BOAS] KATHLAMET TEXTS 199 
youth said: *‘ Let us go ashore.” That youth went ashore. There 
were six people in Pé’Lper’s canoe. He took hold of the thwarts 
and right away the canoe broke. ‘* Behold, indeed, you bathed, pre- 
paring against me.” ‘* Indeed, I bathed, preparing against you,” said 
that youth. He took Pé’Lper at his clavicles. He moved his hands 
and tore a hole in his chest. He pushed Pé’Lpet and he fell on his 
back into the water. ‘Treat me softly, younger brother,” said 
Pe’tpet. But the youth said to him: ‘Rise! Why do you walk 
that way?” He took hold of him just a little and broke his bones. 
Petpet said: ‘*Oh, let me alone, I am poor.” The two youths put 
the sturgeon into their canoe and went home. Pé’Lpen was put into 
his canoe. He was dead. They went home and carried him to his 
house. They landed at his town. Pé’Lper was lost. His companions 
went up. They told Pé’tpet’s mother: ‘*Go down to the beach. 
Your son brings your gill net. Make a coat.” The old woman went 
ina’gon. Nau’i ka’nauwe Lex igé’xdx ia’k"eXa ya'Xi_ ina’gon. 
the stur- At once all broken it became its mouth that sturgeon. 
geon, 
Ige’k‘im ya’ Xi iqju'lipX: ‘ixe'leuX txé’gela-TX.” Texé’gela-7X 
He said that youth: ** Ashore we will land.” They two landed 
LXE/leu. Taqn’lutx ya’ Xi iq; wlipX. La’kjatxamike La-itci Pe’Lpen. 
ashore. Hewentashore that youth. Six meninhiscanoe those Pé’/LpeL. 
Itce’grlga ya’ Xi itsjiqnqoa’ma ya'Xi ina’/Xanim. Nau’'i tsjEx 
He took them those thwarts that his canoe. At once split 
ig@’xOx ya'Xi ike/nim. ‘‘O, a’qanuwé, Lj gi! imxangE’lqoat.” 
it was that canoe. ‘Oh; indeed, behold you bathed against me.’ 
this one! 
‘“Jaxamgr'lqoat,  a’qanwé, —iaxamgn’Iqoat,” —sigé’k*tm_ —sya’ Xi 
““T bathed against you, indeed, I bathed against you,” he said that 
iqiwlipX. Ige’grlga Pé/Lpet gipa’tix:.  E’wa_ itef’tux ta’ Xi 
youth, He was taken Pé/LpeL here. Thus hemadethem those 
te’vakei; nau’i =Lxoa’pLxoap  igé’xdx_— gipa’tix’ _ tel'yatckjunpa. 
his hands; at once holes were here his clavicles at. 
Iqid’samit Pe’Tper, nau’i iurjuwa’ekoXuit Lteu’'qoapa. — ** Lawa’ 
He was pushed Pe’/LpeL, at once he fell back so that he sat the water in. “Basy 
a’koa meno’xoa, a’we!” Tqid'/Xam Pe'tper: **Mn’tXuit. Qa’tsqé 
thus do me, younger He was told Pé’/LpeL: “Stand up. Why 
brother!” 
a’koa mx0'la?” No’yjiX igé@’gElea, iguXoala’Xit — té’yaqjoteo 
thus you talk?” A little he was taken, they broke on both his bones 
sides 
Petpet. Ige’kim: ‘‘Ia’c nn’xa, tgn’giutgoax.”  Tegiakxa’ema 
Pé/LpeL. ‘He said: “Let do me, Tam poor.”’ They two put it into 
alone ‘ . the canoe 
icta’naqon. Ici’ Xkjoa cta’Xi eqjulipX. A’qa iqiaqxa’ema Pe’Lper, 
their two selves’ They two those two two youths. Then he was put into Pé/LpeL, 
sturgeon. went home the canoe 
id’meEqt. A’qa ILE’ Xkjoa. Iqé@’yukt té’yaqupa. I xé’gela-TX 
he was dead. Then they wenthome. He was carried his house to. They landed 
gi iLa’|Xampa. Iqiona’xtatck Peé’Lper. Ino’ptck: gita’ceéwal. 
this their town at. He was lost Pé’LpeL. They went up being companions. 
IqolXam wa’yaq Pé@ipet: ‘A’yaq = me’Lxa,”  iqd/lXam. 
She was told his mother Pé’LpeL: “Quick go down to the she was told. 
water,” 
“Akjpn’nXaté itcamé@’Lam imé’xan; aqj;é’Lxap amd’ Xoa.” lod’ Lxa 
‘ oa) => 
“A gill net he brings you your son; a coat you will make She went 
bey down to the 
water 
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