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the elder one shot. She nearly hit it. Then it came in sight again 
and the younger one shot. Trp! there stood her arrow. She had hit 
it. She said to her elder sister: *‘ Paddle!” and she paddled. They 
reached that thing; they speared it and put it into their canoe. The 
people tried to pursue them, but they left them all behind. They 
came down the river. 
Now all the people were sorry because the two youths got the better 
of them. Blue-jay said to his chief: ‘* Search for those two youths. 
Give them your children.” He replied to Blue-jay: ‘‘ Your advice is 
good.” Now all the people came home. They were all sorry because 
they were conquered. ‘*Where may those youths have come from 
who hit that strange thing?” When it turned one way, it looked red; 
then it looked green, then white. The girls had disappeared. In the 
evening they came home. They went to bed right away. In the 
morning Blue-jay went in. ‘* Le! These girls,” said Blue-jay. ‘See 
ige’xOx; ia’maq ig@’l6x wuX axgn’qung. Qjoa/4p ia’maq ige’lox. 
it became; shoot she didit that elder one. Nearly hit she did it. 
We'tjax Lax igé’xdx; ala/xtjax wuX axgeE’cqax ia/maq igé’lox. 
Again visible it became; afterward that younger one hit she did it. 
Trp iga-igd’/tXuit wuX aga/qamatcX wuX axgr’eqax. Igd'l/Xam 
Noise of it stood that her arrow that younger one. She said to 
hitting 
wuX agealXt: ‘‘Mkte’watck,” igd’lXam. Aqa  ikne’watck. 
that her elder sister: *“Paddle,”” she said to her, Then she paddled. 
Ictigo’qoam; aqa icgé’lkéqéq. Tegiaqxa’ema icta’/xanimpa. Ke’nuwé 
They reached it; then they speared it. They put it into their canoe into. Try 
the canoe 
iqr’cuwa; icto’qo-iqiq ka’nauweé ta-itci té1Xam. Ewa qa’eqamiX 
they were pur- they left them all those people. Then down the river 
sued; behind 
icto’ya. 
they went. 
O ka’nauwe ta-itci té1Xam nict itjd’kti ig@’x6x é@’tamxte. 
Oh all those people not good was their heart. 
Iqn’'torgq. Itcid’ Xam igé’sqés ia’ XakjEmana: *‘O amecona’xia ctaXi 
They were He said to him blue-jay to his chief: “Oh search for them those 
conquered. 
eqiwlipX. Amelo’ta emé’Xan.” Iqid/ Xam iqé’sqés: ‘* Qjoii’L yaXi 
youths. Give them your daughters.’’ He was told blue-jay: “Allright ~ that 
ime’kim.” TguXuakjoa’mam ka’nauwe ta-ftci té’1Xam. Lr’gaxax 
you say.” They came home all those people. Sorry 
ka’nauwe. Lb/gaxax igr’toxq, sxp'IkjateX iqe'toLq. **Qa’mtai2Lqa 
all. Sorry they were just as though they were “Whence 
conquered, conquered. 
itgate’mam ta-u tqjulipXuna’yuke ta-u ia/’maq itge/l6x ta-u— ta’nki 
~ came those youths who hit they didit that something 
itkjenuwa’-i?” Ana’ nikte’qoXwit-Xix, ana’ Lpil nixo’xoax, ana’ ptefx 
strange?’’ Some- it turned, some- red it was, some- green 
times times times 
nix0’/xoax, ana’ tkjOp nixd’xoax yaNi ta’nki. Kjaya’ cke’xax ctaXi 
it was, some- white it was that some- Nothing were those 
times thing. 
cha’tjau. Xa’piX aqa ickjoa/mam. Nii’wi ickika’yuXuit ctaXi 
virgins. In the then they came home, At once they went to bed those 
evening 
cha’/tjau. Kawi’ X id’pqam igé’sqés: ‘‘Lr, cgi cga’hatjau,” ige’kim 
virgins. Early he entered blue-jay: “Lr, these our virgins!” ‘he said 
