3048] KATHLAMET TEXTS OT 
of them. She came home in the evening, and her husband came home 
when it was dark. She said to her husband: ‘‘Oh, the fern roots are 
large.” He said to her: **Go tomorrow and eather many.” The 
man went early; the woman went afterward. She gathered fern roots. 
Now she found a large root. She took that one. It was that large 
[putting thumbs and forefingers of the two hands together], and, 
behold, it had branches under ground. She worked at it. Then she 
cut it and thought: ‘+I will show this to my husband. I will take it 
home. Maybe I am working at something supernatural. It is too 
large for a fern root.” Then she went home. She carried this large 
fern root. She was going to show it to her husband. Now she came 
home and dried her fern roots. She placed that large one at the side 
of the house. In the evening her husband came home and said to her: 
“We will move the day after to-morrow. My canoe is nearly fin- 
ished.” She said: ‘*I am frightened; I found an old fern root. JT 
brought it to show it to you. Maybe it is something supernatural and 
IgaXkjoa’mam — tsd/yustiX. IgiXkjoa’mam  itea’/kikal Xa‘piX. 
She came home at dark. He came home her husband in the even- 
= eel : 4 _, ing. 
Igio’IXam_ itea’kikala: ‘tO, a’qa _ itea’qa-itax gi akjé’cana. 
She said to him her husband: “Oh; now large these fern roots.” 
Iteo'1Xam: “*O'la wi amd’ya.  Lga’prla amupj 1a'txa.” KawiX 
He said toher: ‘To-mor- again go. Many gather them.” Early 
row 
id’ya _—_itea’kikal. Ke'qumtgiX ala’xtax igd/’ya — aqage’lak. 
he went her husband. Afterwards last she went the woman. 
Tgupj@’yatx wu'Xi akjé/cana. O,  itea/qa-itax wu'Xi akje/cana. 
She gathered those fern roots. Oh, large those fern roots. 
them 
A’qa iked’egam cta’Xi ctéXt. A’wi cta’qa-ir. Qoct, a’Xka 
Then she found it that one. That large. Behold, that 
cta’Lpuke cta’Xi_—gicta’qa-in, ~ckj@/cana ss wu'Xi-sgd/Elas wu Xi 
its branching that large fern root that she worked those 
roots at them 
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akje’cana, = A’qa = Lqjup) ign’/eéxecta’Xi_— gieta/qa-in ckjé’cana. 
fern roots. Then eut she did it that large | fern root. 
Teaxio/Xoa-it: ‘tei’ kikal ancixeénema’ya. Anco’/k"ta, ~Xuan 
~ She thought: “My husband I shall show it to him. I shall carry it, perhaps 
iqexe’Lau ta’yax ne’wula txal itea’qa-irax gi akj@/eana.” A’gqa 
a monster that I worked at too large these fern roots.” Then 
iga’Xkjoa. Tgn’cukt cta’Xi gicta’qa-in ckjé/cana. Akefxnéma’ya 
she went home. She carried it that large fern root. She was going to 
show it to 
itea’kikal.  IgaXkjoa’mam. IRgaXca’mit aga’kjécana. Lxe’leuX 
her husband. She came home. She dried them her fern roots. At side of 
house 
ikexé’ma cta’XNi gicta’qa-in,  ckj@/cana. — Xa'pfX  igiXkjoa’mam 
she threw it that large fern root. In the evening he came home 
itea’kikal. Itco'lXam: “Tawe’k aga atxka’yuwa. A’ga 
her husband. He said to her: “The day after then we shall move. Then 
to-morrow 
qjoa’p = anligd/Lqa—sya’Xi_—sikr’/nim.” ** Tqanoqjo@’xaeémaLx,” 
nearly 1 finished it that canoe.” “Tam seared,” 
igid' Xam. **Inco’egam  ckjé’cana, cta’qjeyuqt ekjée’cana eta’ Xi 
she said to him. “T found it a fern root, its old age a fern root that 
camxatnéma’mam. LXuan tanki igexe/’rau nfeqe’ —ekjé/cana. 
I brought it to show it to Perhaps some- monstrous, not at all a fern root. 
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