Boas] KATHLAMET TEXTS (al 
Then the people descended. The Skate was still above. Then [Blue- 
jay] cut the rope and the sky sprang back. Part of the people 
were still above. They became stars. [Therefore] all kinds of things 
are [in the sky|—the Woodpecker, the Fisher, the Skate, the Elk, and 
the Deer. Many things are there. Only the youngest Southwest 
wind is alive nowadays. 
ta-iteci télXam. Gopa’ ike’x é@aiai’yu ca’xaliX. Aga Lqjup 
those people. There was the skate above. Then eut 
itc’yuX yaXi ia/Lan igod’cax. Hyuta'taXit sa’xaliX ig0’cax. 
he did it that its rope the sky. It sprang up the sky. 
Gopa’ aqa’watike té1Xam ca’xaliX. Godpa’ tqje@Xa’nap igd’xoax 
There part of them the people above. There stars they became 
axalfX. Gopa’ ka’nauwe  ta’nki: intiawi’ct ca’xaliX;  gopa’ 
above. There all things: the woodpecker above; there 
éqate’'tiX ca’xalfX; @aiai’ya godpa’ ca’xaliX; imo’lak gopa’ ca’xaliX; 
the fisher above; the skate there above; the elk there above; 
éma’cen gopa’ ca/xalfX. Lea’pEla ta nemax ca’xaliX. Gopa’ aqa 
the deer there above. Many things above. There then 
iXa’tka ika’qamtk te’kotc?X; ia’ema ixgw’sqax. 
one only southwest wind nowadays; he only the youngest one. 
