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up. Then the women and the children ate the meat. Blue-jay’s 
children untied their bundle. Then they saw that it was rotten wood. 
Blue-jay became angry: ‘‘They ate all the food and tied up rotten 
wood. They fooled me.” That is the story; to-morrow we shall have 
good weather. 
ta-ftei ta’ qoq. Iteia’owit ia’qdq ige/sqés_ yaXi = qf Xkje’niak. 
these children, Hegaveitto hischildren  blue-jay that bundle. 
Iten’ptegam ta-itei tqa’totenike. Itoxoé’/mux aqa taXi tqré’] Xam 
They came up those boys. They ate now that meat 
ka tp’nemcke ka tqa’totenike. StuX" itgi’yux igé’sqés ia’qd 
and women and boys. Untie they did it lue-jay his chil- 
dren 
yaXi qixkjé’niak"t. Aga a’lemlem. Kala‘lkuilé ige’x6x igé’sqés: 
that bundle. Then rotten wood. Angry ecame blue-jay: 
“Iqtmnxa/owilq] gi tqié’1 Xam aqa Lq~ iqakjé’niakoa a’/lemlem. 
“Tt was eaten fromme _ this meat then maybe it was tied up rotten wood. 
IqinXenemo’tXemtck.” Kjané’kjane’; o’la  asa-igii’p. 
I have been fooled.” The story; to-mor- good weather. 
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