BOAS] KATHLAMET TEXTS dita 
not see anything, only your great-grandfather, the rabbit.” **Those 
are my great-grandfathers,” said Mink to his elder brother. 
**Quick, quick, go!” said the Panther. Mink was angry. He was 
lazy, and he was told several times to go. Then he went. He 
struck the spruce trees. Now a buck came out. Then Mink shouted: 
‘*There it goes! it has antlers, it jumps.” His elder brother looked, 
and, indeed, a male deer was coming. He shot it and it fell down. 
They cut it and its stomach was very fat. They cut it and Mink 
received some fat. Now he ate much. They roasted the deer antlers 
over the fire and the Panther ate them. Mink looked at his elder 
brother. His hands were full of grease. He thought: ‘* He is eating 
all the grease.” He said: ** He gave me all the dry parts to eat.” Then 
the Panther gave him the antlers. He tried to eat them, but he could 
not do it, and threw them away. He said: ‘*‘ He gave me something 
very tough to eat.” 
It got might, and it was very clear weather. Mink had eaten enough. 
nict tan — iné’qelkel. la’ema = ime’tejeEmax — ikana Xmp/né.” 
not anything I saw it. Only your great-grand- the rabbit.” 
father 
**Tia’tej]Emaxniana taya’x,” itcid’| Xam @’yal Xt ik6d’sa-ft. 
“His great-grandfathers those,” he said to him his elder mink. 
brother 
~Aj’aq, al’aq aml’ya!” iqid’lXam iko’sa-it. IRgiXn/tXaq iko’sa-it. 
“Quick, quick go!” he was told mink. He became angry mink. 
Inéx qjam. Qa’watiX iqio'l Xam, koalé’we id’ya. “ja qujaq ite? tdx 
He was lazy. Several times he was told, only then. he went. Strike he did 
them 
taXi tema’ktcXemax. Aqa id’ya @/kala ema’cen. Aga ixr’lqamx 
those spruce trees. Then he went the male deer. Then he shouted 
iko’sa-it: “‘Aqa yaXi iditta’! Lia’qtcam; itsOpEna’na.” Tgé/kfket 
mink: “Now thatone iscoming! It has antlers; it jumps.” He looked 
e'yalXt. A’qanuwe e’kala ema’cren ite’t. Ta’maq itce’l6x ac kopii’ 
his elder Indeed a male deer came, Shoot hedidit and there 
brother. 
igixé’maNit. Icge’yuxc, ac qjEeqjec aya’pXeleu é'yamxtecpa. 
it lay. They cut it and dry its fat its stomach at. 
Aqa — icgi’yuxe; iqa-ilqoé’mnittck apXw’leu — iko’sa-tt. = Aqa 
Then they cut it; he was given food grease mink. Then 
igixLxn’lemitck iko’sa-it. Lja/Lja iteL6x LaXi Lia/qteam ema’crn. 
he ate mink, Roasted he made those its antlers the deer. 
over the fire them 
Inixe’/lemux yaXi ikjoayawa’.  Itel’yuket yaXi @/yal Xt iko’sa-it. 
He ate it ~ that panther. He saw it that his elder mink, 
brother 
Pan xqa’tceau taXi té’yakci. Ta’ema Lea’qateau tixela’x. Ige’kfm 
Full fat that his hands. Only its fat he ate it. He said 
ik0’sa-ft: ‘‘ Naika itcink’lqoGém acaéqjr’cqjne.” Iqrie lot ikd’sa-it 
mink: “Me he gave me to eat too dry.” He was given mink 
LaXi Lqp’tcam. Ke’nuwa = itxe/lemux. Lax  ttekia’koa-it. 
those antlers. Try he ate it. He could not do it. 
Iterxe’ma. **Ta’/nki itcink/lqoim aca-iqjn’lgjEl.” 
He threw it “Something he gave me to too hard,” 
away. eat 
Igo’ponrm. luqjoa’lak; teme’m iuqjoa’lak. I06’qeti aqa ik6d’sa-it. 
It got dark. It was clear clean it was clear He was then mink, 
weather; weather. satiated 
