THE Man wno was TRANSFORMED INTO A SNAKE (TOLD 1894) 
The people moved. Now a man and his wife were left behind. He 
yas a canoe builder. He used to build canoes all the year round. 
Then his wife gathered fern roots. Now his wife went to dig roots, 
but they were all bad. They stayed there a long time. Then she 
went digging again. Now she found many good fern roots. She 
took them and went home. She reached home. In the evening her 
husband came home. Then she said to him: ‘‘I found good fern 
roots.” She roasted them and gave them to her husband to eat. Her 
husband said: ‘*These fern roots are good. Gather many; we will 
take them along when we move. We will move after I have finished 
my canoe. Gather roots every day.” He rose early and went to 
work on his canoe. His wife rose and went to gather roots. She 
gathered fern roots—some small ones and some large ones. She 
They moyed those people. There they two were left “his wife 
ya'Xi @Xa’t igoave’LX akp’nim ia’xoteckjéna. Ka’nauwe Lka’etax 
that one person, canoes he knew how to All days 
build them. 
nigo’qteqa-itx. A’gqa akjé’cana agopjia’Lxa-ttx wu'Xi aya’kikal. 
he made canoes. Then fern roots she gathered them that his wife. 
Ewa’ kénuwa we’kurk agio/xoaxtX. A’ema_ itea’mela wu'Xi 
There try dig she always did. Only their badness those 
akjé’cana. Io’nqtiX qacxela’itx kopa’. A’qa wi no’tx, aqa wi 
fern roots. Long they two stayed there. Then again shewent, then again 
LE’kLEk agid’xoaxiX. A’qa agucga’mx atjo’kti wu'Xi akjé’cana. 
dig she always did. Then — she found them good those fern roots. 
Lga’pEla agupjia’Lxax, a’qa naxkjoa’x. Naxkjoa/mam__ tr’etaqn. 
“Many she gathered them, then she went home. She came home their two 
selves’ house. 
Tso’yust?X nfXkjoa’mam ya'Xi itea’kikal. ToiolXa’mx  a’qa: 
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At dark he came home ~ that her husband. She said to him then: 
*“Tnd’ecgam akjé’cana, atjo’kti akjé’cana.” A’qa aguekju’Lx wu’ Xi 
“T found them fern roots, good fern roots.” Then she roasted them those 
akje/cana.  Aga-flqoé’mx  itea/kikal. Nige’mx  itea’kikal: ‘*O, 
fern roots. She gave him to eat her husband. He said her husband: “Oh, 
atjo’kti gi akjé’cana. Lga’pela amopia/txa a/iqé. Atxgd’k"Ia 
good these fern roots. Many gather them later on. We shall carry 
them 
ma’nix  atxkra’yuwa. Ma’nix antigd’/tqa = ya’Xi_ ite?’ Xanim, 
when we shall move. When I finish it that my canoe, 
a’qa atxkia’yuwa. Ka/nauwe Lka’etax amopjia/txa gi akjé’cana.” 
then we will move. All days gather them these fern roots.” 
Kawi X igixn’latck. IRgigd’qekam, ikn/nim itcio’xoam. Tgaxn’latck 
Early he arose. He went to work, the canoe he made it. ~ She arose 
aya’kikal. Igod’ya, igagn’loya akjé’cana. IRgupjé’yarx akjé’cana. 
his wife. She went, she went to fern roots. She gathered them fern roots. 
gather 
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