Boas] KATHLAMET TEXTS 125 
went on. After she had gone some distance, her stomach ached again 
and she was compelled to defecate. She defecated and there lay 
another skin rope. Again she tied it to a tree and went around it. 
She said again: ** Wa’Lotep he'latep, wa’Lotep he'latep.” She was 
tired. Behold, she had pulled out the whole rope. Then she went 
on pursuing them. She went a long distance, and her stomach ached 
again. Something very hard came out and pierced her body. She 
defecated and out came the antlers. They came out with great dift- 
culty. She went some distance, and her stomach ached again. She 
was compelled to defecate and the other antlers came out. She was 
almost dead before the second pair of antlers came out. Then she pur- 
sued the children and came to a creek. There the crane was standing 
near the water. ** Younger brother, take me across,” she said to the 
erane. She said thus often. Then the crane stretched his legs across 
the water. At one point his leg was narrow. He said to her: ** Don’t 
be afraid, else you might fall into the water.” Now she came across 
KelatX igd’yam. Aga wit’ax itea’teqem iyaxen’lux. LeEtsja’tsja 
Far she arrived. Then again her sickness came to be Desiring to 
on her. defecate 
ive’ kuX. Wit'ax ik1o’tsjatsja. Aqa wi iyuké’x‘it yaXi 
was on her. Again she defecated. Then again (arope) lay there that 
itja’laqema. Wis kjau_—igid’koax — tr/mqodpa. Aqa — wit’ax 
thong. Again tie she did it a tree to. Then again 
igoxoana’nukitck taXi te’mqd. Witax iga’xdx: ‘* Wa’Lotrp, 
she went around it often that tree. Again she made: “Wa/LotEp, 
helatep; wa’Lotep, hé’latep.” Till iga’x6x aqa wi igixn’LXom. 
hé/latEp; Wa/LOtEp, hé’latep Tired shebeeame and again — she finished it. 
Aqa wi igd’ya, ign’Luwa. KelatX igd’ya. Aqa ia’tcqem 
Then again she went, she pursued Far she went. Then its sickness 
them. 
igixE’l6x itca’wan. A’koapoO La’/xLax nixd’xoax ya’ Xi ta’/nki 
came to be her belly. Nearly come out did that some- 
on it thing 
qea-eqjEIqjEl. — Iko’tsjatsja; Lax iLi’xéx aqa Lqpn’tcam. Qala’ 
very hard. She defecated; come did then antlers. Hardly 
out 
teXua Lag? iLa’x6x. No’LjixX noix,. aga wi ia/teqem 
then come they did. A little she went, then again its sickness 
out 
nixelo’xoax itea’wan. Aqa wi ikvo’tsjatsjax, aqa wi Lgon 
came to be on it her belly. Then again she defecated, then again other 
Lqk’team Lax qaLxo’xoax. A’koapo igo/mayt, teXua iLxE’LXom 
antlers come they did. Nearly she died, then they were 
out finished 
LaXi iqe’team. Aqa wi ign/Luwa. Ig6d/yam ya'Xi é’qat. 
those antlers. Then again she pursued She arrived at that creek. 
them. 
TaXtXuii'la — iqoa’eqoac : + \’owe, wax amEn0d/xua  6’wa 
He was standing the crane: “Younger take do me thus 
near the water brother, acTOSS 
kjanaté’toL,”  igid’ Xam — iqoa’cqoae. A’/XuéeiX —igid'] Xam. 
other side,” she said to him the crane. Often she said to him. 
Aqa_ itsr’sukté @/nat  ia’qo-it. YaXi’pa  qasixts]@’Lxakuitx. 
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Then he stretched out _ this side his leg. Here it grew narrow. 
Iteco1Xam: ‘Niet Livexanqt amxalé’matxa.” ITga’ekate yaXi 
He said to her: “Not afraid to fall you fall into the water,” She crossed on that 
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