he said to her: "To-morrow we shall go to the Grizzly Bear. You shall marry him." The following day they two went together. They went there

together. He arrived. He knocked at the door. The Grizzly Bear opened it. They entered. He prepared the food. After they had eaten, the Frenchman went back. In the evening the woman went


ke'e'k. n'/kine*. ku'I^ck. qak/lne* sw/ne's hmts'alit/tne*. food. They ate. They finished He said to his daughter: " You will marry him." eating. la'tslma'xe* nei nui'a'qana. ktsilmi'y^t.s la'wa'se* sw^'ne's. He started back that Frenchman. At night came back his daughter. qak/'lne* qa'psin k/nsd'atsl^'ka'm. qak.la'pse* sw^'ne's hun'om'lne* He said to her: "Why do you come back?" She said to him his daughter: "I was afraid; pal ke'en k.la'wia. qake^ne* nei nu'ra'qaua tsxa'ht !xana- he is a Grizzly Bear." Said that Frenchman: " He will bite wa'sine*. qak/lne* sw/ne's kkanmi'y^t hutsqona^xala.^'sine* hm- 5 us." He said to his daughter: "To-morrow we shall go to him, you ts'aht/tine*. kkanmi'y^t.s qonak<rkma'Ine* sw^'ne's. laxa'k^kma'Ine*. jwHl marry him." Next day they two went together his daughter. They two went back. qanla'lte* laqlanxo'na'ls. nuk!"m*k^'n'e*. tmaxa'mne*. n'^tk^'nse* He knocked at the door. He opened it. They entered. He prepared ke'ek. ku'l^ek Ia*ts!ma'xe* nei nui'a'qana. kts^lmi'y^t.s la'wa'se* food. When they fin- he went back the Frenchman. In the evening came back Ished eating, sw^'ne's. qak^'Ine* qa'psin kms^l'a'ts!/ka'm. ts^tlxanawa'sine* his daughter. He said to hei : " Why did you come back? He will bite us k.laVla. qak/Ine* nCiS ktsaqu'nas sw^'ne's. qak/Ine* kkanmi-'y^t 10 the Grizzly He said to her that yoimgestone his daugher— Hesaid toher: "To-morrow Bear." hutsqona^xal'av'sine* k.lawla. hmts'a'Iit^'tne. kkanmi'y^t.s ts!ma- we shall go to him the Grizzly Bear. You will marry him." Next day they two k/kma'lne*. qao'xwak^kma'Ine. laxa'xe*. tlaxo'une* laqlanxo'nals. went together. They went there together. He arrived. He knocked at the door. nuk!"m*k^'n'e* k.laVla. tmaxa'mne*. n^^tk^'nse* ke'ek. ku'I'ek He opened the Grizzly They entered. He prepared food. When they fin. Bear. isued eating, }a*ts!ma'xe nei nura'qana. kts^Imi'y^t.s qlu^mne'ine nei pa'^lkei. he started back that Frenchman. In the evening she slept that woman.

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