BOAS] KATHLAMET TEXTS 105 
lost it. He did not see anyone. He went home. His elder brother 
spoke to him: ** Why did you insult your sister-in-law?” And Mink 
thought: ‘‘ He knows already what I said.” 
After a few days, Mink’s elder brother spoke: ** Let us go and see 
your sister-in-law. We are hungry.” On the following morning 
they went. After they had gone some time they met a person. He 
bathed to secure good luck in gambling. A tree lay over the water 
and he was sitting on its end. Mink said to his brother, the Panther: 
‘What do you think? I will push him and see if he will drown.” 
“Oh, let him alone, he will kill us.” His elder brother looked and 
Mink was already swimming toward that man. He carried his quiver 
under his arm. Now he reached him and pushed him three times. 
Then the man took him and threw him away. He fell down far away 
from that place. His elder brother searched for him and found him. 
He was dead. Then he took some water and blew on him. Mink 
raXi ieqjd’, kjem itciona’xnatck.  Niict itei/Lqrlkrl tgoare’lX. 
~ that dish, nothing he lost it. Not he saw a person. 
Ig@’Xkjoa. Itcid’ Xam @’yalXt: ‘*Qa’tsqé aga muielge’xkraleter 
He went home. He said to him his elder “Why then yon insulted them 
brother: 
LEMé’potexEnana/” IgixLo’xoa-it ikd’sa-it: “*A’nqa Lj itelo’xo-ix‘it 
your sisters-in-law ?”’ He thought mink: “Already, be- he knows it 
hold 
tauqa’tk ink’kim.” 
what I said.” 
Aqa'wattX  icto’qoya, igé@’kim eé’yal Xt iko’sa-ft:  **Atxo’ya. 
Several they slept, he said his elder mink: “Let us go. 
times brother 
Atxgo/ketam amé’potexan. O'la atxd’ya.” Wax ige’tcuktiX, 
We will go and see your sister-in-law. To-mor- we will go.” Nextday it became day, 
TOW 
kawi'X aga icto’ya. Qa’xpa tq feto’yam, ivked’ckam Lgoae’lX, 
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early then they went. Somewhere they arrived, they met him a person, 
inxqoa’tor. E’/Lukuma itxegelqoa’tor. Ta’gilxenqiX yaXi @’mqo; 
he washed him- Ithukum he washed to obtain a It lay with one end that tree; 
self to obtain a supernatural helper over the water 
supernatural for it. 
helper. 
kée'mkitiX vée’guxt. Ingnxria’tak"t: “‘Qa ime’Xagamit a’pXo, 
at the end he was sitting. He moyed his arms “How your mind elder 
playing itlukum. brother, 
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po inLo’/sEmit po Lilap iL0’ya! O, ia/c Lexa, LgoaLe]X 
if I push him if under he goes?” “Oh, let do him, the person 
water alone 
aLktxotée’na.” Ige’kiket @yalXt; aga yukjué’Xat  iko’sa-it. 
he will kill us.’’ Fre looked his elder already swam mink. 
brother ; 
Ieimela’t ia/q;étsxo. Itened’qoam LaXi tgoaLe’lX.  Ite.d’semit. 
5 ‘ =) 
He carried his quiver. He reached that person. He pushed him. 
under his arm 
LoniX itcd/semit. Ingé’grlga, ingéxé’ma. LjuX éyura’taXit. 
Three he pushed him. He took him, he threw him Falling “he fell down. 
times away. down 
KelatX  igixé’maXitam. Itciona’xtam = @’yalXt. ~~ _Iqiona’xtam 
= Py 
Far he came falling down. He searched for him lus ee He was searched 
rother. for 
ik0’sa-it. Iqid’egam —_ik6’sa-it. Jo’‘meqt. = Itci’LegElga — Lteu’qoa 
: > : OL 
mink. He was found mink. He was dead. He took it water 
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