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came out of it. The person searched and found the woman. He 
said: ‘Oh, my wife. Let us go home.” So the Owl found her first. 
She did not know him. Then he brought her to the house. The 
house was full of meat and grease. The grease on the one side of 
the house was all white. There at the end of the house the Ow] was 
staying. The grease there was all green. It was the grease taken 
from the intestines. The Owl went to the end of the house and said: 
‘*T will take the grease of the man who is working for me,” and gave 
it to the woman. She ate it, and after she had finished he hid her, 
In the evening his chief came. The Owl had been there for a long 
time. The Panther carried one elk and said to the Owl: ‘‘ Carry 
our elk into the house.” The Owl brought it, and then they cut it. 
The Panther was going to give him grease, but he did not take it all. 
He only took some dung and a little fat. It became night. In the 
morning the Owls abet made himself ready and went to hunt elks. 
Naui wax La’qauwilqt; qavkje’naxtx LaXi Lgoare’lX. Aqa 
Atonce flowed blood; he searched that person. Then 
out 
qatgucga’mx: ‘‘O, agn’kikal 1j tawa’x. A’yaq atXkjoa’ya.” 
he found her: “Oh, my wife behold that. Quick let us go home.” 
Lgost, ika’oXad yaXi igiucga’mX ia’néwa. Igixn’teluxt, nieqé@ 
Behold, the owl that She found him first. She did not know not at 
him, all 
@iukul. Aga itcd’kia te’ctaqupa. Pa2n Lqole’max taXi te’ctaqy, 
he was Then hetook her their house to, Full meat that their house, 
known to 
her. 
pau apXw'leu. E’wa taXi tw’nat tqu’Le tkjop wuXi apXe’léu, 
full grease. Thus that oneside thehouse white that grease, 
éwa gugua/olix’, e’wa yaXi ika/oXao qa io’Xt, qa ptcixX 
thus at tine end of the thus that owl where he was, there green 
house, 
ka’nauwe wuXi apXe'leu. Ka’nauwe  tqjn’mcuke ata’pXzeleu. 
all that grease. All intestines their grease. 
To'ya e’wa gugua’oliX yaXi ika’oXao. Ige’kim: *‘Anaéxga’lemama 
Hewent there e end of the house that owl. He said: ‘I will go to take it 
itci’xeyal aya’pxeleu. Iteange’watqamit wuXi aqage’lak. Ina’ Xonq 
my working- grease. Fe fed her that woman. She finished 
man 
igaxLxp’lemiteck aga itco’peut. Tsd/yustiX = igi Xkjoa’mam 
F eating then he hid her. In the evening he came home 
ia’Xakjemana. A’nqa 10’Xt ika’oXao. EXt imo’lak itcid’knam 
his chief. Already he was the owl. One elk he brought it 
there 
ikjoayawa’. Iqio’lXam  ika’oXao: ‘‘E’ckatq"tek —itxa’mdlak.” 
the panther. He was told the owl: “Carry into the house our elk.’’ 
Itcia’ckoq"tck ika’oXad. Li2, icgi’yuxe. Keé’nuwa igqa’elot wuXi 
He carried it into the owl, Some they “cut it. Try he wasgiven that 
the house time, 
apXw'leu. Ni2ct ka’nauwe itea’xoqtck. A’ema wuXi nor gi 
grease. Not all he took it. Only that little this 
tea’qexele, aema  itca’xoqtck wuXi apxp’léu. Igd’ponrm. 
its excrements, only he took that grevse. It got dark. 
Kawi’X igixn’ltXuitck ia/xakjemana ika’oXad. I6/ya, imd’lak 
Early he made himself ready his chief the owl. He went, elk 
