BOAS] KATHLAMET TEXTS 148 
am hungry.” ‘*Do you want dewberries?” ‘*They are bad.” She 
offered him all kinds of berries. Then his grandmother said: ‘* What 
do you want? Do you want nuts?” *‘*They are bad.” Now she had 
offered him all the food they had in their house. ‘‘Do you want 
acorns?” she said. Then the Raccoon said: ‘‘All right.” She gaye 
him his small canoe: ‘* Quick, go down, fill your small canoe and then 
come up, but close the cache well.” She had five caches of acorns. 
The Raccoon went downand opened one of thecaches. Then heateallthe 
contents of the cache. He opened another one and ate its contents. He 
emptied two caches. He opened one more and emptied it. He ate all 
that was in it. He opened the fourth one. He had emptied half of 
it when the Crow came down to the water. She saw him. ‘Raccoon 
is stealing!” Then Raccoon said: ‘*Come, come, I will give you some of 
it.” Thus he spoke to the Crow. She went and he gave her food, 
a’kemuke.” ‘Tr’gackj"~. A’kjec  wald’.” ‘‘Tecu’xoa agod’we, 
blackberries.” “They are bad. Grand- hunger.” “Well dewber- 
mother ries(?), 
aXicaqt agd’we?” ‘*Tr’eackj"L.” Ka’nauwe ta’ Xi teta’qoxoémax. 
dry dewberries?”’ “They are bad.” All those their fruits. 
Agio'lXam aya’kjec: ‘*Ta’ntx imelgoa’x? Teu'xoa  tr’qxola?” 
She said to him his grand- “What maybe do you want? Well nuts?”’ 
mother: 
**Tn/gackjL.” Jguxoa/LXum tcta’LxElema’emax teéqu’LiX. 
“They are bad.” She finished it their food in the house. 
*“Tco'xoa akja/nauwe imelgoa’x?” Ioe’kim inata’t: “SA, ya’ Xka, 
“Well acorns do you want?” He said raccoon: sAh* that, 
ya’Xka.” Ikse’lot aya’kjec sia’xanim: ‘‘Ai’aq amer’LXa. 
that.” She gave it his grand- his toy canoe: “Quick go down to the 
to him mother water. 
Amaseélo’tga pan sta’Xi sme’Xanim. A’qa ame’tptcga. Tyaya’ 
Put them into it full that your toy canoe. Then come up. Good 
amxpua’ya ya’ Xi ikjua’yatk.”  Quinkma _ tga’kj uayatekmax 
close it that cache.” Five her caches 
tkja’nauwé. J0’txa inata’t. Itcixn/laquq EXt  icta’kjuayatk. 
acorns, He went raccoon, He opened it one their cache. 
down 
Itci’t6x Lkoa'p, Lkoa’p, Lkoa’p, Lkoa’p. Itixe’/lemuX.  Itcid’L.Xom 
He did (noise of chewing acorns). He ate them. He finished it 
eXt ikjoa’yatk. Igd'n eXt itcixr’laquq. Ttci’tox 
one cache. Another one he opened it. He did 
Lkoa’p,  Lkoa’p, Lkoa’p,  vkoa’p. Moket — tkjuaya’tenmax 
(noise ot chewing acorns). Two caches 
itcto’'LXom. Igd’n eXt itcixn’laqnq ikjua’yatk ina’Lon.  Itcf’tdx 
hefinishedthem. Another one he opened it a cache the third He did 
one, 
Lkoa’p, Lkoa’p, Lkoa’p, tkoa’p. ItciduXom ira’ton. — Ina/lakt 
(noise of chewing acorns). He finished it the third The fourth 
one, one 
itcixE’laqiug. Kr'teak ig@’x6x ya’Xi ikjua’yatk. A’qa_ igd’/ya 
gLq 3 | 4 s 
he opened it. Half ‘became that cache. Then she went 
Lteu’qoa atja’ntsa. Igée’qrlkel: ‘* Aligo’Xtga wixata’t,” igid’ Xam. 
the water the crow. She saw him: “ He is stealing raccoon,” she said to him. 
Ige’kim inata’t: ‘‘Me’te, mx’/té, ayamerlqoé’ma, ayamelqoe’ma.” 
e said raccoon: “Come, come, I will give you to eat, I will give you to eat.” 
Itco’|Xam wu'Xi atja’ntsa. Igod’ya atja’ntsa. Itea’lqo-im; ta’ema 
He said to her that crow. She went the crow. He gave her to eat; only 
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