THE CoprEeR IS SPEARED (TOLD 1894) 
There were many people. Their chief had two children—two girls. 
All the year round they went hunting a thing that was on the water. 
That thing was far out at sea. It shone like the sun. The people 
came together and tried to shoot it, but they could not hit it. They 
did so all the year round. Their best marksmen tried to hit it, but 
they could not hit it. Then the people gave it up. 
One day these girls said: ‘* Let us take our father’s arrows secretly.” 
Thus said the younger one. The elder one did not reply. She spoke 
to her five times. All day long they were digging potentilla roots. 
The people came together and always tried to shoot that something. 
The girls took secretly the bow and arrows and the harpoon shaft. 
They tied their hair here on the forehead. 
Ewa Xo'Mir AQLE/ITQCR 
COPPER IS SPEARED 
Oxoela’et?X ta-itci téT Xam. Cmdket cia’/Xan yaXi ira’Xakjemana 
There were those people. Two his children that their chief 
sqagé'lak. Ka’nauwe Lqeta‘kemaX  aqiXerluwa’lalema-itx yaXi 
girls. All years they always went to hunt that 
ta’nki Ltew’qoapa. Ma’tniX @’matpa, La/xantX 6/xoax yaXNi ta’nki. 
some- water on. At sea sea on, outside it was that some- 
thing thing. 
Liv’k"tjOmax Wa aqani’xti. Ke’nuwa nuXua’qoaxt tél Xam, ke/nuwa 
Shining like the sun. Try they assembled the people, try 
tia’maq aqtilo’xoax, nict qantsi’x ia’maq aqeld’xoax. Ka’nauwé 
shooting it it was done, never hit y it was. All 
Lqéta’ kemaX ke’nuwa nuxoa’qoax gia’taxanjé, ké’nuwa_ tia’maq 
years try they assembled the best are hers, try hit 
aqtelo’xoax. Né2ct qantsi’x ia’maq agelo’xoax. Te’menua nuxoa’/xax 
they did it. Neyer hit it was. Give up they did 
te’lXam. Qaqriqane’oua aqa qacge’mx  sta’Xi- sqagé@’/lak  staXi 
the people. One day then they spoke those women those 
sha’tjau: **Qoée qatxktuta’mitx tia’qamatex @’txam,” nagé’mx wuX 
virgins: “Must we take away his arrows our father’s,” she said that 
axgr’sqax. Nii2et aktaxuwa’tckuax wuX a’galXt.  Qoii/nemiX 
younger one. Not she answered that elder sister. Five times 
agolXa’mx. Ka’nauwée Lki’etax qavcoli’lepta-itx ikjena’tan. Aca 
“she spoke. All days they always gathered _ potentilla roots. Then 
Wi noXua’qoax té’1Xam. Aqa wi aqiXeluwa’lalemX yaXi ta’nki. 
again assembled the people. Then again they went to hunt that some- 
thing. 
Qarkeota’mitx Lprjike’ kja tqa’matex kja ited’nq qacgiuta’mitx. 
They took away the bow and the arrows and the harpoon they took them 
away from him, 
Kjau zkiau qaLkco’xoax Li’ctaqcd gipa’tiX acta’tepuXpa. 
they did it their hair ere their foreheads on. 
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