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He asked his elder brother: ‘‘ What is the name of the place where 
we sleep?” ‘‘It is forbidden to mention the name; it begins to rain 
when the name is uttered.” ‘‘Oh, tell me!” ‘* No, the name must not 
be mentioned in winter. It is forbidden to mention the name, else a 
long spell of rainy weather will come on.” Mink said: **Oh, whisper 
the name into my ear.” ‘‘I will tell you the name when we arrive at 
our next camp.” Mink said again: ‘‘Oh, whisper that name into my 
ear.” Then his elder brother told him in a low voice: ‘‘ The name of this 
lake is Ta’tx,”! and Mink said: ‘‘ That is good; now I know the name 
of this lake.” Now the Panther did not know where Mink had gone. 
Mink shouted: ‘‘Ta‘tx is the name of the lake, on the shores of 
which I and my brother are going to sleep; Ta’ix is its name.” He 
shouted as loud as he could. Then Mink’s brother was angry. ‘* Oh, 
that bad fellow! Quick, gather sticks, that we may sit on top of them!” 
He gathered sticks. He gathered many. He sat down on top of 
Itciugu’mtexdgoa e'yalXt: “Qa  ia’xléwix' q& atxoqd'ya?” 
He asked him his elder “How its name where we sleep?” 
brother: 
“Nict aqiupqena/xtX. Tega/kjérau. Imela’lkuilé  alixd’xoa.” 
“Not it is named. It is forbidden. A rainy spell it will be.”’ 
**Qa/txoa amxanelkté’tegoa.” ‘* Kja’ya nict aqiupqrna’xiX ma’nix 
“Must you tell me.” “No not it is named when 
tea’xelqliX kja qa ia’xeleu tayax ikakjo’LitiX. Tga/kjérau 
winter what its name that lake. It is forbidden 
aqiupqmna’x. Imelalkuilé = nixo’xoax,” ~—iqid’-Xam ___iko’sa-it. 
“it is named. A rainy spell it gets,” he was told mink, 
“Qa’txoa Lawa’ amiupqmna’ya.” ‘A’Lqi anxkie’tegoa; ange’ma 
“Must low voice you call it.” ‘Later on I shall tell you; I shall say 
yiXii’pa  into/qoya, — kjoaqii’ ia’xElewiX.” IN sa/osao 
there we'sleep, thus its name.” “Ah low voice 
amiupqEna’ya.” Aqa itcid’lXam é’yalXt: ‘‘Kja niet  tejpaq 
name it.” Then he said to him his elder “And not loud 
brother: 
amiupqrna’ya. Ta'ix ia’xeleu tayax ikakjd’nittX.”  Toe’kim 
you name it. Ta‘ix its name that lake.” ‘Te said 
iko’sa-It: ‘‘Qoa'L; iginlo’Xuix‘it ia’/xpleu tayax ikakjo’LitiX.” Aga 
mink: “All right I know it its name that lake.” Then 
igiuna’xtatck iko’sa-it. Itciuna’xnateck é’yalXt.  _Iga-ixn’lqemx 
he was lost mink, He lost him his elder He shouted 
brother. 
iko’sa-tt: ‘‘Ta’2ix ia’/xeleu ikakjO/LitiX antixqd’ya we'tcilXt. Ta’ix 
mink: Matix its name the lake we sleep my elder Ta/ix 
brother. 
ia’xEleu, Ta‘tx ia’xrleu.” Tejpak iga-ixn/Iqamx. IgiXn’LXaq 
its name, Ta/ix its name.” Loud he shouted. He grew angry 
@/yalXt iko’sa-ft: ‘“*N& yaXi’yaX ta’nki gia/mela! Ai’aq tgé’lkutq 
his elder mink’s: “Oh, this thing bad! Quick those to sit 
brother on 
tpj@’yaLx, Lea’prla te’mqod tpjé’yaLx.” Itetdpjé’yaLx yaXi é@’yal Xt 
gather them, many sticks gather them.” He gathered them that his elder 
brother 
ik0’sa-it; Lea'prla itetopie’ vanx. Ca’xalfX tgélkuiq  itixn’lux. 
mink; many he gathered them. High that to sit on became. 
1A Jake in the mountains near the head of Cowlitz river. 
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