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Boas] KATHLAMET TEXTS 145 
struck his backside. He went and eried: ‘‘Oh, my grandmother 
struck me and broke my backbone.” 
He went a long way and met some boys. The Raccoon was crying. 
**Oh, Raccoon, come! We are playing ball.” Those boys were playing 
at ball. Raccoon said: ** Logs, logs, logs, strike you ——”  **Qo’q, 
Raccoon. You thief. Why do you cry?” Raccoon went on. Again 
he came to some boys. Hecried. Again they shouted: ‘t‘Oh, Raccoon, 
come, come! Weare playing ball. He replied the same: *t Logs, logs, 
logs, strike you 
Then Raccoon went on. He went some distance and looked up. 
There he suw a hawthorn. He climbed it. Then his grandmother 
followed him. She said: ‘*Grandchild, my grandchild is going to take 
a young deer for me.” Then a stick broke: ‘‘Is that you, grand- 
child?” she said. Raccoon was climbing about in the tree. Then he 
saw his grandmother. Then she came to him and looked up. There 
inata’t. To’qulqt 10/ya: ** Aoakji/2c igné’2wax  Le/2kLEk 
raccoon. He criec he went: ““My grandmother sh he struck me broken 
itce’Yoal ita’2e.’ 
my back- iss 
bone 
KelatX id’ya. Agqa iogoa’qoam tqa’totentke. 16 ‘quigt iLata’t. 
Far he went. Then he reached them boys. He criec raccoon. 
“A winata’t! Mr’te. Wa’layo alxcga’ma.” Wa’kjalkal oxoacer’lit 
“Ah, raccoon! Come. Ball” we ple uy.”? Ball they were 
playing 
ta-itci tqa’totentke.  Ige’kim  inata’t: ‘* Trnux teja — me/cam 
those boys. He said raccoon: “These then you 
LEMuqcEMma’emax LEMCNii'ltciL tejB na’mexélayu'tejkoax.” ** Qo2q 
logs you often strike (?) x “Qoq 
yourselves 
witata’t! Mai’ka ime’qalpas, kja mixn’qalqt.” Aqa wi id’ya 
raccoon! You you thiet and you cry.” Then again he 
went 
inata’t. Wi't’ax ingoa’qoam tqa’totenike. 16’quiqt inata’t. Wi't’ax 
raccoon. Again he reached them boys. He cried raceoon. Again 
iqigé’loma: ‘‘A winata’t wa/layo alxcga’ma.” Kjoanqii’ wi't’ax 
he was called: “Ah, raccoon ball we play.” Just so again 
ige’kim. ‘‘Tenux teja meé/cam LEmMuqceEma’emax Lemme Nii'ltcin 
“he said. “ These then you logs you often strike 
yourselves 
tejye na’mexélayu’ tej koax.’ 
(2) 
Aqa wi i0’ya ibata’t. Qa’ xpaLq 10’yam, ige’kiket ca’/xaliX, a’qa 
Then again he raccoon. Somewhere he arrived, he looked up, then 
went 
pac wu’ Ni asela’wa ca’xalfX. Toqoe’wulXt inata’t. A’qa ige’wa 
full those haws above. He climbed up raccoon. Then — she pur- 
sued him 
aya/kjec. Imgd’ya aya’kjec, ige’wa. ‘‘Ga'yo witcn’kian, aqjée’xcap 
his grand- She went his grand- she pur- “Grandson, my grandson, fawn 
mother, mother, sued him, 
iteané’tan witen/kian.” Liiq nixd’xoax @’mqo. ‘Mai’ka tei 
he catches it my grandson.” Break did a stick. “You {int. 
for me part.] 
gi’yo?” nagé’mx. ITgayukjoaLxe’goax ixata’t. Aga ited’qrikerl 
gre indson?”’ she said. ~ Hee limbed about raccoon. Then he saw her 
aya'kjec. Aga igd’qoam aya’kjec. IToa’kiket @wa  ca’xalfX, 
his grand- Then she reached his grand- She looked there up, 
mother. him mother. 
B. A. E., Butt. 26—01——10 
