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BOAS] KATHLAMET TEXTS 139 
they began to fight. First they tore their blankets. When they had 
torn the blankets, they tore their bodies, and they began to rise 
upward. They flew up to the sky, and the flesh began to fall down. 
Sometimes green flesh fell down. This the woman burned. When 
red flesh fell down, she kept it. Now they had torn all the flesh. 
Finally they tore their bones. When green bones fell down, the 
woman burned them. When white bones fell down, she kept them 
and put them into the basket. Then the intestines fell down. They 
looked just alike; some she burned, some she kept. Now she heard a 
noise of something falling down. The heads came down biting each 
other. Then she put a stick between them and tore them apart. She 
burned the Owl’s head. Now she went down to the water and threw 
the flesh and that head into the water. She went up again. She 
waited a little while, then she saw her husband, the Panther. He came 
up to her and said: ** Behold, you burned my intestines! These are 
the Owl’s intestines. Go to your brother-in-law, the Bear, and 
tell him to give you one-half of his intestines.” He gave them to her 
aqa icxE’Ikain. Ta’newa tcta’kjeté Le’xLex icgi’tox.  Ickto’LXum 
then _ they fought. First their blankets tear they did They finished 
them. them 
eta’kjeté. A’qa ya'Xi @ctarq. A’qga ictola’tckuiXit ca’xaliX. 
their blankets. Then those their bodies. Then they flew up high. 
Texé/lukeqoa’wulX igd’cax. A’qa itktXui/yutco te’ctarqul. Ana’ 
They flew up fighting the sky. Then fell down their flesh. Some- 
times 
ptcfX inqu’l qayuluktco’x, agixelgi’Lxax wu'Xi acta’kikal. Ma/nix 
green flesh fell down, she burned it that their wife. When 
Lpel inqu’l, agid’tgax. IguXua’LXum te’ctarqul. Aqa taxtjax 
red flesh, she kept it. It was finished their flesh. Then next 
tr’ctaqjotcd gayaluktco’x. PtcfX e’qjotco qayaxelgé’Lxax; ma/nix 
their bones fell down. Green bone she burned it; when 
tkjop e'giotco, agid’tkax wu'Xi- agi/tjak"spa. —_ _Itgn’luktcu 
white one, she kept it that her basket in. They fell down 
eta’gjameuke. Acuxué’kjateX ctaqjamceuke. TeXt  itaxe’lgiLx, 
their intestines. Looking alike their intestines. One she burnt it, 
teXt ign’totk. Ka oXt gem itea’Lk"tcuwa’mam cta’qiaqctaquke. 
one she keptit. When was noise they come falling down their heads. 
O'xoaqet ta’Xi tqja’qetaquke. E’mgqo igicxn’tjéqukua, aqa tejuX" 
They bit those their heads. A stick she stemmed between then broken 
each other them, apart 
igd’xoax ta’Xi tqja’qetaquke. JIaXw'lgitx ika’oXao ia’qjaqetaq. 
they were those heads. She burned it the owl his head. 
Too’txa ma’tniX. Wax ign’/t6x Ltcu’qoapa ta’ Xi tuqul ka ya’ Xi 
She went tothe water. Pourout she did water in that flesh and that 
down them 
iqja’qetag. Igd’ptega. No’vjiX  igd'La-it, ige’qrlkel itca’kikal 
head, She went up. A little while she stayed, she saw him her husband 
ikjoayawa’ @tptckt.  Taga’tqoam.  =Itco’l/Xam: = ** [temxe'lgitx 
the panther he came up. He reached her. He said to her: “You burnt them 
Ler’ qjamcuke, Lqoct! Ika@’oXad tata’X  tia’qjameuke. Ni’ Xua 
my intestines, behold! The owl those his intestines. Well 
amé’ya  iske/ntXoapa = @me’potexan. AmiulXa’ma — atctenlo’ta 
go the bear to your brother-in-law. Tell him he shall give 
them to me 
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