ae? ees 
TALES 
TrA’PEXOACXOAC (told 1890) 
There was a maiden. Now a chief bought a wife and he took her. 
She did not like him. She had a bitch which always slept with her. 
Wherever she went she carried that dog. She always gave her good 
food. Her dog was fat. One day she forgot her. Then her husband 
said: ** Quick, kill that bitch.” Now her husband’s brothers killed the 
bitch. They singed her and boiled her. Her fat was two fingers 
thick. Now the dog was put aside. Now she came home. In the 
evening when she came home her sister-in-law said: ‘* Your brother- 
in-law killed that seal. They saved this for you.” Then she cut the fat 
and ate it. She ate another piece. She ate five pieces. Now she 
became qualmish. She threw it aside. ‘*Oh, maybe they gave me 
my dog to eat.” 
A’qa e@Xa’t afa’tjau. A’qa itcd/mela ictaé’muX; a’qa ited’ecgam. 
Then one maiden. Then he Donent a chief; then he took ] her. 
ner 
Niet tai jix igi’yux. A’ga gua’nesum aga’kjotkot qacqiqd’yo Xuftx. 
Not ke she did him. Then always her nite h they two slépt together. 
Qa’mta nox gua’nesum agd/kix aga’ kjotkot. Gua'nesum itjd’kti 
Where she went always she carrie d her her bitch. Always good 
iLxn’lem agialqo’emuX aga’kjotkot. A’qa aga’pXeleu aga’k;otkot. 
gialq ga kj | i 
food she gave it to eat to her her bitch. Then her fat “he >r bitch. 
A’qa iga’elalakuit. A’qa ige’kim  itca’kikal: ‘* Ai’aq amego’waq 
Then “she forgot her. Then ‘he said her husband: “Quick kill her 
aga’kjotkot.” A’qa_ ~—s ingd’waq = Lid’/wuXike  ited/kikal.  A’qa 
her Ditch a Then they killed her his brothers her husband. Then 
ipgaxLe'lam. Lit aqa ive’koteXem. Moéket tkei aga’pXeleu. 
they singed her. Long then they boiled her. Two fingers her fat. 
A’'qa igage'lotk aga’kjotkot. A’qa igaXatkjoa’mam. Tsd’yust?X 
Then itwas put aside her bitch. Then she came home. In the evening 
igaXatkjoa’mam. <A’qa igd’|Xam aga’tom: ‘* Ageé’sgoax ited'waq; 
~ she came home. Then  shesaid to her her sister-in- A seal he killed it; 
law: 
ime’potexan iteo’waq. Tau'wax igqamgr’lotk.” Lqjop  igi’yuX 
your brother-in- he killed it. This was put aside for Cut she ‘did it 
law you.” 
itca’pXeleu. Ige’wilq]. Igd’n wi @Xt ige’wilq;. Qoiéi’neEma Lq!op 
its fat. She ate it. Anothe r also. one ‘she ate it. Five cuts 
ig@’wilqj. A’qa @mgodlk1 itcd’xoa. A’ga ia’e igi’yux. ‘‘O, 
she ate them. Then qualmishness did her. Then let she did it. “Oh, 
alone 
LXuan tau agr’kj6tkot iqann’lqoeém.” 
maybe this my bite h was given to me to eat.” 
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