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is a trail which the people went down. ‘Then these elks were dried 
down below. 
Now there was a girl who was just mature. That year the 
Gita’unaLX went inland to hunt elks. The elks were driven down and 
forty were killed. Then that person turned aside, and the elks passed 
going up. The people went down to where the elks were and dried 
them. That girl was told not to go along to the prairie, where the 
roots were being gathered. It was forbidden. No girl who had just 
reached maturity went there. There are two caves in the rock, which 
are the town of the Thunderbird. There are bones of all kinds of 
animals. There are bones of whales, of sea-lions, and of all kinds of 
sea animals. Indeed, the women came to gather roots. That girl did 
not accompany them. The GiLa’unaLX stayed there a long time. One 
day a woman said to the girl: ‘* Weare going to dig roots. I went 
te’yaqjoteo. Akii’x ita’eXatk ta-ftci té’1Xam ya’ Xi qatukuitcd’Xpa, 
their bones. There is their road those people there where they g0 down on, 
kopa’ qateix‘ca’mitx g@/oualix*pa ya’ Xi imod’/lekumax. 
there they dry them below at those elks. 
A’qa nakjela’wulXemx wu’ XiaéXa’t aha’tjau. Igd’n EXt igé’taq 
Then she became mature that one maiden. Another one year 
wit’ax qatgp’ptcgax Gira’unaLX. Imo’lak qatrigrlo’ix. A’qa 
again they went inland the Gina/unaLX. Elk they hunted. Then 
wi't’ax aqiXuwa’x ya'Xi imoekumax. AqiukuitXuimé’tatcoX. 
again they were driven those elks. They were thrown down. 
Lakia’L aqiuté’nax, a’qa Laq aLx0/xoax La’Xi LgoarélX, a’qa 
Forty were killed, then turn he did that person, then 
qayo’ptckax ya’ Xi imo/lekumax. Qatqqetcd’x gé’eualfX  ta-itei 
they went up those elks. They went down below those 
telXam  ya’Xi-  niXta’etamX ~=ya’Xi_— ss imo’ /ekumax. Kopa’ 
people there they lay those elks. There 
qaqiuken’mx ya’ Xi imo’lekumax. A’qa agolXa’mx wu’ Xi aha’tjau: 
they dried them those elks. Then she was told that virgin: 
‘“Nect amxelto’ma ya'Xi temqa/emaXpa ya'Xi_ tke’qcrlema 
“Not go in company that prairie to that roots (sp.?) 
aqtupjia’Lxaétxpa. Tea’kjinau. Nict qantsi’x nqjéla’wulX aLo’tx 
where they are gathered It is forbidden. Not even a girl who menstru- she goes 
on. ates for the first time 
kopa’. Ikénuwakeco’ma ia} Xam.” Lxoa’p dguaké’x ta’ Xi tqn/nake. 
there. The Thunderbird his town.”’ Holes there are those rocks. 
Ka’nauwe ta’nki té’yaqjotco kopa’. E’kjoale té’yaqjotco kopa’ 
All things their bones there. Whale its bones there 
o’/xoaxt. Ma’kctiX Lxoa’p ta’Xi tqn’nake. Ige’piXn té’yaqjotco 
are. Twice holes those rocks. Sea-lion its bones 
kopa’ O/xoaxt. Ka’nauwé ta’nki ma’~niX tgatn’qjotco. A’qanuwe 
there are. All things seaward their bones. Indeed 
qatge’x ta-ftei_ t’nemcke. Qatktupjia’/Lqamx tke’qcilema. Niict 
they went those women, They went to gather them roots (sp.?). Not 
naxblto’mx wu Xi aqjela’wulX. Lele kopa’ noxoela’itx 
she went in that girl menstruating for Long there they were 
company the first time. = 
GiLa/unaLX. Qaxukane’oua qangulxa’mx LeXa’t wha’tjau: ‘O, 
the GiLa’unaLX. One day they said to her that maiden: “Oh, 
alxo/ya tke’qcilmma. Anqua’/x‘it nai’ka, goa/nesum  qano/tX,. 
we will go roots (sp.?). I menstruated is always I went. 
