Boas] KATALAMET TEXTS B35 
dish, and she saw that he was eating dry salmon. ‘*Oh,” she thought, 
‘*he has treated me ill. He gave me bones to eat, and, behold, my 
husband is eating dried salmon! I will go home to my people.” 
Early the next morning she made herself ready and went home. 
She arrived at her father’s and her mother’s house. She said: ‘*Oh, 
they treated me ill. They gaye me pounded salmon bones to eat, 
while my husband was ating dried salmon.” Then she lay down; she 
yas ashamed. For five nights she lay on one side. After five nights 
she turned over and laid her head on the other side. Then she arose. 
She was quite white, and no hair was on either side of her head. Then 
she sang her conjurer’s song. Now snow began to fall. It fell for 
five days. Then she said to the young men of the village: ‘* Take that 
dip-net down to the water and move it five times up and down there at 
sea.” Then she sang a song conjuring the smelt, and the young men 
went. Five times they went up and down in their canoe; then it was 
full of smelt. They went ashore, and the people gathered the smelt. 
Their houses were full. Now the water began to freeze, and the 
ukjoma’nanEmx, 
yaXi a’yaqjunampa itca’kikal tin yaNi ixela’x. Ag 
” that his dish in _her husband what ~ that he ate. ~ She looked at it, 
aqa tkje’lak. ‘SO, qenxgua’mit,” naxtuXua/itx. ‘*TH/qjdtcd 
then dried salmon. “Oh! Tam made unhappy,” she thought. “Bones 
aqtnelqoe’muX. Qoct, tkje/lak  tixela’x  itci’kikal. Tetjo’kti 
I was given to eat. Behold, dried salmon he ate it my husband. Good 
anXkjoa'ya — ite?’ Xampa.” Wax  igé’teukté, igaXa’ItXuitck, 
I go home: my town to.” Next day “it got day, she made herself ready, 
aqa oa’ Xkjoa. Igd’yam  wi'tcampa kja —_agai’qopa. 25(Q), 
then ae went ames she arrived her father at and her r mother at. Oe 
qanXgua' mit, tkjana/LkriX iqtnElqué’meEnittck. Ttci’kikal 
I was made unhappy, dried and broken I was always given to eat. My husband 
salmon bones 
aqa = tkjelak = aqtilqué“muX.” Aga  igaxd’kcit igaxrmi’sa-it. 
then dried salmon he was given to eat.” Then “she slept ‘she was ashamed, 
REE <a ey eee aie aie pee A . 
Qui/‘nemiX igo qoya, aga igaxa iktqoTX, wi quinemiX igod/qoya 
Five her sleeps, then she turned over, again five Tre -r sleeps 
@'wa @natiX Lea’qaketaq. Aqa igaxn’latck. Noe tkjop, nuct 
thus on the her head. Then she arose. At once white, not 
other side 
LB/gaqcd @wa @/nata itca’qjaqcta. Kana’mtemaX noi kja Le’/gaqcd. 
her hair thus one side her head. Both sides atonce no her hair, 
Aqa iga’/ktexem. Aga ttga itn’/xdéx. ILd'La-it Ltga. Qoii/nem 
Then ©" she s sang. Then snow it became. It was snow. Five 
Lki/etax iLd'La-it Ltga. Tkto1Xam_ tqjulipXund’yu:  * Ai/aq 
days was snow. She said to them youths: “Quick 
amsgite’mam ma’tniX yaXi iteortthc. QoiilnrmiX Liq amexd’xoa 
take to the water that dip net Five times to and fro do 
gipa’ ma’tntX.” Aqa iga’ktexam. Iqamid/itx igiyux. Agqa itel’ga 
there seaward.” THe on she sang her con- Iqamia/itx she made, Then they 
jurer’s song. went 
ta-itei tqjulfpXuna’yu. Qoii’nemiX aq itgi/yux ita/xenim. Aqa 
those youths. Five times to and they did it their canoe, Then 
fro 
pal ig@’x6x itxk/na. Itxe’gela-tx. Aqa itgiupjé’yaLx iLxw’/na 
ull it became smelts. They landed. Then they gathered smelts 
gina’ lXam. Pa’Lemax igd/xoax tea’qrémax. Aga itce/lpo-ix. Aqa 
she people of Full became their houses. Then frozen. Then 
the town. 
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