BOAS] KATHLAMET TEXTS 43 
how long they are sleeping. Certainly two men have been with them.” 
Thus he spoke to the chief’s daughters. The people talked together. 
They searched for those youths, but they did not find them. It grew 
dark. Then the girls brought to the house what they had caught. 
They placed it under their bed. They arose early. Their father 
was lying down. He was ashamed. He was wondering who might 
have hit that thing. His daughters went up to him. They had bathed 
and warmed themselves. The elder one said to her father: ‘* Arise!” 
Their father arose. They said to him: ‘*Go and bathe!” Then he 
went down to the water to bathe. He came back again. They said 
to their mother: ‘*Give us a large good mat.” They put the mat in 
the middle of the house. Then they took what they had caught and 
put it down in the middle of the house. There it was just like the 
sun. Blue-jay came in. He closed his eyes right away. That thing 
yas shining. ‘* IT thought so,” said Blue-jay; ‘‘ our chief’s daughters 
hit it.” He went out. ‘* Ah, don’t you notice, our chief’s daughters 
= a a = Be ats en ar ney nett wae eee axed 
ige’sqés. **Qe qr’cgulqulé tantxo Jée/le ieqe’witNit.” itced’|Xam 
blue-jay. WAG’ two women to therefore long they sleep,” he said to them 
whom two men 
went secretly 
ina’Xakjemana cia/xan. Io0d’/Xuitcu ta-ftei té1Xam. Qed/naXx 
their chief his daughters. They talked those people. They were 
together searched for 
ctaXi eqjulipX. Nést qiqco’cgam. Tg0’ponrm. Aqa tegiukoa’/Immam 
those youths. Not they were found. “It got dark. Then they brought to the 
house 
yaXi icta’kjetenax ctaXi cha’tjau. Icgi/yutk g@’kuala é@lXn'mé. 
that whatthey had shot those virgins. They placed it under’ the bed. 
Kawi X aga icxela’yutck. Yok"tk yaXi we’ctam; é@xn’m’as. 
Early then they arose. He was ly- that their father; he was 
ing down ashamed. 
Tkada’koax itctux6’la, qa’wa-ite ia’maq ite@’l6x yaXi ta’nki. 
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Thoughts he made, who hit they did it that something. 
Ici'tptckam cia’Xan.  Ctoqoa’tix’ iexeqoa/mit. Igid//Xam_ yaXi 
They went his daughters. They bathed, they warmed She said to him that 
inland themselves, 
we'tcam wux axgE’qunq: “* Mxer'latck.”  Igixn/lateck yaXi wé'ctam. 
her father that elder one: “ Arise.” He arose that _ their father, 
Tegio’| Xam: * MXkjoa’tam.” Aqa iyd/Lxa, —igixkjoa’tam. 
They said to him: “Go and bathe.” Then he went to he went to bathe. 
the water, 
Ige’tptegam. Tegd'1Xam_ wa'etaq: “‘E’Luk iqja’penX,  iai/qa-fh 
He came up. They said to her their mother: “ Give a mat, a large 
iqja’pEnX, gé@ itjo’kti iqja’ppnX.” ITqiora’maq ka'terk tqu’Lé yaXi 
mat, if good a@ mat.” It was put middle house ~ that 
iqja’pEnX, aqa Laq® icgi’yux yaNi icta’kjétenax. Tqexé’ma ka’terk 
mat, then out they took that what they had They placed it middle 
caught. 
tqu’Le. [a’4xka va aqara’x ia/lkuilé yaXi ta/nki. Ia’skupq yaXi 
ouse. That as sun like that something. He entered that 
igé’sgés. O, na’wi igisxpo’Xuit si/axdst. 1ia/ktomaX yaNi ta’nki. 
lue-jay. Oh, at once he closed his eyes. It was shining that some- 
thing. 
“ Kjoargé’ nxio’Xua-it,” ige’kim ig@’sq@s. **Sta’xka ilxa/Xakjemana 
“Thus I thought,” said blue-jay. pe Lhey, our chief 
s’aXan ia/maq icgé’/l6x.” [d’pa igé@’sqé@s: ‘* A nist tei imsa/xaxomit? 
his children shoot they didit.” Hewent blue-jay: “Ah not [int. do you notice? 
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