BOAS) KUTENAI TALES 5 
his leg and killed me.’’ Coyote started and went back. He saw 
Locust. He slapped himself. Out came his corpses.' He said to 
them: ‘Tell me, how shall I kill him?” He was told by one of 
them: ‘He is always carrying his leg.’”’? He was told by the other 
one: “I shall be a knife. I shall be on the sole of your foot. When 
you overtake him and he says, ‘ You shall go ahead,’ you shall say, 
‘You go ahead.’’’ Locust started. Coyote was behind. Coyote 
ran. He overtook Locust. He kicked him. Coyote killed Locust. 
Enough. 
; 4. CoyoTE AND GrizzLy BEAR 
Coyote went, along. He saw Grizzly Bear’s dung, unchewed wild 
rhubarb. Coyote laughed. Coyote took Grizzly Bear’s dung. 
Coyote hung Grizzly Bear’s dung on a pole in a line. He laughed. 
Coyote started. Grizzly Bear was staying there. He thought: ‘Let 
na,s qaha’xe’ nJp:’k!a. natxo’,ne’ aq‘ksa’q!e’s n’upla’pine’. ts!ena’xe° 
“Here passed a manitou. He carried his leg and killed me.’’ He started 
sk’n'ku'ts faxa’xe’. n’u’px,ne’ a, kuk.tako’wum’s.  qanta’Ite’k: 
Coyote and went He saw Locust. He slapped 
back. himself. 
n’akaxo’se’ a, _kuq !layet!:n’e's. qake’me’ tsxanata’pkil ka,s 
Out came his corpses (dung). He said to them: “<Mell me, how 
kutsa,qal’u’pe't. k!o’k!we’’s qak.la’pse’ pec’k!a‘ks n’upsta“tyyitqal- 
shall I kill him?’’ By one he was told: “ Already always he carries 
xo’yne’ a, ksa’qles. k!o’k!we’s qak.la’pse’ ka’min hutsxal’:n'e’ 5 
his leg.”” By the other he was told: tf shall be 
a, ktsa’ma‘l a, kte’kine’s hutsqa‘kedq!a’,ne. —_ hhen’i‘nataxa’me‘} 
a knife. The sole of your T shall hang at it. When you overtake 
: foot him 
qa’k.le's ne’nko u’s’me‘k nen’ hents!qake’Ine* ne’nko ¢n‘en’ u’s’mek: 
ifhe says, ‘You first be,’ you willsay tohim, ‘You be first, 22 
ts!ena’xe: a, kuk.tako’wum ina’ha‘ks n’’n’e: ske’n'ku'ts. ts!na‘’kjne- 
He started Locust, behind was he Coyote. de ran 
sk:’n'ku'ts. laxa’xe’ a,’kuk.lako’wum’s. qa‘nak.l/kx,gne’. n’ip¢’Ine’ 
Coyote. He overtook Locust. He kicked him. He killed 
him 
a, kuk.tako’wum’s sk:’n‘ku'ts.  ta’xas. 10 
Locust (obj.) Coyote (subj.). Enough. 
4. CoYoTE AND GrizzLy BEAR 
Qa‘na’xe: sk:’n‘ku'ts. n’u’px,ne’ a,'q!ul’e’se’s k.ta’wlas qaa’qtsx,ne’ 
He went along Coyote. He saw his dung Grizzly Bear’s, not chewed 
wu'm’a‘s. n’uma’tsne’ ske’n‘ku'ts. tsuk"a’te’ a,'q!ul’e’se’s k.ta’wlas 
wild rhubarb. . He laughed Coyote. He took his dung Grizzly Bear’s 
sken‘ku'ts. ne‘tilgqa‘hetsxomu’n‘e k.ta’whas a,‘q!ul’e’se’s ske’n-ku'ts’. 
Coyote. He hung it ona pole ina line Grizzly Bear’s dung Coyote. 
n’uma’tsjne’. ts!ena’xe’ ske’n'ku‘ts. qaosaqa’,ne’ k.ta’wla. qalwi’yne: 
He laughed. He started Coyote. There staid Grizzly Bear. He thought: 
1 Two pieces of dung. 
